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Cubist Still Life "Violin" by Agnes Weinrich, Signed, Dated 1922
By Agnes Weinrich
Located in New York, NY
Still life painting (Violin, Flowers), Oil on canvas, by Agnes Weinrich, Signed and dated "22
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Early 20th Century American Modern Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Paint, Canvas

Circle of William Henry Hunt (1790-1864)- Framed Watercolour, The Violin Lesson
By William Henry Hunt
Located in Corsham, GB
The saying practice makes perfect springs to mind when describing this fine watercolour of a young
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Mid-19th Century Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Watercolor

Rare Antique Boston School Violin Player Portrait Oil Painting, ca 1890’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Although unsigned, this is a very well executed portrait of a violin player seated in a hushed
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1890s Post-Impressionist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Gold Violin and Ivy Leaves Bar Brooch
Located in London, GB
indentation to the left of the violin, which maybe how it was made. This is a beautiful and fine quality
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1890s English Victorian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Sterling Silver

Regency Gilded Wood Mirror, Violin Shape-Shells and Scrolls, Period 18th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Magnificent Regency gilded wood mirror, violin shape, with shell and scroll decorations. It has
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18th Century Louis XIV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

French Norman sideboard in molded and carved oak – late 17th early 18th France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
with a central plain violin motif with the edges carved with fine foliage. We also find these
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Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

1810s French Yellow Gold Bracelet Charms Napoleonic Hussar
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Hussars; part of our diverse antique jewelry collections. This exceptional, fine, impressive and original
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1810s French Fine Antique Violins

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique 1810s French Yellow Gold Bracelet Charms Napoleonic Hussar
1810s French Yellow Gold Bracelet Charms Napoleonic Hussar
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John Bennett Georgian Barometer
By John Bennett
Located in New Orleans, LA
, is fiddle back (so named because it is commonly found on violin backs), so it has a fine, even ripple
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18th Century English Georgian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Brass

Antique John Bennett Georgian Barometer
John Bennett Georgian Barometer
H 37 in W 4.38 in D 3.25 in
Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver Musician and Donkey Table Ornament
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine, impressive antique cast Austro-Hungarian silver table ornament; part of our
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19th Century Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Silver

Antique French 18k Yellow Gold Double Bass Model Circa 1920
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 18k yellow gold ornament of a double bass; part
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1920s French Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Gold

Portrait of a Lady in Black Hat - British Edwardian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
Edwardian portrait oil painting and an excellent example of Slocombe's work. Housed in a fine original
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Early 1900s Victorian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Pair of Italian 19th Century Louis XVI St. Giltwood Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
oak leaves and acorns with scrolled, tassels, a violin, and a paint pallet tied by a beautiful ribbon
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19th Century Italian Louis XVI Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Kingwood Vernis-Martin Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Tulpwood Gilt-Bronze Mounted Vernis Martin
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Antique French Walnut Regence Style Dining Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French Walnut Regence Style Dining Table is a classic example of fine craftsmanship
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Early 20th Century French Régence Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Walnut

19th Century French Louis XV Fruitwood End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV fruitwood end table is a classic example of the genre, with violin
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1890s French Louis XV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Fruitwood

Pair of Antique Meissen Candelabras, Germany, circa 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dallas, TX
candelabras playing flutes, mandolins and violins. Meissen is known for its extremely fine work with Porcelain
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Early 1900s German Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Meissen

18th Century Versailles Chandelier with 12 Lights in Bronze and Silver
By OMBRES ET FACETTES
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
violin-shaped structure. Twelve arms of light, fine and purified, come to carry a rounded cup and a
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18th Century French Louis XIV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Silver, Bronze

19th Century French Louis XV Marble Top Giltwood End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
19th Century French Louis XV marble top giltwood end table is a prime example of fine French
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1890s French Louis XV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Carrara Marble

BLANCHARD - French Pair of Louis XV period Cabriolet Armchairs - Stamped - 18th
By Blanchard
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent pair of convertible armchairs with violin backs in molded and carved walnut from the
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18th Century French Louis XV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

French 19th Century Neoclassical Style Silvered Bronze and Ormolu Lamp
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
raised by a square base with a fine wrap around foliate band and a charming and richly chased pierced
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19th Century French Neoclassical Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

The Approaching Gale on The Scheldt Estuary, 1877. Belgian Dutch North Sea Coast
By Arthur Joseph Meadows
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
pianist. Meadows and his wife shared a love of music and he also played the violin and accordion. He was
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas, Oil

KPM Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Rococo Style Clock Set
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
beautiful three-piece clock set features fine KPM porcelain adorned with gilt bronze mounts. The set is
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Ormolu

Gilt Bronze and Parquetry Standing Clock by Kahn in the Régence Style
By E. Kahn
Located in London, GB
Measures: Height 262cm, width 62cm, depth 17cm This beautiful longcase clock is of elongated violin body
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Early 20th Century French Régence Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Antique French Belle Époque Rococo Style Bracket Clock by Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
indices, each painted with Roman numerals. The case itself is of violin shape, with ornate Rococo style
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Late 19th Century French Rococo Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Ormolu

Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7)
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
dated in pencil, bottom center. A fine, spontaneous, figurative abstraction, on cream, wove note paper
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1910s American Modern Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Pencil

19th Century landscape animal oil painting of sheep with lambs
By Claude Cardon
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
also taught him to play the violin. Like other members of his family, he painted animals, specialising
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19th Century Victorian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Playing in Parts": A 19th Century James Gillray Hand-colored Musical Caricature
By James Gillray
Located in Alamo, CA
, bald man plays the violin. Guests in attendance are in the background, including a pretty young woman
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Early 19th Century Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Etching

Mid-19th Century French Bronze Entitled "Old Man Odry" by Christophe Fratin
By Christophe Fratin
Located in London, GB
playing a violin, the barrel can be opened halfway to form a container. The surface with excellent mid to
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze

'Autumn' — 1920s American Modernism, Color Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove Japan
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1920s American Modern Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Woodcut

'Spring' — 1920s American Modernism, Color Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove Japan
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1920s American Modern Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Woodcut

Louis XV Style Kingwood Bureau de Dame by Alphonse Giroux et Cie
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in Montreal, QC
V, and Napoleon III, the design house was particularly known for fine ormolu, japanning/lacquer work
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze

Winter Farmyard, 18th Century Oil on Canvas, Figures in Snow Landscape
By George Morland
Located in Prato, IT
repute. A convincing proof of the skill in original composition which he had then attained is the fine
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Late 18th Century English Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Family Group
By George Morland
Located in Fairlawn, OH
composition which he had then attained is the fine engraving. It is said that before his apprenticeship to
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1790s English School Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Ink

Family Group
Family Group
H 6.38 in W 9.5 in
Late 19th Century Diamond Brooch
Located in London, GB
A late nineteenth century diamond brooch, finely modelled in the form of a violin, the body
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1890s French Late Victorian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Diamond, Rose Gold, Silver, 14k Gold, 9k Gold

17th Century Painting Oil on Canvas Italian "the Violin Player", 1638
Located in Torino, Torino
The violin player La Musicante - Bernardo Strozzi (and Studio) Bernardo Strozzi, known as the
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17th Century Italian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas

19th century Oil Painting on Board
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Very fine oil painting of a violin, together with sheet music painted on board. This painting was
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19th Century Unknown Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Table Mirror by Victor Saglier
By Victor Saglier
Located in Bergen, NL
Art Nouveau table mirror. A violin-shaped frame with poppies. Bronze plated (silvered bronze
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19th Century French Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Bronze

Art Nouveau Table Mirror by Victor Saglier
Art Nouveau Table Mirror by Victor Saglier
H 24.41 in W 17.72 in D 1.97 in
Art Deco Child Clown Lamp French Bronze on Spelter, circa 1930 Signed
Located in Blackpool, Lancashire
A wonderful and charming Art Deco lamp on marble. The sculpture is spelter lined with a fine layer
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1920s French Art Deco Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Spelter

Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Leather Armchairs
Located in Lisbon, PT
companies of the world famous Port wine is a fine example, the Portuguese furniture of this period is
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Fine Antique Violins

Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Leather Chairs
Located in Lisbon, PT
Methuen treaty consigning production rights to British companies of the world famous Port wine is a fine
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Leather Chairs
Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Leather Chairs
H 51.58 in W 19.69 in D 18.51 in
Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Armchairs
Located in Lisbon, PT
Port wine is a fine example, the Portuguese furniture of this period is generally identified by a
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Fine Antique Violins

Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Armchairs
Pair of 18th Century Portuguese Armchairs
H 49.81 in W 24.81 in D 18.12 in
Victorian Novelty Cast Silver Punch & Judy Booth Pepper Pot
By Henry William Dee
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A very fine and unusual heavy Victorian novelty cast silver pepper pot, made in the form of a Punch
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1870s English Victorian Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Silver

French School XVIIIth Century "The children in the park" Large Grisaille
By Piat Joseph Sauvage 1
Located in EVREUX, FR
before joining the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, then under the direction of Martin Joseph
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18th Century French Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Paint

20th Century German Bluthner Grand Art Cased Piano Style Antoine Watteau
Located in Ettlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg
instruments like the violin refer to the first owner. The laurel and the flowers are auspicious signs
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19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Gold Leaf

American Line Steamship St. Paul
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850. Because his father was a violin-maker, he was trained as a
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1890s Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Mallory Line Steamer San Jacinto
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850. Because his father was a violin-maker, he was trained as a
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1890s Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Plant Line Steamship Evangeline
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850. Because his father was a violin-maker, he was trained as a
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1890s Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Sloman Union Line Transitional Steamer Bellagio
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850. Because his father was a violin-maker, he was trained as a
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1890s Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Transitional Steamer Alvo
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1850. Because his father was a violin-maker, he was trained as a
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1890s Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Elegant company playing music and in conversation in an interior
By Dirck Hals
Located in Seattle, WA
Prof. Dr. Vadim Sadkov of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow for confirming the attribution
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1630s Old Masters Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil, Panel

Transitional Steamship Anapa
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
sailed until 1920. This is a fine example of Jacobsen's pre-1900 work, and interestingly the only
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1890s Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

HERMANNUS COLLENIUS - A Portrait of an Elegant Couple Making Music
By Hermannus Collenius
Located in Hilversum, NL
of music and a violin. Sumptuous draperies, paintings in gilded frames and other costly furnishings
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18th Century and Earlier Dutch Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas

River landscape
By Frederick Lee
Located in London, GB
18th-early 19th century was the tint, as Sir George Beaumont put it, ‘of an old Cremona violin’, and
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19th Century Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plant Line S.S. Evangeline, Halifax/London/Glasgow, 1912- 1921
By Antonio Jacobsen
Located in Stonington, CT
collection of the Brockton Art Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. This is a fine example of Jacobsen's work
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Early 20th Century Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Oil

Painting of a Cotton Picker by William Aiken Walker
By William Aiken Walker
Located in Alexandria, VA
. The multitalented Walker sang, played the piano and violin, and wrote poetry in both French and
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1870s American Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Composition

American Woodcock
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
man. He played flute and violin, and learned to ride, fence, and dance. A great walker, he loved
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1830s Realist Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Engraving

French Violin Gand & Bernardel, Paris, 1869
Located in Sofia, BG
period of 35 years, they made over 1000 instruments and bows, many of which of fine quality. The violin
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1860s French Arts and Crafts Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Fruitwood

French Violin Gand & Bernardel, Paris, 1869
French Violin Gand & Bernardel, Paris, 1869
H 7.88 in W 13.78 in D 7.88 in
Mid-19th Century Carved Wood Musical Wall or Boiserie Violin Trophy with Cherubs
Located in Nashville, TN
of boiserie and later configured to present. Two cherubs or putti in ascension among violin, ribbon
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Wood

German Late 19th Century Berlin K.P.M. Porcelain Plaque "the Violin Recital"
By Royal Porzellan Bavaria KPM Germany Handarbeit.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine German late 19th century Berlin (K.P.M.) Porcelain Plaque "The Recital". The finely painted
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Late 19th Century German Romantic Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Fine Lyonnaise Louis XV Style Longcase Clock
Located in Birmingham, AL
woman reading to a young girl. The lower violin shaped case is lavished with stylized shell and foliate
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Early 19th Century French Louis XV Fine Antique Violins

Materials

Walnut

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Fine Antique Violins For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of fine antique violins for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique fine antique violins was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. Fine antique violins have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. louis xv, Rococo and Art Nouveau fine antique violins are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made fine antique violins over the years, but those made by Agnes Weinrich, Christopher Fratin and E. Kahn are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Fine Antique Violins?

Prices for fine antique violins start at $162 and top out at $94,461 with the average selling for $6,876.