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Antique Watchman

French Brass Night Watchman’s Lantern This is a lovely piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French Brass Night Watchman’s Lantern This is a lovely piece, originally an oil lamp, it has been
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19th Century French Provincial Antique Watchman

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Brass

Antique Franz Bergman Austrian Vienna Bronze Cold Paint Night Watchman Figure
By Franz Bergmann
Located in San Diego, CA
Very tough to find Vienna bronze of a night watchman and is by Franz Bergman. The bronze figure
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Watchman

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Bronze

Wrought Iron and Cut Frosted Glass Pendant Chandelier Night Watchman, ca 1910
Located in Barntrup, DE
Wrought iron and cut frosted glass two-light pendant chandelier with night watchman, from ca 1910
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1910s German Arts and Crafts Antique Watchman

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Wrought Iron

Rare circa 1920 Original Black Forest Hand Carved Wood Watchman Lamp
By Black Forrest, Black Forest
Located in GB
hand carved Black Forest wood Drunk watchman floor or table top lamp There are multiple high
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Early 20th Century German George IV Antique Watchman

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Wood

19th C. Black Forest Figural Wood Carved Night Watchman Lidded Tobacco Jar Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th C. European Black Forest Figural Wood Carved Night Watchman Lidded Tobacco Jar Box
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19th Century Black Forest Antique Watchman

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Wood

Antique Print of a Watchman taking a Man by the Collar, circa 1850
Located in Langweer, NL
'Watchman, what do you want? That is my Husband'. It shows a scene where a watchman taking a man by the
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Mid-19th Century Antique Watchman

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Paper

Antique French Spelter Metal Sailor Watchman on Ship Wooden Base, Made in France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Spelter metal sailor watchman on ship with wooden base, made in France. Item
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Early 20th Century French Victorian Antique Watchman

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Spelter

A Chinese Watchman, from The Costume of China, by G.H. Mason, engr. John Dadley
Located in Middletown, NY
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, lig...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Watchman

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

3 framed & signed pencil drawings of Indian gentlemen in regional dress, 19th C
Located in London, GB
19th century and in original glass and oak frames they portray a Pathan hillman and a Sikh watchman
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Late 19th Century Indian British Colonial Antique Watchman

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Glass, Oak, Paper

A pair of French 19th century bronze figurative double candlesticks circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
solid bronze. They have very good detail and are each in the form of a medieval watchman who is modelled
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Watchman

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Bronze

Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Soquel, CA
originally was intended to follow the career of his father, a fire-watchman. After his parents' death in 1809
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1830s Edo Antique Watchman

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Pair of Late Victorian Hand Dyed Brown Leather Chesterfield Porters Armchairs
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
armchairs, the idea being your "porter" or night watchman could sit in them and keep an eye whilst having
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Watchman

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Leather

Courtesans at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
By Utagawa Yoshiiku
Located in Soquel, CA
) watchman holding a lantern and a metal rod with rings to make noise and alert the crowd. The work
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1860s Impressionist Antique Watchman

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Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Large Six-Light Bronze Chandelier with Folkore or Fable Hybrid Guard Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
actual meaning of these templar or Robin Hood-like watchman who are holding up their lights for you, but
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Watchman

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Bronze

Rocky Inlet
By Karl Albert Buehr
Located in Fairlawn, OH
watchman, he had a unique opportunity to study the masters and actually posted sketchings that blended in
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Watchman

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Oil

Rocky Inlet
Rocky Inlet
H 11.13 in W 14.25 in
Hand Carved Black Forest St. Wooden Floor Lamp of Lantern Holding & Tipsy Guard
Located in Lisse, NL
, tipsy watchman floor lamp will light up both your days and evenings. This sculptural floor lamp is
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Watchman

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Copper

Woman on a Patio
By Karl Albert Buehr
Located in Fairlawn, OH
to enroll in night classes. Later, working at the Institute as a night watchman, he had a unique
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Antique Watchman

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Pastel

untitled Woman by the Windows
By Karl Albert Buehr
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the Institute as a night watchman, he had a unique opportunity to study the masters and actually
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Antique Watchman

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Pastel

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Large German Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture Lamp Night Watchman with Lantern
Located in Barntrup, DE
Large German hand-carved wooden sculpture lamp night watchman with lantern from the 1950s. This masterfully hand-carved wooden lamp features a large sculpture of a night watchman wit...
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Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Antique Watchman

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Metal

Antique French Wrought Iron Chandelier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French wrought iron chandelier.  
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Late 19th Century French Antique Watchman

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Wrought Iron

Antique French Wrought Iron Chandelier
Antique French Wrought Iron Chandelier
H 47.75 in W 40 in D 22 in
French Wrought Iron Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French wrought iron six-light chandelier composted of antique elements. This French chandelier features a central spit jack to which are attached six twisted torchères. Four sets ...
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1950s French Antique Watchman

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Wrought Iron

Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
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1950s English Renaissance Antique Watchman

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Oak

Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Table Lamp with Green Slag Glass Late 19thC
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular and early version Arts & Crafts Mission table lamp, was an oil lamp and professionally converted to electric with the utmost care and respect to the piece. Beautiful gree...
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1890s American Arts and Crafts Antique Watchman

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Brass

Head Sculpture, Mark Twain
Located in Sheffield, MA
Bust/Head, a bronzed plaster sculpture cast of Mark Twain with lifelike details.  
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20th Century American American Classical Antique Watchman

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Plaster

Head Sculpture, Mark Twain
Head Sculpture, Mark Twain
H 14 in W 9.5 in D 9 in
Harald Notini Chandelier in Brass and Marbled Glass, Böhlmarks, Sweden, 1927
By Harald Notini, Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabrik
Located in The Hague, NL
This striking four arm chandelier was designed by Harald Notini and produced by Arvid Böhlmarks Lampfabrik in Sweden, circa 1927. This particular model numbered 6316 is a great exam...
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1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Watchman

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Brass, Nickel

Wooden Carved Meermaid Lusterweibchen ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Wooden Carved Meermaid Lusterweibchen ca. 1900 An antique meermaid lusterweibchen with a hand carved and stained statue of a medieval lady with fish tail. Mounted on a pair of fallo...
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Early 20th Century German Victorian Antique Watchman

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Iron

Wooden Carved Meermaid Lusterweibchen ca. 1900
Wooden Carved Meermaid Lusterweibchen ca. 1900
H 31.5 in W 24.41 in D 20.48 in
Hand forged silver painted iron+ art glass chandelier w/scroll design Schneider
By Charles Schneider
Located in New York City, NY
A French Art Deco chandelier, influenced by the Arts and Crafts style, features hand-hammered iron craftsmanship and a sizable frosted glass geometric central coupe. The broad hammer...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Watchman

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Wrought Iron

18th Century Renaissance Palladio Dining Room Set in blackening wood of walnut
By Andrea Palladio
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Monumental and important Renaissance Palladio dining room set all in solid hand-carved walnut from a Palladian Palace in Vicenza of a Venetian patrician family. The back of the show...
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Late 18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Watchman

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Glass, Pine, Walnut

Art Deco hanging lamp with original antique cut glass sahde vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco hanging lamp with original antique cut glass sahde vienna around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled Original antique cut glass shade
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Watchman

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Brass

Antique Lusterweibchen of a Victorian Lady ca. 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Lusterweibchen of a Victorian Lady ca. 1920 A lovely antique lusterweibchen chandelier of a victorian noble lady holding a blazon. The sculpture is made of handcarved and pa...
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Early 20th Century German Victorian Antique Watchman

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Iron

Rare 18th Century French Glazed Terracotta Cruche du Quercy or Walnut Oil Jug
Located in Birmingham, AL
A large 18th century French glazed terracotta cruche du Quercy or walnut oil jug having great sculptural form and artisan quality, handmade by a talented potter in Quercy, a former p...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Watchman

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Terracotta

Vintage White and Black Toucan Folding Desk Lamp
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An excellent postmodern white and black folding desk lamp in the form of toucan. Endlessly charming, it takes a single fluorescent bulb and has on/off switch on the base. In good v...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Antique Watchman

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Plastic

Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture Lamp Night Watchman with Lantern, Germany
Located in Barntrup, DE
A masterfully hand-carved wooden lamp features a beautiful sculpture of a night watchman with a lantern and halberd. The lantern is made of glass and copper. This beautiful sculpture...
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Mid-20th Century German Black Forest Antique Watchman

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Copper

Cold Painted Orientalist Vienna Bronze by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Denton, TX
Cold painted orientalist Vienna bronze of a middle eastern man with a women by Franz Bergman. On the back of her robe is the B inside of a urn factory mark.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Watchman

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Marble, Bronze

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Staffordshire Pottery 'Night Watchman' Jug, circa 1815
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Staffordshire pottery ‘Night Watchman’ jug, formed as a man in grey greatcoat seated on a lionspaw
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Early 19th Century English Antique Watchman

Staffordshire Digital Jug, ‘the Night Watchman’, circa 1815
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Staffordshire pottery ‘Night Watchman’ jug, formed as a man in grey greatcoat seated on a lions paw
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1810s English Rococo Antique Watchman

Victorian Novelty Silver Watchman's 'Charlie's' Lantern Vinaigrette London, 1882
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare Victorian novelty silver Vinaigrette formed as a Watchman's (Charlie's) Lantern, with two
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1880s English Victorian Antique Watchman

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Silver

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost
By Henry Fuseli
Located in New York, NY
walks the ramparts of Elsinore Castle in Denmark. Discovered first by the watchman Marcellus, then by
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1790s Romantic Antique Watchman

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Engraving

Yoshitoshi, Suikoden, Lin Chong, Lu Qian, Original Japanese Woodblock Print
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in London, GB
to Cangzhou. While in prison, he is assigned to be a solo watchman at a fodder depot, however, this
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Antique Watchman

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Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV: Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost
By Henry Fuseli
Located in New York, NY
walks the ramparts of Elsinore Castle in Denmark. Discovered first by the watchman Marcellus, then by
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1790s Romantic Antique Watchman

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Engraving

Goldscheider Figure off a Night Watchman
By GOLDSCHEIDERSCHE PORZELLAN-MANUFACTUR UND MAJOLICA-FABRIK (1885-1953)
Located in Cheshire, GB
Goldscheider figural lamp of small proportions, as a night watchman wearing helmet and armoured
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19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Watchman

Vintage Royal Doulton Kingsware Night Watchman Dewar's Whisky Bottles
By Royal Doulton
Located in Mexico, DF
The three Royal Doulton Kingsware Dewars bottles depict Tony Weller, a spirits loving character from a Charles Dickens novel. Kingsware was developed by Charles Noke and produced...
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Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Watchman

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Ceramic

Multi Drawer Side Table/Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Very rare watchmans storage cabinet from Alsace France. It makes a wonderful bedside or sofa side
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19th Century French Antique Watchman

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Wood

Multi Drawer Side Table/Cabinet
Multi Drawer Side Table/Cabinet
H 33 in W 17 in D 16 in
Early Lifesize State Police Street Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
bit of a shop mascot and night watchman for us. The imposing life like cut-out is lifesize and stands
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Watchman

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Wood

Early 20th Century Pacific Northwest Coast Carved Cedar TOTEM Pole
Located in Nantucket, MA
featuring a man in conical hat ("watchman figure"), above a raven, wolf and large human figure with
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Early 20th Century Canadian Native American Antique Watchman

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Cedar

Rare circa 1830 Chesterfield Porters Chair Mahogany Framed Wingback Rare Find
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
needed protection from the wind, these type of chair were for the porter or night watchman, easy to nod
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1830s British Georgian Antique Watchman

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Faux Leather, Mahogany

Rare circa 1830 Chesterfield Porters Chair Mahogany Framed Wingback Rare Find
By William Morrison
Located in GB
of chair were for the porter or night watchman, easy to nod off in as the wings offer such
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1830s British Georgian Antique Watchman

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Fabric, Mahogany

Rare circa 1790 Gillows Style Porters Chair Mahogany Framed Wingback Rare Find
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in GB
needed protection from the wind, these type of chair were for the porter or night watchman, easy to nod
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1790s British Georgian Antique Watchman

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Fabric, Mahogany

Antique Print Showing Various Malay People and a Tiger by Kleingrothe '1907'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Malay Woman, Tamil Woman, Sakkays, Malay Hadji, Bengalese Watchman, Javanese
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Early 20th Century Antique Watchman

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Paper

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Mercury” by Pierre Marius Montagne
By Pierre Marius Montagne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
lling the watchman to sleep with the sound of his woodwind flute before decapitating him. It is betwixt
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Watchman

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Bronze

Rennaissance Savoyard Helmet circa 1600 - Italy or Germany
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
watchman and Geneva's militia rose to meet the invaders. The attempted raid was a disastrous failure. 54
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18th Century and Earlier German Renaissance Antique Watchman

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Iron

Franz Hecker, End Of Work, The Watchman, Etching
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This exquisite early 20th-century etching by German artist Franz Hecker (1870-1944) depicts an elderly gentleman reading by a window. A view across the picturesque town of Osnabrück,...
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Early 1900s Academic Antique Watchman

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Paper, Etching

Rare Antique Pair of Art Deco Bookends Egyptian Revival Bronze Sphinx Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
watchman. The image of the sphinx was used to frighten enemies and he was also identified with Horus, the
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Watchman

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Onyx, Bronze

Rare circa 1800-1820 Regency Georgian Brown Leather Barrel Back Porters Armchair
Located in GB
watchman or porter, he could most likely have a nap quite easily In terms of the condition structurally
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Early 1800s English Regency Antique Watchman

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Leather

Late 19th Century Austrian Terracotta Wall Plaque / Sculpture by Johann Maresch
By Johann Maresch
Located in Lisse, NL
). However, when we look at his headwear, he could also be the town's watchman. Whatever this male figure
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Watchman

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Terracotta

Pair of Lions Bronze Sculptures On Marble Bases In The Manner of Antonio Canova
By Antonio Canova
Located in Roma, IT
submissive", humble but regal, while the watchman is understood as an attentive guardian and protector. The
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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Watchman

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Marble, Bronze

Road in Summer, near Giverny (A view from Andelys looking across to Vernon
By Karl Albert Buehr
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. Later, working at the Institute as a night watchman, he had a unique opportunity to study the masters
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Antique Watchman

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Oil

Victorian Novelty Silver Watchman's Lantern Vinaigrette
By S. Mordan & Co.
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
An extremely rare Victorian Novelty Silver Vinaigrette made in the form of a Watchman's Lantern
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19th Century English Antique Watchman

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Silver

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Mahogany Porters Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
etc. for the night watchman or servant to keep Guard of the entrance.
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Watchman

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Mahogany

"The Night Watchman" by Emile-Louis Picault
By Émile Louis Picault
Located in Marseille, FR
watchman was allowed to wander in the streets and was assigned to see that every fire was extinguished in
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Late 19th Century French Medieval Antique Watchman

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Bronze

"The Night Watchman" by Emile-Louis Picault
"The Night Watchman" by Emile-Louis Picault
H 31.89 in W 9.45 in D 7.09 in
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Antique Watchman For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique watchman you’re looking for. Each antique watchman for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique watchman, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique watchman, those designed in Victorian, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique watchman over the years, but those crafted by Chesterfield and Franz Bergmann are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Watchman?

Prices for an antique watchman start at $109 and top out at $30,722 with the average selling for $2,333.