Antique Bowling Ball
Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball Rack
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A three-row oak bowling ball rack comprised of twenty-seven (27) regulation sized antique lignum
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Oak
Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball on Stand
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an example of an early 20th century Lignum Vitae bowling ball on stand. This ball was not
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Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Wood
1900s Bowling Ball Collection
Located in Sagaponack, NY
. Filled with 12 lignum vitae bowling balls. Manufactured in the 1920s.
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Early 20th Century Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Wood
19th c. Hand Carved Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball and Pins c.1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A primitive 19th century Lignum Vitae bowling ball and 10 pins. All hand carved. Bowling has
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19th Century Victorian Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Wood
Rare Antique French Petanque Jeu de Boules Lawn Bowling Ball Game Set & Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 17 piece Jeu de Boules / lawn bowling / bocce set including original storage crate with
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Early 20th Century Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Metal
Antique Swedish Pine Ninepins Bowling Set
Located in Kramfors, SE
Swedish antique bowling set from the mid 19th century, around 1850. The set, a skittles or ninepins
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Pine
10 Carpet Lawn Bowling Hand Carved Wood & Stone Balls Antique Office Gift Idea
Located in West Hollywood, CA
10 Carpet Lawn bowling hand carved wood & stone balls antique office gift idea. A Beautiful
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19th Century Scottish Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Stone
American Hepplewhite Virginian Secretary Chest with Civil War Provenance
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Dallas, TX
opinion that both holes, were caused or created by a musket ball entered the chest trough the base and
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Early 19th Century American American Classical Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Brass
H 44.25 in W 42.75 in D 20.25 in
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Art Deco Shagreen and Silver Cigarette / Small Cigar Case
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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1970s American Antique Bowling Ball
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Metal
Antique Early 20th Century Sterling Silver Flask
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Early 20th century sterling silver flask.
Made in Europe, most likely Spain, Circa 1920-1930's.
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1910s Spanish Antique Bowling Ball
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Sterling Silver
Hand-Carved Vintage Asian Elephant Wooden Side Table Stools
By Tony Duquette
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Early 20th Century Thai Tribal Antique Bowling Ball
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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 Bowling Ball
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Atari Centipede Arcade Game, 1980 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'CENTIPEDE' arcade game from 1980. Made by Atari and designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg. In excellent working condition. Great alien and intergalactic visuals as well as cla...
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1980s American Antique Bowling Ball
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Metal
Old Spanish Language World Globe
Located in Hudson, NY
Old Spanish Globe. Maker Identified but illegibly - see picture. The globe is mounted in a ebonized wood, brass and steel framework
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20th Century Spanish Antique Bowling Ball
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United's "Carnival Gun" Arcade Game, circa 1954 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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Phantom Fighter Ejection Seat
Located in Paris, FR
Ejection seat phantom fighter made by Martin & Baker, 1972.
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1970s French Antique Bowling Ball
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Ris & Selldorf German Post-War "Sunball" Chaise
By Ris and Selldorf
Located in New York, NY
German Post-War Design (1969) "Sunball" yellow fiberglass spherical shaped adjustable chaise with brown cushions, pivoting tray and backlight on a round base. (RIS & SELLDORF)
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Antique Bowling Ball
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Antique Telescopic Hardy Salmon Fishing Gaff
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Telescopic Brass Hardy Bros. Salmon Fishing Gaff.
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Bowling Ball
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Brass, Steel
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Antique Wood Bowling Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Bowling Set. It includes 10 pins and one ball
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Bowling Ball
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Wood
Set of Painted Skittles
Located in York, GB
Complete set of nine skittles with two bowling balls, circa 1900.
Original black and red paint
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Early 20th Century Antique Bowling Ball
Wooden Bowling Ball Rack and Balls
Located in Culver City, CA
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Late 19th Century American Antique Bowling Ball
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Wood
Pair of Antique English Bowling Ball Bookends
Located in Port Chester, NY
A pair of English bowling balls on custom-made stands make unique bookends. Good gift for a man
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Early 20th Century English Antique Bowling Ball
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Bowling Set
Located in New York, NY
Very rare set of wood bowling pins and an iron bowling ball.
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Early 20th Century French Antique Bowling Ball
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19th Century Victorian Solid Silver 'Bowling Pin' Cocktail Shaker, c.1899
By Stevenson & Law
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
pin motif and a bowling ball. Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1899 (g
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Bowling Ball
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Antique Skittles Set, English, Pine, Indoor, Garden, Bowling, Oak, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
with three red, three green and two yellow pins
Small, vintage composite bowling ball
Oak carriage
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bowling Ball
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Pine
H 13.59 in W 9.06 in D 13.59 in
Untitled
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in New York, NY
; another male figure imminently about to release a bowling ball in a flaxen jacket; another man in a
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1920s Art Deco Antique Bowling Ball
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Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century French Wooden Painted Petanque Boules Bocce Ball Lawn Bowling
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage wooden ball partially studded with nails and painted brown.
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Early 20th Century French Provincial Antique Bowling Ball
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Metal
H 3.75 in Dm 3.75 in
Antique Wood Bowling Balls
Located in San Mateo, CA
Two early 20th century bowling balls made from lignum vitae. These are on mahogany stands. The
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Early 20th Century American Antique Bowling Ball
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Wood
BOULES Grand French lawn bowling game
Located in Sheffield, MA
The French people call lawn bowling "boules" a. the game dates all the way back to the 1500's. The
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19th Century French Antique Bowling Ball
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Metal
Skittles Pins and Ball
Located in Houston, TX
Skittles is an old European lawn game, a variety of bowling from which ten-pin bowling is descended
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19th Century French Antique Bowling Ball
19th C. Set of 8 Bowling Pins and 3 Balls
Located in Houston, TX
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19th Century French Wooden Ball Decoration
Located in High Point, NC
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Antique Hand-Turned Lignum Vitae Ironwood Bowling Ball Four Pins Hand Made Craft
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Antique lignum vitae lathe turned bowling ball with four pins.
Measures: Ball diameter: 9 in
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1860s American Early Victorian Antique Bowling Ball
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19th Century Hand Carved Lingum Vitae Bowling Ball, circa 1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An original hand carved Victorian bowling ball made of extremely hard Lingum vitae wood
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19th Century Victorian Antique Bowling Ball
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Antique French Bowling Set
Located in Dallas, TX
, France, circa 1900.
Was accessible for bowling and lawn bowling.
Ball measurement: 4.5" diameter.
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Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Bowling Ball
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Thomas Beach portrait of the Masters Blair, Henry & Charles Blair
By Thomas Beach
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
ball in a landscape
Signed ‘TBeach pinx”and indistinctly dated 1769’ (T and B in monogram; lower left
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18th Century Antique Bowling Ball
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Oil
Early 19th Century Set of Bowling Balls
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Early 19th Century French Antique Bowling Ball
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A 19th Century Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century American lignum vitae bowling ball
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19th Century American Primitive Antique Bowling Ball
Lignum Vitae Ball on Brass Stand
Located in New York, NY
Old English bowling ball in lignum vitae, with wonderful age patina.
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Early 20th Century English Antique Bowling Ball
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Brass
Large Grand Tour Specimen Marble Sphere
Located in Washington, DC
Large Italian hand carved specimen marble ball. This exemplifies the best of specimen marble
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19th Century Italian Antique Bowling Ball
MONUMENTAL FRENCH GILT STEEL/ CRYSTAL "VERSAILLES" CHANDELIER
Located in Hialeah, FL
fortune. 2 Huge Crystal balls - one in the center cage and one [bowling ball size] hanging from the bottom
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Early 20th Century French Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Metal
Antique Bowling Alley Ball Return Post by Brunswick Balke Collender Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique bowling alley ball return post by Brunswick Balke Collender company.
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Early 20th Century American Antique Bowling Ball
Materials
Brass
Wooden European Bowling set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wooden European Bowling set, with wooden bowl.9 pins and one ball.
highest one is 16 inches
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Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Bowling Ball
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Pair of Bowling Pin Sets
Located in San Francisco, CA
wood bowling pins and a tiny wrecking ball
TALLER SET: 13" H x 4" D, Ball: 5" D
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Early 20th Century French Antique Bowling Ball
English Victorian Antique Lawn Bowling Balls Game Set
Located in Coral Gables, FL
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19th Century English Antique Bowling Ball
19th c. British Lignum Vitae Lawn Bowling Balls
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each weighted wood ball, in black or brown, inlaid with ivory discs engraved with club monograms
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19th Century English Antique Bowling Ball
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Wood
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in London, GB
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Located in Concord, MA
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Early 20th Century American Antique Bowling Ball
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Victorian Era Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball on Stand
By Brunswick Co.
Located in Providence, RI
Victorian era Lignum Vitae bowling ball on steel stand. Ball has beautiful patina and figuring
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Bowling Ball
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Antique Bowling Ball For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique bowling ball you’re looking for. An antique bowling ball — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique bowling ball, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique bowling ball, designed in the Victorian or Industrial style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Antique Bowling Ball?
Prices for an antique bowling ball can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $80 and can go as high as $85,000, while the average can fetch as much as $950.
Questions About Antique Bowling Ball
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Historically, bowling balls were made out of lignum vitae, which is known as the hardest, densest wood. Today, bowling balls are made with more plastic and polyester materials. You can find a collection of vintage and modern bowling balls on 1stDibs.
- What are antique carpet balls?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021Antique carpet balls are stone or ceramic balls decorated in bright colored patterns in specific plaids. They were used as a form of indoor carpet bowling, though now are collected for decorative purposes.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Antique wooden bowls were used in either storing or serving food. Wooden bowls were also preferred for bread making, as the wood held the heat that was generated by the fermenting yeast. You’ll find a variety of antique wooden bowls from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Dough bowls, also known as trenchers, were a staple in colonial America for mixing bread and providing a place for the dough to rise before baking. Shop a collection of antique dough bowls from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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