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19th Century French Black Painted and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press
19th Century French Black Painted and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press

19th Century French Black Painted and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press

Located in Dallas, TX

This antique paper binding press was forged in France, circa 1860. The large Classic "Presse a Relier" made of solid iron is rectangular in shape and features two sides connected to ...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Hand Press

Materials

Iron

Meissen Group 'The Wine Press' With 7 Winemaker Children, J.J. Kändler, Ca. 1924
Meissen Group 'The Wine Press' With 7 Winemaker Children, J.J. Kändler, Ca. 1924

Meissen Group 'The Wine Press' With 7 Winemaker Children, J.J. Kändler, Ca. 1924

By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler

Located in Vienna, AT

Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture: Group of seven gardener children in elaborate Rococo clothing placed around a wine press, sitting on it, manipulating the machine, eating grape...

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Early 20th Century German Baroque Antique Hand Press

Materials

Porcelain

Striking Classical Design Press Glass with Original Rope Pendant / Light Fixture
Striking Classical Design Press Glass with Original Rope Pendant / Light Fixture

Striking Classical Design Press Glass with Original Rope Pendant / Light Fixture

Located in Lisse, NL

Stylish and practical size 1920s ceiling lamp. This rare and thick glass shade pendant comes with a number of striking, neoclassical features that make this wonderful light fixture ...

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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Antique Hand Press

Materials

Brass

Rare Pair of Antique Wine Press Screw Sellettes in Carved Walnut, circa 1850
Rare Pair of Antique Wine Press Screw Sellettes in Carved Walnut, circa 1850

Rare Pair of Antique Wine Press Screw Sellettes in Carved Walnut, circa 1850

Located in Dallas, TX

Hand-carved in France, circa 1850, these fascinating wine press screws have been repurposed to form the columns of this rare pair of sellettes, or tall pedestals.

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1850s French Antique Hand Press

Materials

Walnut

American Mahogany and Cast Iron Copying Press with Paw Feet, Charleston, SC 1830
American Mahogany and Cast Iron Copying Press with Paw Feet, Charleston, SC 1830

American Mahogany and Cast Iron Copying Press with Paw Feet, Charleston, SC 1830

Located in Charleston, SC

American cast iron and mahogany two-drawer copying press with a turned bulbous cork screw handle, floral decorative pressure plate, flanking fluted decorative side columns, and resti...

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1830s American American Empire Antique Hand Press

Materials

Brass, Iron

Carved Green Serpentine Marble Grouping of Hercules & Nessus, After Giambologna
Carved Green Serpentine Marble Grouping of Hercules & Nessus, After Giambologna

Carved Green Serpentine Marble Grouping of Hercules & Nessus, After Giambologna

By Giambologna

Located in New York, NY

Hercules is shown nude, his torso twisting as he raises a club in his right hand above his head. His left hand presses down on the head of the centaur, forcing it against his bent kn...

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1850s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Hand Press

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Serpentine

L. M. Ericsson BC 2000 Telephone Made in 1900 Designed as Old Times Book Press
L. M. Ericsson BC 2000 Telephone Made in 1900 Designed as Old Times Book Press

L. M. Ericsson BC 2000 Telephone Made in 1900 Designed as Old Times Book Press

By L.M. Ericsson

Located in Sweden, SE

Exclusive and unusual design in the form of an old times book press. Framework of polished walnut. Micro-telephone RE 2002 (Old Cat.

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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Hand Press

Materials

Metal, Brass

The Enthroned Madonna – Sedes Sapientiae, Second half of the 12th century
The Enthroned Madonna – Sedes Sapientiae, Second half of the 12th century

The Enthroned Madonna – Sedes Sapientiae, Second half of the 12th century

Located in Wien, Wien

Christ, too, wears a long robe and a tall crown, from beneath which his short hair peeks out. With his left hand, he presses a closed codex to his chest. This can generally be unders...

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15th Century and Earlier Antique Hand Press

Materials

Wood

Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900
Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900

Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This late 19th century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Press

Materials

Wood

Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900
Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900

Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold with Lotus Pods, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This late 19th century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Press

Materials

Wood

Chinese Lotus Mooncake Mold, c. 1900
Chinese Lotus Mooncake Mold, c. 1900

Chinese Lotus Mooncake Mold, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This 19th-century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Press

Materials

Wood

Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold, c. 1900
Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold, c. 1900

Handheld Chinese Mooncake Mold, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This late 19th century hand-held wood press is carved with a large mold used for shaping festive mooncakes.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand Press

Materials

Wood

Invocation

Invocation

By Max Weber

Located in New York, NY

Each of Weber’s impressions was pulled by the artist without a press, using hand pressure. Inking varied with each impression (and so in this respect each impression is unique).

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1910s Cubist Antique Hand Press

Materials

Woodcut

Imagerie de Wissembourg - Christmas Santa Claus - Lithograph and stencil - 1906
Imagerie de Wissembourg - Christmas Santa Claus - Lithograph and stencil - 1906

Imagerie de Wissembourg - Christmas Santa Claus - Lithograph and stencil - 1906

Located in Paris, IDF

All the images was printed and colored by hand on traditional press and with stencils. Those pictures was done to be displayed as this or to be cut and mounted to create decorative c...

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Early 1900s Realist Antique Hand Press

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Exceptional Virgin with Child in the Style of Salzburg's Madonnas
Exceptional Virgin with Child in the Style of Salzburg's Madonnas

Exceptional Virgin with Child in the Style of Salzburg's Madonnas

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

On her left side the Virgin carries the naked infant Jesus. While her right hand soflty holds the hips of the baby the left hand’s fingers press the soft skin of her son.

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19th Century Antique Hand Press

Materials

Wood

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907
Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks.

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Early 1900s Antique Hand Press

Materials

Paper

Three Rare Heliogravures on One Leaf of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1907
Three Rare Heliogravures on One Leaf of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1907

Three Rare Heliogravures on One Leaf of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks.

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Early 1900s Antique Hand Press

Materials

Paper

19th century color lithograph horses figures dynamic landscape
19th century color lithograph horses figures dynamic landscape

19th century color lithograph horses figures dynamic landscape

By Currier & Ives

Located in Milwaukee, WI

The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ.

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1870s Antique Hand Press

Materials

Lithograph

Rare Harbour Views of Colonial Singapore, 1907
Rare Harbour Views of Colonial Singapore, 1907

Rare Harbour Views of Colonial Singapore, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks.

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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Hand Press

Materials

Paper

Rare Heliograph of the Teutonia Club in Colonial Singapore, 1907
Rare Heliograph of the Teutonia Club in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Rare Heliograph of the Teutonia Club in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks.

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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Hand Press

Materials

Paper

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907
Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks.

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Early 1900s Antique Hand Press

Materials

Paper

Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907
Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907

Located in Langweer, NL

The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks.

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Early 1900s Dutch Antique Hand Press

Materials

Paper

Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907
Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907

Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907

By Charles J. Kleingrothe

Located in Langweer, NL

The finished plate is then placed on a hand-turned press, and the image is printed onto dampened etching paper using special inks.

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Early 20th Century Antique Hand Press

Materials

Paper

19th century color lithograph still life vase flowers
19th century color lithograph still life vase flowers

19th century color lithograph still life vase flowers

By Nathaniel Currier

Located in Milwaukee, WI

The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ.

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1840s Romantic Antique Hand Press

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

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Antique Hand Press For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique hand press you’re looking for. Each antique hand press for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and mahogany. There are many kinds of the antique hand press you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique hand press made by Georgian designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. John Cobb, Dexter Furniture and Heal's each produced at least one beautiful antique hand press that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Hand Press?

An antique hand press can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,298, while the lowest priced sells for $284 and the highest can go for as much as $110,000.