Skip to main content

Antique Harps

to
80
440
148
344
215
215
167
67
41
38
35
34
28
26
25
25
23
19
10
8
8
7
7
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
10
10
10
5
5
Pont Neuf
Pont Neuf

Pont Neuf

By Frank Myers Boggs

Located in Sheffield, MA

His father worked in the publishing industry, and through this connection he got his first job at Harper’s magazine as a wood engraver when he was just seventeen.

Category

1890s Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Oil

Pair of French Gilt Wood & Gesso Four Arm Foliage & Mirror Wall Sconces, C. 1820
Pair of French Gilt Wood & Gesso Four Arm Foliage & Mirror Wall Sconces, C. 1820

Pair of French Gilt Wood & Gesso Four Arm Foliage & Mirror Wall Sconces, C. 1820

Located in Charleston, SC

Pair of French gilt wood and Gesso wall sconces with torches and arrows, centered flower basket, four scrolled acanthus medallion arms, flanking harp mirrors, and valences with rope ...

Category

1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Harps

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Oriental Porcelain Celadon Glazed Painted Vase Mounted as a Lamp 20th Century
Oriental Porcelain Celadon Glazed Painted Vase Mounted as a Lamp 20th Century

Oriental Porcelain Celadon Glazed Painted Vase Mounted as a Lamp 20th Century

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

Measures: vase only: 15 in.(38 cm.) high. 8 in.(20.3 cm.) diameter with mounts: 21 in.(53.3 cm.) high. no harp or shade.

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Harps

Materials

Celadon

German or Austrian Fruitwood Deco Table Lamp
German or Austrian Fruitwood Deco Table Lamp

German or Austrian Fruitwood Deco Table Lamp

By Wiener Werkstätte

Located in Sharon, CT

Needs rewiring. 15.5" to top of harp.

Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Harps

Materials

Wood

19th Century Patinated Bronze Study of a Musician by Marcel Debut
19th Century Patinated Bronze Study of a Musician by Marcel Debut

19th Century Patinated Bronze Study of a Musician by Marcel Debut

By Marcel Debut

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A very good quality late 19th Century French patinated bronze musician playing a Harp. Signed; Marcel Debut (1865-1933) The son of the famous French 19th century sculptor Didi...

Category

Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

A Large Oil Painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman ‘La Fête des Bois’, Circa 1897
A Large Oil Painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman ‘La Fête des Bois’, Circa 1897

A Large Oil Painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman ‘La Fête des Bois’, Circa 1897

By Frederick Bridgman

Located in Tarzana, CA

Chaffin, "New Paintings by Fred Bridgman," Harper's Weekly, vol. 43, no. 2194, Jan 7, 1899, p. 8 "Exhibitions and Other Events in a Week of Some Importance," The New York Times, Janu...

Category

Late 19th Century Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Drake, 1st Ed
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Drake, 1st Ed

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Drake, 1st Ed

Located in valatie, NY

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Drake. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, Franklin Square. 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket as published.

Category

1870s American Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

William Keith Original Tonal Oil Painting Flock of Sheep by a Pond Landscape
William Keith Original Tonal Oil Painting Flock of Sheep by a Pond Landscape

William Keith Original Tonal Oil Painting Flock of Sheep by a Pond Landscape

Located in Tustin, CA

He moved to California in 1859 after visiting California on a trip he made for Harper's Bazaar. In 1858. Keith began exhibiting his paintings in San Francisco.

Category

Late 19th Century American Barbizon School Antique Harps

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Pair of Superb Bronze and Marble Figural Maiden Form French Table Lamps
Pair of Superb Bronze and Marble Figural Maiden Form French Table Lamps

Pair of Superb Bronze and Marble Figural Maiden Form French Table Lamps

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

The lamps are crowned with harp fittings, ready for your choice of shades.

Category

Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Harps

Materials

Breccia Marble, Bronze

18th C. Walnut Refectory Table
18th C. Walnut Refectory Table

18th C. Walnut Refectory Table

Located in New Orleans, LA

Walnut Refectory table with Iron Stretcher and Harp Legs

Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Harps

Materials

Walnut

French Empire Clock Depicting Apollo God of Music and the Arts
French Empire Clock Depicting Apollo God of Music and the Arts

French Empire Clock Depicting Apollo God of Music and the Arts

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

Sitting on top of the pedestal is a standing harp, a mallet and a scroll. The whole is supported by a griotte marble base with a gilt bronze frieze showing a number of frolicking an...

Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Harps

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

Pair of Georgian Sauce Boats Sterling c1808 Dublin
Pair of Georgian Sauce Boats Sterling c1808 Dublin

Pair of Georgian Sauce Boats Sterling c1808 Dublin

Located in Litchfield, CT

SIZE: 8 inches length by 4 1/8 inches wide by 5 inches high WEIGHT: 9.90 ozt and 10.30 ozt = 20.2 ozt HALLMARKS: King's Head Duty Mark, Irish Harp Crowned which is the Dublin ass...

Category

Early 1800s Irish Georgian Antique Harps

Materials

Sterling Silver

"Nogent-le-Roi" Frank Myers Boggs, Atmospheric French Urban Landscape
"Nogent-le-Roi" Frank Myers Boggs, Atmospheric French Urban Landscape

"Nogent-le-Roi" Frank Myers Boggs, Atmospheric French Urban Landscape

By Frank Myers Boggs

Located in New York, NY

The artist began his career at the age of seventeen as a wood engraver for Harper’s, preparing illustrations for Harper’s Weekly and for an American edition of the works of Charles D...

Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Émile-Louis Picault, a French Orientalist Bronze of Queen Esther
Émile-Louis Picault, a French Orientalist Bronze of Queen Esther

Émile-Louis Picault, a French Orientalist Bronze of Queen Esther

By Émile Louis Picault

Located in Brighton, Sussex

A beautiful quality and rare subject bronze figure of a young woman "Queen Esther" in Middle Eastern costume, holding a musical harp. Measures: 75 cm(29") Signed E. Picualt.

Category

19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Golden Autumn, Adirondacks
Golden Autumn, Adirondacks

Golden Autumn, Adirondacks

By Paul Bernard King

Located in Milford, NH

While a student, he became an illustrator for Life and Harper’s magazines, and went on to become well known for his portraits, landscapes, rural scenes, and illustrations.

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Centre Table
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Centre Table

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Centre Table

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

The frieze to each side is centred by a gilt-bronze plaque cast in relief with depiction's of cupids' gathering flowers, playing the harp, reading lyric poetry, keeping the flame bur...

Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf Glazed Red Vase Made into Lamp, c. 19th century
Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf Glazed Red Vase Made into Lamp, c. 19th century

Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf Glazed Red Vase Made into Lamp, c. 19th century

Located in Southampton, NY

Vase dimensions: 13.5" high x 7" widest point 23" high (base to top of harp) Condition: Good overall condition. no lampshade.

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Harps

Materials

Ceramic

The Bathers Woodcut Print, American Realist, Circa 1873, Unframed
The Bathers Woodcut Print, American Realist, Circa 1873, Unframed

The Bathers Woodcut Print, American Realist, Circa 1873, Unframed

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in America, capable of reproducing subtle tonal effects and complex compositions.

Category

1870s American Realist Antique Harps

Materials

Woodcut

Still Life
Still Life

Still Life

By John White Alexander

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Due to a combination of fortunate connections and prodigious talent, he traveled to New York City and landed a position as an office boy with Harper’s in May, 1875. Although relative...

Category

1880s American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of Antique Silver Vases
Pair of Antique Silver Vases

Pair of Antique Silver Vases

Located in London, GB

The vase bowls are richly adorned with further nature-inspired motifs in addition to various musical instruments such as a harp. The plain neck wonderfully balances out the remaining...

Category

Late 19th Century European Rococo Revival Antique Harps

Materials

Silver

Life and Liberty in America by Charles Mackay, 1859
Life and Liberty in America by Charles Mackay, 1859

Life and Liberty in America by Charles Mackay, 1859

Located in Colorado Springs, CO

Life and Liberty in America: or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Octavo. Illustrated with ten engravings.

Category

1850s American Antique Harps

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

FiNEST QUALITY FULLY RESTORED ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD & BRASS BOOKCASE TABLE
FiNEST QUALITY FULLY RESTORED ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD & BRASS BOOKCASE TABLE

FiNEST QUALITY FULLY RESTORED ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HARDWOOD & BRASS BOOKCASE TABLE

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exceptional, fully restored, finest Museum quality revolving book table with gilt brass pane...

Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Late 19th C., Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vase Table Lamps with Warrior Figures
Late 19th C., Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vase Table Lamps with Warrior Figures

Late 19th C., Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vase Table Lamps with Warrior Figures

Located in Morristown, NJ

This pair of columnar lamps, with a brass base, socket and harp, has an overall attractive appearance. Decorated on a white background with gold, blue, yellow and ruby accents, these...

Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Harps

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

White Porcelain Leg Table Lamps with Shades
White Porcelain Leg Table Lamps with Shades

White Porcelain Leg Table Lamps with Shades

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Pair of antique table lamps are created from early 20th century, patinated porcelain legs with brushed nickel necks and brass sockets, harps and finials. The lamps are newly wired wi...

Category

Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

George II Salver Made in London by William Peaston, 1752
George II Salver Made in London by William Peaston, 1752

George II Salver Made in London by William Peaston, 1752

By William Peaston

Located in London, GB

They had three children, John who died with no issue in 1783, Mary, who married Richard Harper Esq and Sarah, who married Sir Lister Holt of Aston.

Category

18th Century English George II Antique Harps

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

The Beach at Long Branch
The Beach at Long Branch

The Beach at Long Branch

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in America, capable of reproducing subtle tonal effects and complex compositions.

Category

1860s American Realist Antique Harps

Materials

Engraving

Early 20th Century Faux Bois "Fountain" Table Lamp WITHOUT shade
Early 20th Century Faux Bois "Fountain" Table Lamp WITHOUT shade

Early 20th Century Faux Bois "Fountain" Table Lamp WITHOUT shade

Located in Wainscott, NY

The stunning fountain fragment/piece has been fabricated into a modern day lamp. Lamp is set up for a harp which will hold a lamp shade securely in place using a finial. the lamp doe...

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Harps

Materials

Stone

Allegorical Gilt Bronze Clock Depiction Clio, the Muse of History and Music
Allegorical Gilt Bronze Clock Depiction Clio, the Muse of History and Music

Allegorical Gilt Bronze Clock Depiction Clio, the Muse of History and Music

By Louis-Charles Boileau

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

Clio is shown here sitting on the clock plinth playing her harp. To the left of the clock dial are placed wreaths, and a plaque with the names of Roman Poets “Pline”, “Homere”, “Tass...

Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1800
Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1800

Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1800

Located in Delft, NL

The red painted shade has a gold painted scene with a flower vase between garlands and a harp with laurel leaves. The height of the lamp is 62 cm.

Category

Early 18th Century French Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

The Itinerant Fiddler
The Itinerant Fiddler

The Itinerant Fiddler

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

The Itinerant Fiddler, probably Harper's Weekly magazine, 1890.

Category

1890s Antique Harps

Materials

Watercolor

Suffrage Textile in Green, White, & Violet - Votes for Women - Connecticut Made
Suffrage Textile in Green, White, & Violet - Votes for Women - Connecticut Made

Suffrage Textile in Green, White, & Violet - Votes for Women - Connecticut Made

Located in York County, PA

Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Ida Husted Harper. Following graduation from Vassar College, Harriot assisted these women by compiling research for the book.

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Harps

Materials

Cotton

The Suspected Suffragette
The Suspected Suffragette

The Suspected Suffragette

By Elizabeth Shippen Green

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Vernede, "The Outrage at Port Allington", Harper's Monthly, December 1913, p. 459, illustrated

Category

1910s Antique Harps

Materials

Charcoal, Board, Pencil

Returning from the General Store
Returning from the General Store

Returning from the General Store

By William Henry Dethlef Koerner

Located in Missouri, MO

A prolific and versatile artist-illustrator, 'Big Bill' Koerner's work gained considerable visibility through his cover and story illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, The Lad...

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Harps

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique White Marble Mantle Fireplace, Brass Profiles, 19th Century, Italy
Antique White Marble Mantle Fireplace, Brass Profiles, 19th Century, Italy

Antique White Marble Mantle Fireplace, Brass Profiles, 19th Century, Italy

Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)

Antique mantle fireplace in white marble, with brass profiles, hand-built in the late 1800s for a villa in Italy, full Umbertino style, with a pediment carved with a harp and musical...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Harps

Materials

Carrara Marble

St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands
St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands

St. Valentine's Day -- The Old Story in All Lands

By Winslow Homer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Firms associated with Harper's Weekly employed some of the most accomplished engravers in America, capable of reproducing subtle tonal effects and complex compositions.

Category

1860s Hudson River School Antique Harps

Materials

Engraving

Irish sterling silver wine jug, Weir & sons company Dublin, 1917
Irish sterling silver wine jug, Weir & sons company Dublin, 1917

Irish sterling silver wine jug, Weir & sons company Dublin, 1917

By Weir & Sons Dublin

Located in Gorssel, GE

Marked with: Makers mark TW – Thomas Weir, this mark has been used by Weir & Sons since 1872 Harp crowned – Purity mark for sterling silver Hibernia mark – Dublin assay office Da...

Category

1910s Irish Antique Harps

Materials

Silver

19th century woodcut print figurative Victorian American urban city scene
19th century woodcut print figurative Victorian American urban city scene

19th century woodcut print figurative Victorian American urban city scene

By Winslow Homer

Located in Milwaukee, WI

He contributed illustrations of Boston life and rural New England life to magazines such as Ballou's Pictorial and Harper's Weekly at a time when the market for illustrations was gro...

Category

1850s Realist Antique Harps

Materials

Woodcut

English Mahogany Stick Barometer Signed T. Taylor London
English Mahogany Stick Barometer Signed T. Taylor London

English Mahogany Stick Barometer Signed T. Taylor London

Located in Savannah, GA

Fully restored and calibrated by Julian Gibbard, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, with documentation.

Category

Early 1800s English George III Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Vintage Black and Gold Toned Metal Lamp
Vintage Black and Gold Toned Metal Lamp

Vintage Black and Gold Toned Metal Lamp

Located in Sheffield, MA

Height measurement below includes harp. Fully electrified for U.S. use.  

Category

Early 20th Century American Baroque Antique Harps

Materials

Metal

French Bronze and Brass Torchiere, Early 20th Century
French Bronze and Brass Torchiere, Early 20th Century

French Bronze and Brass Torchiere, Early 20th Century

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Fine floor lamp, having a tubular shaft of patinated bronze, with polished brass collars and fittings, incorporating a reeded, hour-glass-form harp, raised on splayed legs. Stock ID...

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Black and Gold Eagle Console Table, Sweden circa 1830
Black and Gold Eagle Console Table, Sweden circa 1830

Black and Gold Eagle Console Table, Sweden circa 1830

Located in Round Top, TX

Dramatic eagle head carving in shape of harp form the base of this Neoclassical console table from Sweden.

Category

Mid-19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Wood, Paint

19th Century French Satsuma Urn Table Lamp
19th Century French Satsuma Urn Table Lamp

19th Century French Satsuma Urn Table Lamp

Located in Dallas, TX

Circa 1860s Measures: 30.5 height x 9 in diameter (height includes harp).

Category

Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Frank Ferrell for Roseville Pottery Art Deco Orian Table Lamp, 1935
Frank Ferrell for Roseville Pottery Art Deco Orian Table Lamp, 1935

Frank Ferrell for Roseville Pottery Art Deco Orian Table Lamp, 1935

By Roseville Pottery, Frank Ferrell

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

It is in fully operational, good vintage condition with the original socket, harp, and finial. Porcelain section is 10 inches tall.

Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Erard Parallel-Strung Grand Piano with Bench, Paris, 1895
Erard Parallel-Strung Grand Piano with Bench, Paris, 1895

Erard Parallel-Strung Grand Piano with Bench, Paris, 1895

By Sébastien Érard, Maison Erard

Located in Littleton, CO

Sébastien Érard (1752 - 1831) was a French instrument maker of German birth, who specialized in the production of pianos and harps, developing the capacities of both instruments and ...

Category

1890s French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Metal

Large Giltwood Cartel Wall Clock by Gustav Becker
Large Giltwood Cartel Wall Clock by Gustav Becker

Large Giltwood Cartel Wall Clock by Gustav Becker

Located in Norwich, GB

Giltwood case with swag decoration, turned finials, surmounted by a harp with starburst decoration below the dial.

Category

1890s German Victorian Antique Harps

Materials

Giltwood

Family Escape
Family Escape

Family Escape

By Charles E. Chambers

Located in Fort Washington, PA

“Isn't it quite as if we were left, survivors of the flood” Story illustration: “The Understudy”, author: Johnson Morton, Harper’s Monthly, August 1917;

Category

1910s Antique Harps

Materials

Oil, Board

Pair Napoleon III Period Glazed Faience Table Lamps with Bronze Bases
Pair Napoleon III Period Glazed Faience Table Lamps with Bronze Bases

Pair Napoleon III Period Glazed Faience Table Lamps with Bronze Bases

Located in Dallas, TX

Each has been mounted onto a circular bronze base with fine molded detail as well as four dramatically styled feet, with a pine cone motif halfway between each foot for an added deli...

Category

1870s French Napoleon III Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Print of Musical Instruments and Other Items of Java by Hurter 'circa 1830'
Print of Musical Instruments and Other Items of Java by Hurter 'circa 1830'

Print of Musical Instruments and Other Items of Java by Hurter 'circa 1830'

Located in Langweer, NL

Shows; a: Ivory chopsticks; b: coins; c: Tjenella (slippers); d: Chinese violin; e: bow; f, g: Garinding (Jew's harp made of bamboo); h: Chinese playing cards. This print originates ...

Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

The Century Magazine
The Century Magazine

The Century Magazine

By Edward Henry Potthast

Located in Fairlawn, OH

While he went about setting up a painting studio, he fulfilled illustration commissions for the publications Scribner's, Century, and Harper's. He exhibited watercolors and oil paint...

Category

1890s Art Nouveau Antique Harps

Materials

Lithograph

An Impressive Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Spelter Figures, After A. Waagen
An Impressive Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Spelter Figures, After A. Waagen

An Impressive Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Spelter Figures, After A. Waagen

By Max Arthur Waagen

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

Both figures are modelled ‘contrapposto’ so as to convey a natural & dramatic sense of rhythmic movement, with the male figure shown playing a hand drum being held aloft, and the...

Category

Late 19th Century French Other Antique Harps

Materials

Spelter

Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920

Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Charleston, SC

Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and resting on circular fluted base with the original five ball feet.

Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze, Wire

18th century Georgian Sterling Silver Irish Sauce Boat
18th century Georgian Sterling Silver Irish Sauce Boat

18th century Georgian Sterling Silver Irish Sauce Boat

Located in Savannah, GA

Marked with the symbol of Ireland and the harp fineness symbol. The makers first initial is J but the other initial is undetermined.

Category

1770s Irish Georgian Antique Harps

Materials

Sterling Silver

  • 1
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Antique Harps", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Antique Harps For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique harps available for sale. Each of these unique antique harps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. There are all kinds of antique harps available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique harps bearing Victorian or Art Nouveau hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Tiffany Studios, Robert Harper and Sébastien Érard each produced beautiful antique harps that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique Harps?

Prices for antique harps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique harps begin at $1 and can go as high as $179,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,328.