Hour Glass Hob Grate
$4,583
Hour Glass Hob Grate
Located in London, GB
An attractive cast iron 'hour glass' hob grate with rosette paterae embellishments.
Category
19th Century English Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
Antique Hour Glasses
Hour Glass Hob Grate
$5,045
Hour Glass Hob Grate
Located in London, GB
An hour glass shaped cast iron hob grate. The decoratively cast front panel featuring floral display to centre, flanked by leaf work.
Category
19th Century English Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
Very Rare Hour-Glass Shape White Faience Brassaro 'Chauffage'
Located in Washington, DC
A very rare hour-glass shape white faience Brassaro (Chauffage) with Feuille D' Eau decoration at the base.
Category
19th Century French Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Ceramic
A Decorative Cast Iron Hour-Glass Hob Grate
Located in London, GB
A decorative cast iron hour-glass hob grate. The cast fret with paterae and fluting, flanked by recurring rope moulding.
Category
19th Century Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
Brown Decoratively Painted Small Hour Glass Shape Vase, Morocco, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
19th century Morocco small multi tiered decorative painted vase. Dark bronze trim. Hour glass shape. From the High Atlas mountain region.
Category
19th Century Moroccan Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Ceramic
Stunning quality antique Victorian hourglass shaped decanter
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality antique Victorian hourglass shaped decanter having a quality antique Victorian decanter, with an hour glass shaped body with etched glass detail with birds, flowers ...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Glass
Reed & Barton Water Pitcher
By Reed & Barton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
That's one sexy water pitcher; a pretty Silhouette with an hour-glass figure. Soft etchings of bows and ribbons on both sides make this the prettiest pitcher at the party.
Category
1920s American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Regency Wicker Armchair, 19th Century, Brighton Design, UK
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency style (19th Cent) Brighton design natural wicker round back arm chair with hour glass base.
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Wicker
Regency Wicker Armchair with Cane Seat, England, Circa 1900
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency style (19/20th Cent) natural wicker arm chair with hour glass base and cane seat.
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Wicker
Antique Large Wedgwood Yellow & Black 3-Colored Dancing Hours Jasperware Plaque
By Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Wedgwood jasperware plaque. In the Dancing Hours pattern. In three colors including a yellow border, white applied cameo decoration, and a black center. Marked to t...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Navajo Bow Tie pillows
$895 / set
Pair of Navajo Bow Tie pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
pair of Navajo Bow tie or Hour Glass Wool pillows. hand Dyed and hand woven.
Category
1920s American Folk Art Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Wool
Cast Iron Hob Grate
$2,750
Cast Iron Hob Grate
Located in London, GB
A decorative cast iron 'hour glass' hob grate. English, 19th century. Width At Front: 545 mm 21 ½" Width At Back: 535 mm 21 ⅛" Height: 570 mm 22 ½" Depth: 280 mm ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
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 Hour Glasses
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical 18th Century Hourglass by Michael Butterfield, Germany
By Michael Butterfield
Located in Firenze, IT
A large 18th century hour glass, or sand glass, with brown painted ring-turned end plates connected by four baluster- turned columns, encasing a large colorless glass bulb with white...
Category
Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Hour Glasses
Antique Iron Mesh Container
Located in New York, NY
Handwoven iron mesh container with an hour glass shape. Measures: 10- 22" DIA x 34" high.
Category
1920s Southeast Asian Primitive Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Metal, Iron
Set of Three 19th Century French Zinc Garden Finials with Patina
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A set of three French sphere roof finials in zinc on an attached hour glass base and set onto square double step plinths.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Zinc
An English Cast Iron Hob Grate
Located in London, GB
An hour glass shaped cast iron hob grate. The decoratively cast front panel featuring star paterae display to centre, flanked by classical figures and scrolled foliage.
Category
19th Century Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
Large Antique Victorian Quality Carved Oak Bracket Clock
Located in Suffolk, GB
Large antique Victorian carved oak bracket clock with an eight day chiming movement, bevelled edged glass door opening to reveal an engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Oak
Unusual French 24 Hour Four Glass Mantel Clock
By Japy Frères
Located in Norwich, GB
Unusual French 24 Hour Four Glass Mantel Clock French four glass clock housed in a bow fronted brass case with beautifully figured marble top and base standing on decorative brass b...
Category
1910s French Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Marble
Chinese Quadrilobe Fabric Pillow with Embroidery
Located in Chicago, IL
Constructed in the style of traditional ceramic or wood headrest, this pillow has an hour glass form with a quadrilobe cut out. The pillow is delicately painted on one side with swim...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Dutch Marquetry Inlaid Cylinder Desk/Bureau 18 Th Century, Bombe’ Chest Form
Located in Houston, TX
The lower edge has a scalloped shape with a carved hour glass Motif. The sides are also profusely decorated with marquetry.
Category
Late 18th Century German Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Walnut
18th Century, Italian 'Memento Mori' Old Master School of Guido Reni
$6,240Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century, Italian 'Memento Mori' Old Master School of Guido Reni
By Guido Reni
Located in Atlanta, GA
A memento mori painting would often contain a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers.
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Framed 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript
Located in Chireno, TX
Framed 15th century illuminated Book of Hours manuscript circa 1450, France. Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum. Framed within large decorative matt. In very good a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier French Medieval Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Glass, Wood, Parchment Paper
c. 1790 American Mahogany Tilt-top Table with Dish Edging
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Louisville, KY
The underneath structure includes a brass hour-glass pin and clasp plate that allow for the raising and lowering of the top.
Category
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Brass
Framed Late 15th Century Illuminated Book of Hours Manuscript
Located in Chireno, TX
Framed late 15th century illuminated Book of Hours manuscript circa 1500, France. Gouache, ink gold wash and gold burnishing on vellum. Framed within large decorative matt. In very g...
Category
16th Century French Medieval Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Mantel Clock Allegory of Time
Located in Nashville, TN
Crumbling pyramid with weeds and broken hour glass implies passage and effects of time. Time conquers all.
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Giltwood
19th Century Mahogany Chippendale Partners Pedestal Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
A high quality partners library table By H Samuel of Oxford street The design by Thomas Chippendale Constructed in mahogany, of hour-glass shape, the plinth base having stif...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Brass
1920s Earth Tone Pink Antique American Hooked Rug 2'10" x 5'1" Folk Art Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Description The rug features a grid layout of squares separated by red diamond motifs and tan triangles, a pattern sometimes related to the "hour glass" or "trip around the world" q...
Category
1920s American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Wool
Antique Pottery Scenic Vellum Landscape Vase Fred Rothenbusch for Rookwood 1925
By Rookwood Pottery Co., Fred Rothenbusch
Located in Portland, OR
This very beautiful Rookwood scenic landscape vase presents a hazy landscape which is typical of Rothenbusch's work. The vase of hour glass shape, and it depicts a delicately painted...
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Pottery
Art Nouveau "Vase with Water Plants and Bats" by Paul Dachsel for RStK Amphora
By Amphora, Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The hour-glass shaped vase is an allegory of Vanitas and our mortality; just as flowers fade, so shall we.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Earthenware
Northern Cheyenne Beaded and Quilled Bow Case
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
The beadwork shows all glass trade seed example, sinew sewn with an hour glass and Maltese cross design in colors of light blue, cobalt, corn yellow, red white heart and medium blue.
Category
19th Century American Native American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Hide, Beads
Antique Gilt Brass and Frosted Glass Mystery Clock by Robert-Houdin
By Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
Located in London, GB
Topping the clock’s gilt brass body is a frosted glass disk with Roman numerals and a single arrow-shaped hour hand.
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Brass
19th Century, Denière à Paris Gilt Bronze Mantel Clock with Japy Frères Movement
By Jean-François Denière
Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES
Both the timekeeping and striking mechanisms are fully functional – the clock has been tested and runs continuously, striking clearly on the hour. Details: Origin: France, Paris Dat...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Platinum Lady Wristwatch with Old Cut or Baguette Cut Diamonds
Located in Antwerp, BE
Platinum Lady Wristwatch With Old Cut / Baguette Cut Diamonds Movement: mechanical hand winding Functions: Hours, Minutes Case: Platinum, mineral glass, 21 x 9 mm, set with old cu...
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
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Staffordshire Pottery Child’s Mug "Hours of Innocence, " circa 1850
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug, printed in blue with a child seated by a waterway, a very large dog approaching with a boat in its mouth, titled – Hours of Innocence – circa 1850.
Category
1850s European Antique Hour Glasses
Georgian Cast Iron Half Hob 'CAST-ZB06', circa 1760
Located in New York, NY
A mid-18th century Georgian cast iron 'hour glass' half hob, circa 1760.
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
Sterling Silver Winston Churchill Plate Hour of Decision Signed Sarah Churchill
Unavailable
H 0.1 in Dm 9 in
Sterling Silver Winston Churchill Plate Hour of Decision Signed Sarah Churchill
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
Sterling silver Winston Churchill plate hour of decision signed Sarah Churchill "The Hour of Decision" by John Spencer Churchill with box and documents signed by Sarah Churchill ...
Category
19th Century Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Sterling Silver
18th Century Cast Iron Half Hob Grate, 'CAST-ZE04'
Located in New York, NY
A fine example of an “hour glass” or “duck’s nest” cast iron half hob grate, possibly from the Coalbrookdale foundry, circa 1790.
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
Rare Pair of Venetian Glass Hat Stands Sculptures
Located in Whitburn, GB
Hour glass shaped with colorful glass canes outside aventurine.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Art Glass
Large 19th Century Hourglass
Located in Firenze, IT
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). A large 19th century hour glass, or sand glass, with brown painted ring-turned end plates connected...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Late 18th Century Hourglass
Located in Firenze, IT
Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). A large 18th century hour glass, or sand glass, with brown painted ring-turned end plates connected...
Category
Late 18th Century British Late Victorian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Large Art Deco Cast Iron Urns signed Dammarie E, France, 1930
By Dammarie E
Located in Chicago, IL
Baluster shaped body urn depicting an hour-glass with wings, the reverse side the same.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Iron
Stick WickerRattan Hourglass Armchair
Located in Sheffield, MA
This armchair includes a number of distinct features: prominent Oriental influence seen in the hour-glass base, whimsical elements of the small drinking glass holder on one arm, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Cane, Wood, Rattan
Antique American 18 Karat Gold and Bloodstone Intaglio Memorial Ring
Located in London, GB
On the ground between her and the column, is a hour glass and the broken top of the column lies tilted on the ground.
Category
1870s American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold
Plate 33: Gedenkboog ter begraafplaats der uitgeteerde Actionisten., 1721
Unavailable
H 17.17 in W 20.56 in
Plate 33: Gedenkboog ter begraafplaats der uitgeteerde Actionisten.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
This complex plate has important events incorporated in the Arc and surrounding cityscape including the rise and fall of wind trade, an hour-glass, burial etc etc. At left front a ma...
Category
1720s Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Extremely Large Edwardian 8 Day / 200 Hour Ball Clock with Roman Numerals
Unavailable
H 6 in W 6 in D 6 in
Extremely Large Edwardian 8 Day / 200 Hour Ball Clock with Roman Numerals
Located in London, GB
Having an 8 day / 200 hour movement and Roman numerals to the dial.
Category
1910s British Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Brass
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
Unavailable
H 50.01 in W 50.01 in D 1.19 in
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
Located in London, GB
Symbols of death like batwings, skulls, hour-glasses and crying angels with torches were added and the names of the forebears.
Category
Mid-18th Century British Gothic Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
French 19th Century Green Onyx Clock with Mercury Pendulum and Bronze Feet
Unavailable
H 16.5 in W 10 in D 6 in
French 19th Century Green Onyx Clock with Mercury Pendulum and Bronze Feet
Located in Toronto, ONTARIO
Chimes on the hour and half hour. The face has a glass covering and also shows the a partial skeleton movement in the centre of the face.
Category
1880s French Empire Revival Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Onyx
Antique Hour Glass
Located in Petaluma, CA
This extra large, beautiful hour glass was made by a local craftsman and shows loving care.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Copper
19th Century Hour Glass
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th. c Hour Glass
Category
19th Century French Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Wood, Glass
Carved Bone Hour Glass
Located in valatie, NY
Carved Bone Hour Glass. Very decorative, interesting piece from the 19th Century.
Category
19th Century Antique Hour Glasses
Monumental Scale English Walnut Hour Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental scale English walnut and glass hour glass.
Category
Early 1900s English Other Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Blown Glass, Walnut
Monumental Scale Italian Walnut Hour Glass, 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental scale Italian walnut hour glass.
Category
Early 1900s European Mid-Century Modern Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Brass
Antique Quilt Fantastic Velvet Hour Glass Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique velvet hour glass quilt in mint condition. This is silk velvet and has a blue cotton backing.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Velvet
Nice old large brass and glass hour glass
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A very nice brass and glass hour glass that appears to have quite a bit of age.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Brass
Fantasy Hour Glass Ebonized Walnut and Hand Blown Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fantasy hour glass ebonized walnut and hand blown glass.
Category
1920s English Art Deco Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Glass, Walnut
19thc Silk & Velvet Mini Log Cabin-Hour Glass Doll Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc wool & silk log cabin hour glass quilt mounted in plexy frame. The condition is very good.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Wool
Navajo Indian Geometric Hour Glass Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early weaving is in wonderful condition and nice colors.The condition is very good and strong.Great on a wall as art or sofa.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Hour Glasses
19th Century Painting of "Boy Gazing at Hour Glass" by Edwin T. Billings
Located in Astoria, NY
A 19th century signed painting of "Boy Gazing at hour glass", circa 1875 by artist Edwin T. Billings (American, 1824 -1893).
Category
19th Century American Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Paint, Wood
Antique Neoclassical Rosewood & Needlepoint Hour Glass Vanity Seat Ottoman c1870
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H 19.5 in Dm 14 in
Antique Neoclassical Rosewood & Needlepoint Hour Glass Vanity Seat Ottoman c1870
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique neoclassical vanity stool or ottoman offers hourglass form with floral needlepoint upholstered seat over pleated and tied base raised on rosewood plinth with bun feet, c18...
Category
Late 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Upholstery, Wood, Rosewood
44 Tumbling Stars in an Hour Glass Formation, on an Antique American Parade Flag
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H 20.75 in W 15.25 in D 2 in
44 Tumbling Stars in an Hour Glass Formation, on an Antique American Parade Flag
Located in York County, PA
44 tumbling stars in an hourglass formation, on an antique American parade flag of the 1890-1896 period, reflects Wyoming statehood: 44 star American parade flag, printed on coar...
Category
1890s American Antique Hour Glasses
Italian Venetian Murano Glass Goblet
Located in Queens, NY
Italian (1890) Venetian Murano light blue glass goblet with open hour glass design pedestal stem.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Hour Glasses
Materials
Murano Glass
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Antique Hour Glasses For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of antique hour glasses available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique hour glasses was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, glass and wood. Antique hour glasses have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique hour glasses are generally popular furniture pieces, but Empire, Folk Art and Industrial styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Antique hour glasses have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Charles Hour, Edwin T. Billings and William Chawner are consistently popular.
How Much are Antique Hour Glasses?
Prices for antique hour glasses start at $110 and top out at $55,000 with the average selling for $1,800.
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