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Pair of Antique Victorian Spelter Figurines
Pair of Antique Victorian Spelter Figurines

Pair of Antique Victorian Spelter Figurines

Located in London, GB

Pair of large antique Victorian spelter figures of two women with musical instruments that look to me like lutes. They are in excellent condition & have a nice patina, with well defi...

Category

19th Century British Victorian Antique Lute

Materials

Spelter

Original Oil On Canvas Large Allegorical Painting, Italian School 1750-1800
Original Oil On Canvas Large Allegorical Painting, Italian School 1750-1800

Original Oil On Canvas Large Allegorical Painting, Italian School 1750-1800

Located in Round Top, TX

Note the Pegasus, ten figures, and use of lute, lyre and flute. Condition: Age related craquelure throughout, minor peelings, loss etc.

Category

18th Century Italian Antique Lute

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Church wall painting design by Reginald Hallward
Church wall painting design by Reginald Hallward

Church wall painting design by Reginald Hallward

By Reginald Hallward

Located in London, GB

A romantic design for a wall painting above a church organ, featuring angels variously reading, singing, and playing the lute. Reginald Hallward was born on the Isle of Wight, and w...

Category

Early 1900s Antique Lute

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Early 18th Century French Regence Period Carved Giltwood Mirror
Early 18th Century French Regence Period Carved Giltwood Mirror

Early 18th Century French Regence Period Carved Giltwood Mirror

Located in Middleburg, VA

The elaborately carved giltwood frame is crowned with a finely rendered putto seated on a cloud, joyfully playing a lute, framed by exuberant acanthus scrollwork and two majestic pho...

Category

Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Lute

Materials

Giltwood, Gesso, Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood

A gaff-rigged Hastings lugger circa 1880
A gaff-rigged Hastings lugger circa 1880

A gaff-rigged Hastings lugger circa 1880

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

She has an extremely wide beam, centreboard, lute stern and two masts, which are stepped in tabernacles for ease of lowering.

Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Lute

Materials

Glass

19th Century KPM Berlin Painted Porcelain Plaque, Die Lautenspielerin
19th Century KPM Berlin Painted Porcelain Plaque, Die Lautenspielerin

19th Century KPM Berlin Painted Porcelain Plaque, Die Lautenspielerin

By KPM Porcelain

Located in Forney, TX

Modeled as a standing auburn-haired maiden holding a lute in a wooded landscape, the reverse signed Steger, impressed scepter above KPM, 306, C (potter's mark) Framed Dimensions 1...

Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain, Giltwood, Paint

Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Musician Lovers on Sofa, After J.J. Kandler
Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Musician Lovers on Sofa, After J.J. Kandler

Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Musician Lovers on Sofa, After J.J. Kandler

By Meissen Porcelain

Located in New York, NY

The woman is elegantly attired in a gown adorned with delicate floral motifs, playing a lute, while the man is dressed in fine blue and gold attire, playing a flute.

Category

1860s German Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

French Louis XVI 1790s Trumeau Mirror with Carved Liberal Arts Allegory
French Louis XVI 1790s Trumeau Mirror with Carved Liberal Arts Allegory

French Louis XVI 1790s Trumeau Mirror with Carved Liberal Arts Allegory

Located in Atlanta, GA

The upper panel is beautifully adorned with a finely carved Liberal Arts allegory, featuring ribbon-tied musical instruments, including a lute and a clarinet, nestled within a laurel...

Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Mirror, Wood

French Chinoiserie Style Terracotta Musician Mounted as Lamp
French Chinoiserie Style Terracotta Musician Mounted as Lamp

French Chinoiserie Style Terracotta Musician Mounted as Lamp

Located in Stamford, CT

Elegant French Chinoiserie style terracotta figure of a lute playing musician mounted on a lovely carved walnut base.

Category

Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Lute

Materials

Terracotta, Walnut

Bobyrug’s Beautiful antique French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style
Bobyrug’s Beautiful antique French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style

Bobyrug’s Beautiful antique French jacquard tapestry Aubusson style

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Exquisite French antique tapestry, Featuring an 18th-century design, this masterpiece depicts a charming tavern scene with couples, one playing a lute. In the background, wine and be...

Category

Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Lute

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled Femme avec Oiseau by Maurice Bouval
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled Femme avec Oiseau by Maurice Bouval

Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled Femme avec Oiseau by Maurice Bouval

By Maurice Bouval

Located in London, GB

A fabulous Art Nouveau bronze figure of a young beauty sat upon a rock surrounded by birds whilst holding a lute with excellent colour and very fine hand chased surface detail, raise...

Category

19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

The Rape of Europa, signed Peter Sion (1624-1695), Antwerp, 17th century
The Rape of Europa, signed Peter Sion (1624-1695), Antwerp, 17th century

The Rape of Europa, signed Peter Sion (1624-1695), Antwerp, 17th century

Located in PARIS, FR

One of her attendants celebrates the festivities by playing the lute. In the upper left corner, Cupid, flying in the sky, shoots an arrow.

Category

17th Century Old Masters Antique Lute

Materials

Oak, Oil, Wood Panel

Mid-19th Century Italian Clock Painting, Oil on Canvas, Empire Style
Mid-19th Century Italian Clock Painting, Oil on Canvas, Empire Style

Mid-19th Century Italian Clock Painting, Oil on Canvas, Empire Style

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

The oil painting is set in a period Empire gilt frame and depicts a bucolic mountain scene with a pair of musicians; one playing a mandolin or a lute and the another the tambourine. ...

Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Antique Lute

Materials

Canvas

German Pforzheim 1915 Art Deco Guilloché Enameled Box In .935 Sterling Silver
German Pforzheim 1915 Art Deco Guilloché Enameled Box In .935 Sterling Silver

German Pforzheim 1915 Art Deco Guilloché Enameled Box In .935 Sterling Silver

By Pforzheimer Bugholzmöbel Dietz & Co.

Located in Miami, FL

In the center in a circular frame, it is decorated with a romantic scene of two seated ladies and a standing man playing a lute. Weight: 58.3 Grams, (37.48 Dwt). Measurements: 80 ...

Category

1910s German Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Musical Automaton Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860
Musical Automaton Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860

Musical Automaton Picture Clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860

Located in Madrid, ES

Musical automaton picture clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860 Paris, hand-colored lithographed scene depicting a Mediterranean harbor scene with abbey, fountain, viaduct and watchtower ...

Category

19th Century French Baroque Antique Lute

Materials

Paint

Pair of Regency Period Greek Revival Cabinets
Pair of Regency Period Greek Revival Cabinets

Pair of Regency Period Greek Revival Cabinets

Located in Chicago, IL

The faux plaques feature images of Calliope, the muse of epic poetry and eloquence, often depicted with a lute. A festoon of acanthus leaves cascades from the top of each painted vas...

Category

Early 19th Century English Greek Revival Antique Lute

Materials

Gold Leaf

Large Porcelain Figurine 'Cabaret', by R. Marcuse, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920
Large Porcelain Figurine 'Cabaret', by R. Marcuse, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920

Large Porcelain Figurine 'Cabaret', by R. Marcuse, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920

By Rosenthal

Located in Vienna, AT

Art Nouveau beauty with chin-length dark brown hair, in a strapless dress with a deep neckline decorated with elaborate floral embroidery at the front and back and a softly falling, ...

Category

1920s German Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Artist in his Studio - French 19th century art figurative interior oil painting
Artist in his Studio - French 19th century art figurative interior oil painting

Artist in his Studio - French 19th century art figurative interior oil painting

By Adolphe Monticelli

Located in Hagley, England

The key figure is the artist sat at his easel but there are also two women dancing to the music of a lute player. The light streaming in from the right is beautifully captured on the...

Category

19th Century Realist Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs
1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs

1844 Vibrant Indian Cultural Prints: Musician and Dancer Lithographs

Located in Langweer, NL

Indou jouant du Pennak: - Instrument: The musician appears to be using a stringed instrument, possibly a type of traditional Indian lute or sitar. These instruments are known for ...

Category

1840s Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Hand Colored Engraving of Ninon De L'enclos, a French Author, 1900
Hand Colored Engraving of Ninon De L'enclos, a French Author, 1900

Hand Colored Engraving of Ninon De L'enclos, a French Author, 1900

Located in Langweer, NL

Born Anne de l'Enclos in Paris on 10 November 1620,she was nicknamed "Ninon" at an early age by her father, Henri de l'Enclos, a lutenist and published composer, who taught her to si...

Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Muse / - In the realm of the muses -
Muse / - In the realm of the muses -

Muse / - In the realm of the muses -

Located in Berlin, DE

The brightest figure in the picture, she gazes into the darkness of the water while striking the lute, listening for its sounds. About the artist After failing to complete his...

Category

1890s Realist Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

"Music and Wine, " Lidded Bronze Bowl w/ Greek & Renaissance Motifs, E F Caldwell
"Music and Wine, " Lidded Bronze Bowl w/ Greek & Renaissance Motifs, E F Caldwell

"Music and Wine, " Lidded Bronze Bowl w/ Greek & Renaissance Motifs, E F Caldwell

By Edward F. Caldwell & Co.

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Caldwell & Company of New York, America's most distinguished and lauded maker of fine lighting fixtures and metal decorative pieces in the early 20th century, this lidded bowl of cas...

Category

Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

Ellen Mary Rope for Della Robbia. Small picture frame with three plaster plaques
Ellen Mary Rope for Della Robbia. Small picture frame with three plaster plaques

Ellen Mary Rope for Della Robbia. Small picture frame with three plaster plaques

By Della Robbia

Located in London, GB

Depicting a child playing the Lute to the left-hand plaque, dancing children to the centre plaque, and a child playing the double bass to the right-hand plaque.

Category

Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Lute

Materials

Pottery, Beech

« The Musician » Japanese style Clock attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, FR, c.1890
« The Musician » Japanese style Clock attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, FR, c.1890

« The Musician » Japanese style Clock attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal, FR, c.1890

By L'Escalier de Cristal

Located in PARIS, FR

This clock, with a dial with Arabic numerals decorated in its center with a seated lute player, is topped with a lantern and framed by two butterflies with outstretched wings, applie...

Category

1890s French Japonisme Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock by Roque, Paris
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock by Roque, Paris

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Clock by Roque, Paris

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The outstanding top crown displays charming finely detailed musical instruments such as a tambourine, a flute, a pan flue, a trumpet and a lute amidst beautiful berried laurel branch...

Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830
Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830

Pair of Restoration Period Gilt-Bronze Allegorical Groups. French, circa 1830

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

The first group represents music, with a seated male figure instructing a young boy on playing the lute; the second figure represents Wine, with a seated bacchante, with vine leaves ...

Category

Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

Antique Hand Painted Jeweled French Sevres Type Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Box
Antique Hand Painted Jeweled French Sevres Type Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Box

Antique Hand Painted Jeweled French Sevres Type Cobalt Blue Porcelain Table Box

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Decorated to the lid with a finely hand painted scene of a man playing the lute for a his lover, children, and dogs. There is a Sevres type mark to the base.

Category

Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Bronze Hirondelle Blessee Alfred Foretay Garniture Mantel Clock & Urns
Antique Bronze Hirondelle Blessee Alfred Foretay Garniture Mantel Clock & Urns

Antique Bronze Hirondelle Blessee Alfred Foretay Garniture Mantel Clock & Urns

By Alfred Jean Foretay

Located in Dayton, OH

Urns feature Dutch pastoral landscapes and florals in low relief with female figures perched on the sides - one knitting in wooden shoes, the other barefoot with a lute slung around ...

Category

Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of Antique Tapestry Borders from Flanders, circa 1580
Pair of Antique Tapestry Borders from Flanders, circa 1580

Pair of Antique Tapestry Borders from Flanders, circa 1580

Located in Dallas, TX

Towards the center of the textile is a pair of musicians, one strumming a lute, while the other plucks a lyre. At the bottom of each tapestry is a single female figure, well-dressed ...

Category

16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Lute

Materials

Textile, Wool, Silk

Antique Venice Walnut Four Louis XVI Chairs , still usable, by Vincenzo Cadorin
Antique Venice Walnut Four Louis XVI Chairs , still usable, by Vincenzo Cadorin

Antique Venice Walnut Four Louis XVI Chairs , still usable, by Vincenzo Cadorin

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

The genealogy of the Cadorin family, who are worthy successors to the great art workshops of the Republic of Venice, represents a unique interweaving of lives under the banner of art...

Category

Early 20th Century Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Walnut

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Clock Lamp
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Clock Lamp

French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain And Ormolu Clock Lamp

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The elegantly shaped body displays a wonderfully executed hand painted winged cherub with a bow and an arrow, a cherub holding a beautiful blooming flower garland draped in a flowing...

Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Lute

Materials

Ormolu

17th century ebonized Antwerp cabinet with painted panels, circle 1630
17th century ebonized Antwerp cabinet with painted panels, circle 1630

17th century ebonized Antwerp cabinet with painted panels, circle 1630

Located in PARIS, FR

The parrot for Touch, the mirror for Sight, the cup for Taste, the flower for Smell and the lute for Hearing. This representation of the world through a cabinet continues with the c...

Category

17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Lute

Materials

Wood

WAPPERS Painting Belgian 19th romantic Oil on panel wood mandoline woman player
WAPPERS Painting Belgian 19th romantic Oil on panel wood mandoline woman player

WAPPERS Painting Belgian 19th romantic Oil on panel wood mandoline woman player

Located in PARIS, FR

Our painting shows this taste for Dutch old masters with in particular the taste for historical details, here a very beautiful musical instrument, a lute or more precisely a small ma...

Category

Mid-19th Century Romantic Antique Lute

Materials

Oil

Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers
Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers

Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers

By Willibaldd Leo Frh-v-Lütgendorff, Dirk J. Balfoort, John H. Fairfield

Located in valatie, NY

Die Geigen-und Lautemnacher nom Mittelalter bis our Gegenwart (The Violin and Lute Makers From the Middle Ages to the Present.)

Category

Early 20th Century German Antique Lute

Materials

Paper

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense

Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines of the Sense

Located in New York, NY

Hearing wearing a lilac-lined flowered white dress and a yellow-lined purple flowered cloak, playing the lute and flanked by a stag and a gold music book at her feet.

Category

18th Century and Earlier German Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Pair of Beds, by Vincenzo Cadorin Venezia, Hand-carved Walnut
Art Nouveau Pair of Beds, by Vincenzo Cadorin Venezia, Hand-carved Walnut

Art Nouveau Pair of Beds, by Vincenzo Cadorin Venezia, Hand-carved Walnut

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

The genealogy of the Cadorin family, who are worthy successors to the great art workshops of the Republic of Venice, represents a unique interweaving of lives under the banner of art...

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Walnut

Chinese Lacquered Wood Table Stone Top with Carved Essay
Chinese Lacquered Wood Table Stone Top with Carved Essay

Chinese Lacquered Wood Table Stone Top with Carved Essay

Located in Atlanta, GA

For all but Ignorance enters in, ?????, With simple lute the time beguile, ???? Or "Golden Classic's" page a while. ??????

Category

19th Century Chinese Export Antique Lute

Materials

Stone

Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany
Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany

Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany

By Constantin Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal

Located in Vienna, AT

Very rare Porcelaine Figurine after the dancer Lena Amsel: Dancer in an exotic Pierrot costume with a zigzag pattern, with large flounced cuffs and matching high collar, posing in m...

Category

1920s German Art Deco Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

Meissen Bucolic Festival Figurines Cherubs Couple Musicians Acier, C 59, 1870
Meissen Bucolic Festival Figurines Cherubs Couple Musicians Acier, C 59, 1870

Meissen Bucolic Festival Figurines Cherubs Couple Musicians Acier, C 59, 1870

By Michel Victor Acier 1

Located in Vienna, AT

DETAILED DESCRIPTION: THE BUCOLIC FESTIVAL, CONSISTING OF SEVEN FIGURINES ° there is a young female lute player attached to top piece, adored by a ° boyish gallant figurine, who i...

Category

1870s German Rococo Antique Lute

Materials

Porcelain

18th Century Pair of Italian Still Life Trompe L'Oeil Vision Jokes after Munari
18th Century Pair of Italian Still Life Trompe L'Oeil Vision Jokes after Munari

18th Century Pair of Italian Still Life Trompe L'Oeil Vision Jokes after Munari

By Cristoforo Munari

Located in Milano, MI

In the other work we find a lute, books, a knife, plums and lemons, a baskets of bread and cherries.

Category

Early 18th Century European Baroque Antique Lute

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Early 20th Century Venetian Hand-Carved Walnut Gueridon Sculpture Pedestal
Early 20th Century Venetian Hand-Carved Walnut Gueridon Sculpture Pedestal

Early 20th Century Venetian Hand-Carved Walnut Gueridon Sculpture Pedestal

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

The genealogy of the Cadorin family, who are worthy successors to the great art workshops of the Republic of Venice, represents a unique interweaving of lives under the banner of art...

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Walnut

Sculptural Art Nouveau Corner Vitrine Cabinet by Vincenzo Cadorin Carved Walnut
Sculptural Art Nouveau Corner Vitrine Cabinet by Vincenzo Cadorin Carved Walnut

Sculptural Art Nouveau Corner Vitrine Cabinet by Vincenzo Cadorin Carved Walnut

By Vincenzo Cadorin

Located in Vigonza, Padua

The genealogy of the Cadorin family, who are worthy successors to the great art workshops of the Republic of Venice, represents a unique interweaving of lives under the banner of art...

Category

1890s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Lute

Materials

Mirror, Walnut

Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed, circa 1890
Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed, circa 1890

Exhibition Austrian Neo-Baroque Carved Mahogany Bed, circa 1890

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

The side rails are finely carved with reclining female figures playing lutes to the head ends and dancing putti figures to the foot.

Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Baroque Revival Antique Lute

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Still Life with Lute

Abstract Still Life with Lute

By Winold Reiss

Located in New York, NY

Pastel on black paper

Category

Early 20th Century Antique Lute

Materials

Paper, Pastel

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