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Portrait Of A Wet Nurse & Baby, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Wet Nurse & Baby, 17th Century Rare & Unusual English School Portrait Large 17th
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18th Century Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Tender Nurse's Care - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1817
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Thomas Rowlandson in 1817. Plate from "The Dance of Life" by William Combe. Very good condition. Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) was an english artis...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Antique Nurses

Materials

Etching

Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901
By Able & Charnell
Located in London, London
Nurses Belt Buckle, features delicate engraved decoration and vacant cartouches. The buckle weighs
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Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

Signed Bergmann Cat Nurse Delivering Newborn Kitten Rare Austrian Vienna Bronze
Located in New York, NY
THIS IS A SUPERB SIGNED FRANZ BERGMANN ANTIQUE AUSTRIAN VIENNA BRONZE OF A CAT NURSE DELIVERING A
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Early 20th Century Austrian Gilded Age Antique Nurses

Materials

Bronze

German Porcelain Figure of a Red Cross Nurse, Rosenthal, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
German porcelain figure of a red cross nurse, Rosenthal, circa 1920. Signed.
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1920s German Antique Nurses

Materials

Porcelain

George Angell Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle with Cherubs
By George Angell & Co
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique belt buckle was made by the well known George Angell and Company of England in approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The buckle is composed of sterl...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

The Boy Botaro and his Nurse Otsuji and a Lotus Pond
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
The boy Bôtarô watches his nurse Otsuji haul a bucket of water from the well. From the kabuki play
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1880s Other Art Style Antique Nurses

Materials

Mulberry Paper, Woodcut

Juliet and her Nurse with the Page Peter from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
By Henry Perronet Briggs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Henry Perronet Briggs, Attributed to, English (1793 - 1844) Title: Juliet and Her Nurse
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1820s Old Masters Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901 by John Tiley
By John Tiley
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London 1901 by John Tiley, this stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Belt Buckle, measures 3.75"(9.5cm) wide and weighs 1.5 ozt.
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Print of a Nurse/Sister and Child in Madrid by Lallemand, circa 1840
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Nourrice à Madrid'. No. 114 from 'Musée Cosmopolite'. This print originates from a section illustrating costumes of Spain and Portugal.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Nurses

Materials

Paper

Antique Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Plate Painting by Angelica Kauffman 1890
By Angelica Kauffmann, Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Portland, OR
nurse Eurycleia, the scene taken from Homer's epic "The Odyssey". The decoration is after the 18th
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1890s Austrian Belle Époque Antique Nurses

Materials

Porcelain

A pair of silver-mounted crystal Royal presentation claret jugs
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
in 1975. Footnote: These claret jugs were presented as a gift to Emma Hobbs, the British nurse
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19th Century German Antique Nurses

Materials

Silver Plate

Gruen Gold Filled Art Deco Ladies Dr's Watch with Fired Enamel Printed Dial 1925
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
seen. A ladies Art Deco, "Dr's" Pulse watch which was likely supplied to a nurse. Based on its serial
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1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Nurses

Platinum Diamonds Sapphires Swiss Watch Brooch Certificate Mag Featured, 1920
Located in Herzelia, Tel Aviv
clear. The early 20th century saw this kind of pin/brooch watch created for nurses. But this
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Early 20th Century Swiss Antique Nurses

Materials

Diamond, Onyx, Sapphire, Platinum

Envermeu France - British art oil painting Normandy village female artist
By Sylvia Gosse
Located in London, GB
followed him to Dieppe where she nursed him through periods of ill health. She was a loyal disciple of
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil

Original "The American Red Cross is spending Ten Million" vintage poster
By Jean Louis Forain
Located in Spokane, WA
Original American Red Cross vintage poster. Linen backed and ready to frame. The Red Cross nurse
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Lithograph

Racine by Gallet & Co. Sterling Silver Watch with Original Bracelet from 1915
Located in Long Beach, CA
from the original family, the great grandmother was a nurse during WW1 and this was her watch. They
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Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Antique Nurses

Sailing the Norfolk Broads, Early 20th Century British Seascape w/ Sailboats
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cottage, Barton Turf. In 1952, Wigg married his mother's nurse, but this was disastrous for his artistic
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Early 20th Century Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil

French Litlle Armchair red and yellow gold - Louis XV Style - France Napoleon 3
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
floral motifs. The backrest is also topped with floral motifs. This nurse's armchair, children's armchair
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Nurses

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Russian Rython Vases
Located in Stockholm, SE
Amalthea, a nurse of Zeus, who is often part of stories of the horn's origin.
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Early 19th Century Russian Empire Antique Nurses

Materials

Carrara Marble, Bronze

Pair of Russian Rython Vases
Pair of Russian Rython Vases
H 9.65 in W 6.3 in D 3.15 in
La Croix-Soleil original vintage French lithograph
By Leonetto Cappiello
Located in Spokane, WA
-Soleil features a nurse, and the line of Les Pansements La Croix-Soleil white bandages that she is using
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1910s Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Lithograph

The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha
By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, martyrs and wet nurses. She died during the persecution of Decius (250-253) for her steadfast profession
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1780s Baroque Antique Nurses

Materials

Etching

French Art Deco Embossed Crocodile Leather Doctor’s Bag, c. 1920
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Antique French embossed crocodile leather doctors bag / nurse bag c. 1920 The bag is in a nice
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Leather

"Family Gathering – The Christening Ceremony”
Located in Edinburgh, GB
family's lineage Well-dressed noblewomen and a nurse, emphasizing social hierarchy and the ritualistic
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19th Century Symbolist Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vincenzo Colleoni (Venetian Master) - 19th century painting - Interior Masks
Located in Varmo, IT
baby in the left corner of the canvas up close. Even in the dim light a nurse pushes away a character
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Katsushika Hokusai -- POEM BY BUNYA NO ASAYASU (FUMIYA NO ASAYASU) 百人一首
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in BRUCE, ACT
series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) 「百人一首うはか恵とき 文屋朝康」 Publisher
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1830s Antique Nurses

Materials

Woodcut

Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally identified as Edward Addison, Esq., c.178
By George Romney
Located in Maidenhead, GB
indentures after Steele had eloped with a young heiress. Romney fell ill with fever and was nursed by the
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1780s Old Masters Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil

Balinese Dancer - British 1920's art portrait oil painting Musician Music Dance
By John Young Hunter
Located in London, GB
wife Mary and their 5-year-old daughter Gabrielle, with a nurse and two indoor servants. On 20 May 1913
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1920s Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Tempera

La Nourrice - Porcelain figure of breast feeding, Liverpool, circa 1759
By Richard Chaffers
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An important soft-paste porcelain figure of a nurse feeding a swaddled infant. Probably by Richard
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Nurses

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Nursing Virgin from the 14th century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
infant Jesus, who is wrapped in a cloak, in her lap. Jesus is being nursed by his mother, held by her
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Gothic Antique Nurses

Materials

Wood

Rare Nursing Virgin from the 14th century
Rare Nursing Virgin from the 14th century
H 19.69 in W 8.08 in D 4.34 in
Antique Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Jewelry Casket
By William Hutton & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
, incorporating an Art Nouveau style portrait of a female nurse in period attire to the centre. The cover is
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

The First Taste
By Joan Fairfax Whiteside ARRC FMAA
Located in London, GB
Aid Detachment of the Red Cross. Posted to the RAF Hospital at Halton, she nursed injured airmen and
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil, Board

Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century
Located in Lantau, HK
), suffered an injury to his arm. The nurse, looking attentively while holding a plate in the other hand
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19th Century European Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas

Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century
Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century
H 29.73 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
Caduceus Snake Pendant Necklace Gold Medicine Doctor Hermes Peace Antique
Located in New York, NY
AND IS A WONDERFUL JEWEL FOR THE DOCTOR, NURSE, PA, MD, PHYSICIAN, AS WELL AS LOVERS OF GREEK
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

1932 Isamu Noguchi “Measured Time” Hawkeye Clock
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in New York, NY
timer, was Noguchi's first design to go into mass production before his iconic "Radio Nurse" baby
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Nurses

Materials

Bakelite

Original 'The Greatest Mother in the World' vintage World War poster
Located in Spokane, WA
poster depicts a monumental Red Cross nurse as a "Madonna" on one knee cradling in her arms a bandaged
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1910s American Realist Antique Nurses

Materials

Lithograph

Original Help the Greatest Mother in the World, The War Chest, vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Michelangelo's "Pieta," the image in this poster depicts a monumental Red Cross nurse as a "Madonna" on one knee
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1910s American Realist Antique Nurses

Materials

Lithograph

The Woodman's Family in a Landscape - British 1869 Victorian art oil painting
By Edward Charles Williams
Located in London, GB
Horley, who had been Mary Ann's nurse – Edward and Sarah did not marry for another 10 years until 3
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19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Gentleman in Armour by Table & Helmut c.1685 Aristocratic Provenance
By Johann Kerseboom
Located in London, GB
established in Cheshire which has been called by one old writer “the mother and nurse of gentility”. The Legh
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Julius Kronberg’s Angelica – A Romantic Heroine of Renaissance Legend
Located in Stockholm, SE
her own destiny. She falls in love with a humble Saracen soldier, Medoro, whom she nurses back to
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Large Museum Cast Statue of the Capitoline Wolf
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
, when the basket ran aground, the twins were discovered by a female wolf who nursed the twins, before
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Early 20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Antique Nurses

Materials

Plaster

Large Museum Cast Statue of the Capitoline Wolf
Large Museum Cast Statue of the Capitoline Wolf
H 36.62 in W 57.49 in D 27.56 in
17th Century Onorio Marinari Italian Religious Painting
By Onorio Marinari
Located in Roma, IT
her, her nurse adopted her, and Margaret converted, consecrating herself and her virginity to God
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Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Original Antique British War Recruitment Propaganda Poster Are You In This WWI
Located in London, GB
flag with a young Boy Scout helping, a nurse in uniform ready to look after the wounded, a lady
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1910s British Antique Nurses

Materials

Paper

Winter Vacation, Liberty Magazine Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
attention, especially when Antoinette, Ulysses’ new nurse, speaks to the family in French. Lil and Sandy
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1920s Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Story of Tamiya Bataro
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
14 Publisher: Tsunajima Kanekichi This scene depicts Nurse Otsuji hauling water from the well while
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1880s Antique Nurses

Materials

Woodcut

Garstin Cox, Impressionist painting of Cornwall woods in the Fall, Autumn colour
Located in Harkstead, GB
Newlyn Society of Artists in 1925. Tragically, whilst helping to nurse his ailing father during the
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil, Board

On the Beach, Post-Impressionist Oil Painting, English School
Located in London, GB
commissioned to carry out decorations but never did the work. In both world wars Sands served as a nurse in
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil, Board

"Tree in Winter" Delos Palmer Jr, Sketch of Tree 20th Century Impressionist Work
Located in New York, NY
lived in a private townhouse at 48 West 50th Street, with a cook, a waitress, and a nurse to assist in
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
By Thompson & Capper
Located in New Orleans, LA
everything needed to nurse a member of the household back to health. Made by the firm of Thomas Thompson and
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19th Century English Other Antique Nurses

Materials

Brass

Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
H 8.25 in W 15.75 in D 12.25 in
Antique Victorian Marquetry Demi Lune Cabinet 19th Century
Located in London, GB
was fed as an infant by his nurse, the nymph Amalthaea. Later, the horn was filled with flowers and
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Antique French 19th Century Princess Louise of France Miniature Portrait
Located in Braintree, GB
her father himself nursed her day and night to save her. At the age of ten, she caught smallpox, and
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1830s French Georgian Antique Nurses

Materials

Silver

Rehearsal, Victorian Era painting by Francis Sydney Muschamp
By Francis Sydney Muschamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
– these include: The Merchant of Venice, The Sonnet, Much Ado about Nothing, Juliet and her Nurse, The
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
awarded the Bronze Medal. During the War, Gray volunteered as a nurse with the Scottish Women's Hospitals
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1920s Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Oil

Hamilton 14Kt. Gold Cushion Shaped Watch with Original Dial & Bracelet 1925
By Hamilton
Located in Long Beach, CA
:00. This was done so Hamilton could use the movement for as pendant watch, perhaps for nurse. More
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Nurses

By Queen Victoria's Daughter Princess Alice Framed Royal Watercolor Painting
By HRH Princess Alice Maud Mary Hanover
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
compassion meant that she took on the role of the family caregiver. She nursed her grandmother, Victoria
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Antique Carved Stone Lion Head Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
their fate. The third dog survived his fight and was nursed back to health with great care by the
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17th Century Antique Nurses

Materials

Sandstone

Antique Carved Stone Lion Head Sculpture
Antique Carved Stone Lion Head Sculpture
H 13 in W 7.09 in D 8.67 in
Graphite Study of a Head, Monogrammed Victorian Sketch, Gilt Fame
By Henry Perronet Briggs
Located in London, GB
 Juliet and her Nurse. His large painting of George III presenting the Sword to Lord Howe on board the
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Early 19th Century Antique Nurses

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Primroses & Snowdrops In The Orchard 19th Century Victorian Watercolor Painting
By Edwin Harris
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
those who nursed her and whilst at Cliff Castle she first made the acquaintance of Stanhope Forbes, whom
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A zither player, small signed drawingdrawing
By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Located in Paris, FR
was a nurse. Inconsolable, he goes so far as to add Marie's M to his signature (GM Rochegrosse).
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1910s Symbolist Antique Nurses

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Vally Wiethelthier, Drunken Sailor, Art Deco Art Ceramic Figurine, ca. 1925
Located in New York, NY
, Jodef Hoffmann and Michael Powolny from 1914 to 1920. In addition, she worked as an auxiliary nurse
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1920s Italian Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Ceramic

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Antique Nurses For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique nurses is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, paper and wood, all antique nurses available were constructed with great care. Antique nurses have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Art Deco and industrial antique nurses are consistently popular styles. Antique nurses have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Ernest Hemingway, Musy Gioielli and Isamu Noguchi are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Nurses?

Prices for antique nurses can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique nurses begin at $85 and can go as high as $294,283, while the average can fetch as much as $2,767.