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French school Portrait Nurse Signed
French school Portrait Nurse Signed

French school Portrait Nurse Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️Nurse Portrait from WWI⬅️ ⏩It is signed M Chaumet Sousselier⏪ Jeanne Marie Louise Chaumet

Category

Early 1900s Tonalist Antique Nurses

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

French school Portrait Nurse Signed
French school Portrait Nurse Signed

French school Portrait Nurse Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️Nurse Portrait from WWI⬅️ ⏩It is signed M Chaumet Sousselier⏪ Jeanne Marie Louise Chaumet

Category

Early 1900s Tonalist Antique Nurses

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Antique Tiffany & Co. 14K Gold Nurses Training School Graduation Pin
Antique Tiffany & Co. 14K Gold Nurses Training School Graduation Pin

Antique Tiffany & Co. 14K Gold Nurses Training School Graduation Pin

By Tiffany & Co.

Located in New York, NY

. for The Brooklyn Hospital Training School for Nurses, crafted in solid 14 karat yellow gold, circa

Category

Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique Nurses

Materials

14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Pair of 19th Century French Provençal Nurse’s Chairs in Beechwood
Pair of 19th Century French Provençal Nurse’s Chairs in Beechwood

Pair of 19th Century French Provençal Nurse’s Chairs in Beechwood

Located in Atlanta, GA

A charming pair of 19th-century French Provençal nurse’s chairs, distinguished by their notably low

Category

19th Century French French Provincial Antique Nurses

Materials

Beech

The Tender Nurse's Care - Etching by Thomas Rowlandson - 1817

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...

Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Antique Nurses

Materials

Etching

Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901
Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901

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

Category

Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

George Angell Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle with Cherubs
George Angell Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle with Cherubs

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...

Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901 by John Tiley
Art Nouveau Antique Sterling Silver Nurses Belt Buckle from 1901 by John Tiley

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.

Category

Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Print of a Nurse/Sister and Child in Madrid by Lallemand, circa 1840
Antique Print of a Nurse/Sister and Child in Madrid by Lallemand, circa 1840

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.

Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Nurses

Materials

Paper

Small Bronze Sculpture Signed Gemito, Bust of a Young Woman
Small Bronze Sculpture Signed Gemito, Bust of a Young Woman

Small Bronze Sculpture Signed Gemito, Bust of a Young Woman

Located in Casale Monferrato, IT

to depict "The Nurse," a typical subject in a veristic style. On the back, there is a no longer

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Nurses

Materials

Bronze

Chrysanthemums. Canvas, oil, 81.6x65.5 cm
Chrysanthemums. Canvas, oil, 81.6x65.5 cm

Chrysanthemums. Canvas, oil, 81.6x65.5 cm

Located in Riga, LV

girls (1908 – 1914). At 1 World war time she worked as a compassionate sister, nurse, maid at Russia

Category

1920s Romantic Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Industrial Medical Revolving Swivel Stool with Terrific Patina, Spain 1930s
Industrial Medical Revolving Swivel Stool with Terrific Patina, Spain 1930s

Industrial Medical Revolving Swivel Stool with Terrific Patina, Spain 1930s

By Thonet

Located in Barcelona, ES

Doctor's / Nurse's Medical Swivel Stool with Terrific Patina in Aluminium and Iron Manufactured in

Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Antique Nurses

Materials

Iron, Aluminum

Korean Earthenware Pedestal Vessel, Three Kingdoms Period, 57 BC - 668 AD
Korean Earthenware Pedestal Vessel, Three Kingdoms Period, 57 BC - 668 AD

Korean Earthenware Pedestal Vessel, Three Kingdoms Period, 57 BC - 668 AD

Located in Stamford, CT

Holyoke. Her love of Japanese art began when she served with a contingent of nurses in Tokyo and Kyoto

Category

15th Century and Earlier Korean Han Antique Nurses

Materials

Pottery

Pelew-Eilanders – Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of Palau (c.1800)
Pelew-Eilanders – Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of Palau (c.1800)

Pelew-Eilanders – Antique Hand-Colored Engraving of Palau (c.1800)

Located in Langweer, NL

woman nurses her child while wearing body tattoos and culturally significant woven garments. The man

Category

Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Nurses

Materials

Paper

La Passerelle

La Passerelle

By Henri Ottmann

Located in London, GB

. Instead of a combatant role, he worked as a nurse for a military hospital in Ancenis - intriguingly, many

Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique chain earrings with clip and silver filigree spheres
Antique chain earrings with clip and silver filigree spheres

Antique chain earrings with clip and silver filigree spheres

Located in VALLADOLID, ES

"wedding nurse earrings," they are very popular in the folklore and customs of Salamanca, Spain. A

Category

Early 1900s Spanish Arts and Crafts Antique Nurses

Materials

Silver

Nu Étendu dans L’Herbe (Nude Lying on the Grass)
Nu Étendu dans L’Herbe (Nude Lying on the Grass)

Nu Étendu dans L’Herbe (Nude Lying on the Grass)

By Henri Ottmann

Located in London, GB

worked as a nurse for a military hospital in Ancenis - intriguingly, many of his fellow nurses were his

Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)
Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)

Les Bords de Seine (The Banks of the Seine)

By Henri Ottmann

Located in London, GB

registered as a conscientious objector. Instead of a combatant role, he worked as a nurse for a military

Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Anglo-Indian Silver Belt Buckle c.1900
Antique Anglo-Indian Silver Belt Buckle c.1900

Antique Anglo-Indian Silver Belt Buckle c.1900

Located in Worcester, GB

, perhaps for a nurse or lady in uniform during the late Victorian or Edwardian period. Likely of Indian or

Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Plate Painting by Angelica Kauffman 1890
Antique Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Plate Painting by Angelica Kauffman 1890

Antique Royal Vienna Porcelain Cabinet Plate Painting by Angelica Kauffman 1890

By Royal Vienna Porcelain, Angelica Kauffmann

Located in Portland, OR

nurse Eurycleia, the scene taken from Homer's epic "The Odyssey". The decoration is after the 18th

Category

1890s Austrian Belle Époque Antique Nurses

Materials

Porcelain

Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Jewelry Casket
Edwardian Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Jewelry Casket

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

Category

Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Nurses

Materials

Sterling Silver

A pair of silver-mounted crystal Royal presentation claret jugs
A pair of silver-mounted crystal Royal presentation claret jugs

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

Category

19th Century German Antique Nurses

Materials

Silver Plate

Dutch Drawing of Children Around a Cradle – Signed G. Verburgh, c.1800
Dutch Drawing of Children Around a Cradle – Signed G. Verburgh, c.1800

Dutch Drawing of Children Around a Cradle – Signed G. Verburgh, c.1800

Located in Langweer, NL

soothing or explaining something. The adult figure — likely a mother, nurse, or governess — watches calmly

Category

Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Nurses

Materials

Paper

Twenties Framed Oil Painting By Horace Mann Livens
Twenties Framed Oil Painting By Horace Mann Livens

Twenties Framed Oil Painting By Horace Mann Livens

Located in Petworth, GB

bouts of illness and it is reported that “it was Livens who nursed him back”. (Catalogue for The

Category

1920s English Other Antique Nurses

Materials

Wood, Paint

Platinum Diamonds Sapphires Swiss Watch Brooch Certificate Mag Featured, 1920
Platinum Diamonds Sapphires Swiss Watch Brooch Certificate Mag Featured, 1920

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

Category

Early 20th Century Swiss Antique Nurses

Materials

Diamond, Onyx, Sapphire, Platinum

French Litlle Armchair red and yellow gold - Louis XV Style - France Napoleon 3
French Litlle Armchair red and yellow gold - Louis XV Style - France Napoleon 3

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

Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Nurses

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Russian Rython Vases
Pair of Russian Rython Vases

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.

Category

Early 19th Century Russian Empire Antique Nurses

Materials

Carrara Marble, Bronze

The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha
The Martyrdom of Saint Agatha

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

Category

1780s Baroque Antique Nurses

Materials

Etching

French Art Deco Embossed Crocodile Leather Doctor’s Bag, c. 1920
French Art Deco Embossed Crocodile Leather Doctor’s Bag, c. 1920

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

Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Leather

Rare Nursing Virgin from the 14th century
Rare Nursing Virgin from the 14th century

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

Category

15th Century and Earlier Italian Gothic Antique Nurses

Materials

Wood

The First Taste

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

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Nurses

Materials

Board, Oil

Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper
Domestic Medicine Chest by Thompson & Capper

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

Category

19th Century English Other Antique Nurses

Materials

Brass

Caduceus Snake Pendant Necklace Gold Medicine Doctor Hermes Peace Antique
Caduceus Snake Pendant Necklace Gold Medicine Doctor Hermes Peace Antique

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

Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Antique Nurses

Materials

Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century
Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas, 19th Century

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

Category

19th Century European Antique Nurses

Materials

Canvas

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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.

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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.