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Indian South India Framed Miniature Mughal Painting of Royal Women in Courtyard
Indian South India Framed Miniature Mughal Painting of Royal Women in Courtyard

Indian South India Framed Miniature Mughal Painting of Royal Women in Courtyard

Located in Studio City, CA

The delicate, intricate nature of the work is really quite something (they are sometimes painted with brushes made of a single hair). Indian Mughal miniature painting is a refined, ...

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19th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Paint, Wood

Pair of Antique Buddha Busts 45 cm, Gilt Patinated Sculptures, Asian Home Decor
Pair of Antique Buddha Busts 45 cm, Gilt Patinated Sculptures, Asian Home Decor

Pair of Antique Buddha Busts 45 cm, Gilt Patinated Sculptures, Asian Home Decor

Located in Wembley, GB

Pair of Antique Buddha Busts – 45 cm, Gilt and Patinated Sculptures, Asian Decorative Spiritual Art for Interiors A striking pair of antique Buddha busts, each measuring 45 cm in he...

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Early 1900s Vietnamese Art Deco Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Gold Leaf, Sheet Metal, Bronze, Gold Plate, Metal

Wall Mirror, Oval Modern Console Mirror, Antique Gilt French Art Deco Mirror
Wall Mirror, Oval Modern Console Mirror, Antique Gilt French Art Deco Mirror

Wall Mirror, Oval Modern Console Mirror, Antique Gilt French Art Deco Mirror

Located in Wembley, GB

A stylish, rare, large 20th-century French gilt wall mirror, having a scroll frame above an oval bevelled glass plate, 80cm by 60cm. This mirror can be suitable as a console and pier...

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Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Mirror, Fruitwood, Giltwood

A Pair of Chairs, Livingroom Exclusive Edwardian Mahogany Boxwood Home Décor
A Pair of Chairs, Livingroom Exclusive Edwardian Mahogany Boxwood Home Décor

A Pair of Chairs, Livingroom Exclusive Edwardian Mahogany Boxwood Home Décor

Located in Wembley, GB

Magnificently created a set of decorative antique Edwardian English seats. The shaped top rail is inlaid with leafy scrollwork above a pierced splat, the stuff-over seat upholstered ...

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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood, Hardwood, Boxwood, Fabric, Cotton, Yarn, Organic Material

Luxury Wall Mirror, Antique Silver Rococo Floral Oversized Console Mirror
Luxury Wall Mirror, Antique Silver Rococo Floral Oversized Console Mirror

Luxury Wall Mirror, Antique Silver Rococo Floral Oversized Console Mirror

Located in Wembley, GB

A rare large 20th-century English Silvered gesso on moulded resin, the floral scroll frame centred lotus flowers. The bevelled plate is 88cm x 58cm, and the frame is 150cm x 102cm. ...

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Early 1900s British Rococo Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Mirror, Fruitwood, Giltwood

Antique Japanese Samurai Suit of Armor, Edo Period, 18th Century
Antique Japanese Samurai Suit of Armor, Edo Period, 18th Century

Antique Japanese Samurai Suit of Armor, Edo Period, 18th Century

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Antique Japanese Samurai Suit of Armor, Edo period, 18th century. A complete matching set of lacquered iron work; the cuirass with dragonfly decoration and blue lacing, a Kaga schoo...

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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Metal, Silver, Foil, Iron, Gold Leaf

Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work
Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work

Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work

By Georges Braque

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Particularly notable is the balance between figuration and abstraction: the figures remain legible yet are reduced to essential volumes, with simplified facial planes and rhythmic co...

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Early 20th Century Cubist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work
Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work

Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work

By Georges Braque

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Particularly notable is the balance between figuration and abstraction: the figures remain legible yet are reduced to essential volumes, with simplified facial planes and rhythmic co...

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Early 20th Century Cubist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Oil

Chinese Famille Verte Dragon Washer with Bluett & Sons Provenance - Circa 1900
Chinese Famille Verte Dragon Washer with Bluett & Sons Provenance - Circa 1900

Chinese Famille Verte Dragon Washer with Bluett & Sons Provenance - Circa 1900

Located in Chatham, ON

Kangxi revival hand-painted famille verte (wucai) porcelain brush washer of substantial proportions with Bluett & Sons provenance - late Qing dynasty / early Republic period - the ha...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Antique Tibetan Green & Red Poppy Cabinet, 19th Century
Antique Tibetan Green & Red Poppy Cabinet, 19th Century

Antique Tibetan Green & Red Poppy Cabinet, 19th Century

Located in Chicago, IL

Crafted in 19th-century Tibet, this extraordinary cabinet is beautifully decorated from end to end with hand-painted floral motifs. Brushed in a cool palette of green, red, blue and ...

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Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Pine

Antique Late 19th C Cast Iron 3 Piece Garden Set Bench a Chair and a Table Chair
Antique Late 19th C Cast Iron 3 Piece Garden Set Bench a Chair and a Table Chair

Antique Late 19th C Cast Iron 3 Piece Garden Set Bench a Chair and a Table Chair

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Not a repro, these are the real deal, very heavy pieces. Lots of old paint , we have wire brushed them prior to photos but still enough old paint and surface rust on them.

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Early 1900s American Rococo Revival Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Iron, Zinc

Fine Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Figurative Dramatic Work
Fine Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Figurative Dramatic Work

Fine Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Figurative Dramatic Work

By Georges Braque

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Particularly notable is the balance between figuration and abstraction: the figures remain legible yet are reduced to essential volumes, with simplified facial planes and rhythmic co...

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Early 20th Century Cubist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Oil

Coastal Seascape by Charles Hopkinson, circa 1920 - Manchester, Mass
Coastal Seascape by Charles Hopkinson, circa 1920 - Manchester, Mass

Coastal Seascape by Charles Hopkinson, circa 1920 - Manchester, Mass

Located in Nantucket, MA

., by Charles Hopkinson (American: 1869 - 1962), circa 1920, a post-impressionist oil on canvas shore scene of wooded rocky Dana Island point protecting inlet with rocky cliff to the...

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1920s American Other Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Canvas

The Valley of the River Severn with a distant view of Shrewsbury
The Valley of the River Severn with a distant view of Shrewsbury

The Valley of the River Severn with a distant view of Shrewsbury

By Richard Wilson

Located in London, GB

Shrewsbury would have been a major stop for Wilson on any journeys he took to stay with his family in North Wales and Cheshire. Painted with remarkable brio, Wilson has used a thic...

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18th Century Old Masters Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chinese Lacquered Three-Tier Wedding Basket, Early 20th Century
Chinese Lacquered Three-Tier Wedding Basket, Early 20th Century

Chinese Lacquered Three-Tier Wedding Basket, Early 20th Century

Located in Troy, MI

Coopered wood stave construction with rattan bindings, finished in warm amber lacquer and decorated throughout with brush-painted auspicious motifs — plum blossom, lotus, orchid, bam...

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1910s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Rattan, Bentwood, Lacquer

Ancient Greek Red-Figure Terracotta Pelike (Jar), 5th–4th Century BCE
Ancient Greek Red-Figure Terracotta Pelike (Jar), 5th–4th Century BCE

Ancient Greek Red-Figure Terracotta Pelike (Jar), 5th–4th Century BCE

Located in West Hollywood, CA

The red-figure technique – invented in Athens around 525 BCE – allowed ancient artists to paint detailed figures with a brush, achieving greater realism and expressive detail than th...

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15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Terracotta

M. K. - Danish School 1922 Oil, The Lake
M. K. - Danish School 1922 Oil, The Lake

M. K. - Danish School 1922 Oil, The Lake

Located in Corsham, GB

This charming landscape scene depicts houses in a Danish village on the verge of a calm lake. Painted in gestural brush strokes and a muted palette, capturing the tranquillity of the...

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Early 20th Century Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Oil

(Untitled) Dramatic Impressionist Landscape
(Untitled) Dramatic Impressionist Landscape

(Untitled) Dramatic Impressionist Landscape

Located in San Francisco, CA

The picture’s underlying drama also comes from the artist’s use of impasto, the heavy layering on of paint with a brush or palette knife. It was a technique also favored by Rembrandt...

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century Italian School Painting "Faun and  Nymph"
18th Century Italian School Painting "Faun and  Nymph"

18th Century Italian School Painting "Faun and Nymph"

Located in Beuzevillette, FR

Beautiful oil on panel from the Italian school of the 18th century representing a faun trying to seduce a half-naked nymph, behind them a man seems to have brought a tray and at thei...

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18th Century Italian Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Scholarly Lacquered Offering Table, c. 1850
Chinese Scholarly Lacquered Offering Table, c. 1850

Chinese Scholarly Lacquered Offering Table, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Atop the gorgeous red lacquer finish, the tabletop surface is painted with censors, brush pots, scrolls, and fantail vases holding bouquets of flowers.

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Elm

18th Century French Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen with Stand Arras
18th Century French Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen with Stand Arras

18th Century French Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen with Stand Arras

By Arras Foundry

Located in Katonah, NY

Small cornflower sprigs are painted with a fine brush and placed across the surface with careful spacing, giving the decoration a refined, airy clarity.

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Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

The Beautiful Maiden, Oil on Panel, French School, Circa 1870s, Framed
The Beautiful Maiden, Oil on Panel, French School, Circa 1870s, Framed

The Beautiful Maiden, Oil on Panel, French School, Circa 1870s, Framed

By Jan Van Beers

Located in St. Albans, GB

In Paris he immediately abandoned historical pictures, producing instead genre and portrait works of the middle classes and developing a successful line in attractive draped young la...

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1870s French School Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Oil

French Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen Arras Bleu d’Arras Circa 1780
French Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen Arras Bleu d’Arras Circa 1780

French Blue and White Porcelain Soup Tureen Arras Bleu d’Arras Circa 1780

By Arras Foundry

Located in Katonah, NY

Small cornflower sprigs are painted with a fine brush and arranged across the surface with careful spacing, giving the decoration a refined, airy clarity.

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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Chinese Export Porcelain Vases
Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Chinese Export Porcelain Vases

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Chinese Export Porcelain Vases

Located in New York, NY

Juxtaposed by a magnificently modeled and hand engraved Chinese export porcelain which was then all hand-painted with exquisite brush strokes and precision.

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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Bronze

"Point Pleasant"

"Point Pleasant"

By S. George Phillips

Located in Lambertville, NJ

There, he would drive around the hills of Point Pleasant and the villages of Carversville and Lumberville in search of the perfect composition to paint. Phillips broken brush stroke ...

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1920s American Impressionist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Baigneuse Debout A Mi-Jambes“
“Baigneuse Debout A Mi-Jambes“

“Baigneuse Debout A Mi-Jambes“

By (after) Pierre Auguste Renior

Located in Southampton, NY

Despite his inability to move his hand freely, he continued to paint by using a brush strapped to his art. Renoir passed away in the south of France in 1919.

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1910s Impressionist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Archival Paper, Etching

c.1750-1820 Catalan Blue & White Faience Plate with Ship Scene, Spain, 10 in
c.1750-1820 Catalan Blue & White Faience Plate with Ship Scene, Spain, 10 in

c.1750-1820 Catalan Blue & White Faience Plate with Ship Scene, Spain, 10 in

Located in SANT ADRIÀ DE BESÒS, ES

The border is finished with a bold rhythmic band of brush-painted motifs, typical of traditional regional production.

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Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Earthenware

Antique Edo Very Old Japanese Shoki Imari Plate 1640-1660 Arita Japan Porcelain
Antique Edo Very Old Japanese Shoki Imari Plate 1640-1660 Arita Japan Porcelain

Antique Edo Very Old Japanese Shoki Imari Plate 1640-1660 Arita Japan Porcelain

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

The landscape has been painted with large variety of brush-strokes some of which are incredibly fine, the blue varies from a very thin pale washes to deep inky pools.

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17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Il Giocolare - Etching by Giovanni Volpato - 1765 ca.

Il Giocolare - Etching by Giovanni Volpato - 1765 ca.

By Giovanni Volpato

Located in Roma, IT

On the four sides around the composition, a decorative frame with flowers and festoons was painted with a brush and gray watercolor, probably shortly after the execution of the engra...

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1760s Modern Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Etching

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Country Beauty
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Country Beauty

Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Country Beauty

Located in Corsham, GB

Her face, hands, and feet are particularly finely painted with minute brush strokes. Presented in a white card mount and a distressed gilt-effect wooden frame.

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19th Century Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Watercolor

Victorian Horse Essex Crystal Earrings Enamel 14 Karat Gold Equestrian Racing
Victorian Horse Essex Crystal Earrings Enamel 14 Karat Gold Equestrian Racing

Victorian Horse Essex Crystal Earrings Enamel 14 Karat Gold Equestrian Racing

Located in New York, NY

Reverse carved intaglios are created through a meticulous process. The carving is painted, sometimes with brushes only a single hairs width and typically sealed with a mother of pear...

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19th Century British Victorian Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Crystal, Gold, Enamel, 14k Gold

Large Italian Tole Floral Gilt Florentine Wall Candle Sconce with 3 Arms, Italy
Large Italian Tole Floral Gilt Florentine Wall Candle Sconce with 3 Arms, Italy

Large Italian Tole Floral Gilt Florentine Wall Candle Sconce with 3 Arms, Italy

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

Decorated in metal tole roses and leaves. All hand-painted in brushed gold. Three arms each curl upwards from the bottom of the piece and are wrapped in gilt roses and leaves.

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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Metal, Gold

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR "Enfants jouant à la balle"
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR "Enfants jouant à la balle"

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR "Enfants jouant à la balle"

By Pierre Auguste Renoir

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Renoir was so passionate about painting that he even continued when he was old and suffering from severe arthritis. Renoir then painted with the brush tied to his wrists.

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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Laid Paper, Lithograph

Victorian Vivids: A Floral Collection from Edward Step's Masterworks, 1896
Victorian Vivids: A Floral Collection from Edward Step's Masterworks, 1896

Victorian Vivids: A Floral Collection from Edward Step's Masterworks, 1896

Located in Langweer, NL

Within this collection lies the Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus), a classic garden favorite with clusters of velvety petals ranging from soft pinks to rich crimsons; the Gypsophila ...

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1890s Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Paper

The Crimson Whisper: A Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Masterpiece of Grace
The Crimson Whisper: A Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Masterpiece of Grace

The Crimson Whisper: A Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Masterpiece of Grace

Located in Dallas, TX

Infused with earthy hues ranging from rust and baked ochre to pink and sage, this meticulously aged Oushak rug resembles a masterpiece painted with masterful brush strokes, weaving t...

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Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Wool

La Danse à la Campagne Etching, Impressionist, Framed, Circa 1883
La Danse à la Campagne Etching, Impressionist, Framed, Circa 1883

La Danse à la Campagne Etching, Impressionist, Framed, Circa 1883

By Pierre Auguste Renoir

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Renoir was so passionate about painting that he even continued when he was old and suffering from severe arthritis. Renoir then painted with the brush tied to his wrists.

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Late 18th Century Impressionist Antique Paint Brushes

Materials

Paper, Etching

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Antique Paint Brushes For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique paint brushes is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique paint brushes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paint, wood and ceramic. Antique paint brushes 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 paint brushes are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Art Nouveau and Folk Art styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique paint brushes over the years, but those made by G Scott, Bing & Grøndahl and Charles Augustus Henry Lutyens are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Paint Brushes?

Antique paint brushes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,448, while the lowest priced sells for $118 and the highest can go for as much as $68,900.