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The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg by Colin Campbell Cooper
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg by Colin Campbell Cooper

The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg by Colin Campbell Cooper

By Colin Campbell Cooper

Located in Los Angeles, CA

lost his case in 1911 and went to prison. Coincidentally, both Joseph Miller Huston and Colin Campbell

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Prison

English Naïve School Oil on Panel of an Imprisoned Man with Wildcats
English Naïve School Oil on Panel of an Imprisoned Man with Wildcats

English Naïve School Oil on Panel of an Imprisoned Man with Wildcats

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

period dress slumped to the floor and detained in a prison cell, with a lion to one flank and with his

Category

1820s English Antique Prison

Materials

Oak

"Stone House Beneath The Mountains" Painting

"Stone House Beneath The Mountains" Painting

Located in London, GB

led to her husband’s bankru ptcy and to her incarceration in a debtor’s prison until her death in 1834

Category

19th Century English Antique Prison

Pair of German Celestial and Terrestrial Globes by Johann Philip Andreae
Pair of German Celestial and Terrestrial Globes by Johann Philip Andreae

Pair of German Celestial and Terrestrial Globes by Johann Philip Andreae

By Johann Philip Andreae

Located in Paris, FR

and sentenced to prison for life. We can easily understand that his project did not ended, even if he

Category

18th Century and Earlier German Antique Prison

Materials

Brass

Cucmis agrestis.  (Balsam Apple)
Cucmis agrestis.  (Balsam Apple)

Cucmis agrestis. (Balsam Apple)

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Florham Park, NJ

prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Red Cherry.
Red Cherry.

Red Cherry.

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Florham Park, NJ

prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

Perfica malus.  (Peach Tree)
Perfica malus.  (Peach Tree)

Perfica malus. (Peach Tree)

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Florham Park, NJ

prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

The Black Cherry.
The Black Cherry.

The Black Cherry.

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Florham Park, NJ

prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing

Category

18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving, Watercolor

A Superb Late 19th Century Mexican Reticulated Coconut Bank
A Superb Late 19th Century Mexican Reticulated Coconut Bank

A Superb Late 19th Century Mexican Reticulated Coconut Bank

Located in San Francisco, CA

prison where Mexican scrimshaw coconut banks most likely originated. To pass the time

Category

19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Prison

Antique Campaign Chest
Antique Campaign Chest

Antique Campaign Chest

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

of the slave trade. She finally became a prison hulk in Gibraltar and was then sold in 1884. The

Category

Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Prison

Charles Dickens Signed Cheque
Charles Dickens Signed Cheque

Charles Dickens Signed Cheque

Located in Jersey, GB

Portsmouth, but his circumstances changed dramatically when his father was slung into a debtors’ prison in

Category

1860s Antique Prison

Materials

Paper

Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady

By John Vanderbank

Located in Bath, Somerset

with both male and female models, but in 1724 fled to France to avoid debtors prison. George Vertue

Category

Early 18th Century Old Masters Antique Prison

A Rare 19th Century Silver Inlaid Coconut Bank Mexico
A Rare 19th Century Silver Inlaid Coconut Bank Mexico

A Rare 19th Century Silver Inlaid Coconut Bank Mexico

Located in San Francisco, CA

' prison in Veracruz. Dimensions: approximately 5.25 inches long. Condition

Category

19th Century Mexican Antique Prison

Pair of Capriccio Landscapes with Figures and Ruins
Pair of Capriccio Landscapes with Figures and Ruins

Pair of Capriccio Landscapes with Figures and Ruins

Located in London, GB

famous series of engravings entitled ‘Careci' (Prisons) which, instead of the idealised views of Rome

Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Prison

Charles Dickens Handwritten Signed Letter
Charles Dickens Handwritten Signed Letter

Charles Dickens Handwritten Signed Letter

Located in Jersey, GB

dramatically when his father was slung into a debtors’ prison in 1824. Dickens was forced to leave school and

Category

1860s Antique Prison

Materials

Paper

New Hampshire Sampler with Watercolor Folk Townscape, 1827
New Hampshire Sampler with Watercolor Folk Townscape, 1827

New Hampshire Sampler with Watercolor Folk Townscape, 1827

Located in Philadelphia, PA

admirably, as medical director of Sing Sing Prison and director of Ward’s Island emigrant hospitals and

Category

19th Century American Antique Prison

English pottery pitcher with Molyneux and Cribb the Boxers c1815
English pottery pitcher with Molyneux and Cribb the Boxers c1815

English pottery pitcher with Molyneux and Cribb the Boxers c1815

Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE

in a debtor's prison he became increasingly dependent on alcohol, and died penniless in the

Category

19th Century English Antique Prison

Materials

Pottery

Important 1800s French Huge Boulle Bracket Clock and Bracket, Provenance
Important 1800s French Huge Boulle Bracket Clock and Bracket, Provenance

Important 1800s French Huge Boulle Bracket Clock and Bracket, Provenance

By Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Located in Aberdare, GB

1623 to 1625). Guillaume Harouys died without issue, imprisoned in the Bastille prison, the estate

Category

18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prison

Materials

Bronze

Antique Gold Spanish Pendant with the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
Antique Gold Spanish Pendant with the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

Antique Gold Spanish Pendant with the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

Located in Chicago, IL

from prison, Beatriz first retreated to a monastery. Many years later in 1484 and by that time under

Category

Early 17th Century Spanish Medieval Antique Prison

Materials

Gold

Unique Lacquered Box with Silk Scroll, China, 1882
Unique Lacquered Box with Silk Scroll, China, 1882

Unique Lacquered Box with Silk Scroll, China, 1882

Located in Paris, FR

écoles et améliora la condition des détenus dans les prisons. Taille de la boite: 130 cm x 25cm x22cm.

Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Prison

Materials

Lacquer, Silk

Landscape with Architecture and Ruins, Follower of G Ghisolfi Oil, Italian
Landscape with Architecture and Ruins, Follower of G Ghisolfi Oil, Italian

Landscape with Architecture and Ruins, Follower of G Ghisolfi Oil, Italian

By Giovanni Ghisolfi

Located in Rome, Italy

the prison was already on the left altar of the church of S. Maria della Vittoria in Milan (Torre). It

Category

1750s Italian Antique Prison

Materials

Canvas

Ladies Prison Craft Spurs
Ladies Prison Craft Spurs

Ladies Prison Craft Spurs

Located in Aurora, OR

These simply awesome handcrafted spurs are one of the many crafts produced by penitentiary prisoners in the early 20th century. Their small size makes them well-suited to a ladies bo...

Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Prison

Materials

Iron, Steel

Untitled - St. Peter rescued from prison by an angel Acts 12.
Untitled - St. Peter rescued from prison by an angel Acts 12.

Untitled - St. Peter rescued from prison by an angel Acts 12.

By Cosimo Mogalli

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

Engraving on laid paper. State: First state of 2. Reference: LeBlanc 31. Made by Cosimo Mogalli after Francesco Albani. Cosimo Mogalli (Italian; 1667-1726) worked as an engraver ...

Category

Late 17th Century Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving

Cortex Winteranus; Pl. 206
Cortex Winteranus; Pl. 206

Cortex Winteranus; Pl. 206

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Mount Vernon, NY

husband, Alexander Blackwell, from debtor's prison. Using specimens from the Chelsea Physick Garden of

Category

18th Century Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving

Iris Florentina; Pl. 414
Iris Florentina; Pl. 414

Iris Florentina; Pl. 414

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Mount Vernon, NY

husband, Alexander Blackwell, from debtor's prison. Using specimens from the Chelsea Physick Garden of

Category

18th Century Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving

Rosa alba; Pl. 73
Rosa alba; Pl. 73

Rosa alba; Pl. 73

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Mount Vernon, NY

husband, Alexander Blackwell, from debtor's prison. Using specimens from the Chelsea Physick Garden of

Category

18th Century Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving

Genista; Pl. 244
Genista; Pl. 244

Genista; Pl. 244

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Mount Vernon, NY

husband, Alexander Blackwell, from debtor's prison. Using specimens from the Chelsea Physick Garden of

Category

18th Century Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving

Elizabeth Blackwell Collection
Elizabeth Blackwell Collection

Elizabeth Blackwell Collection

By Elizabeth Blackwell

Located in Mount Vernon, NY

husband, Alexander Blackwell, from debtor's prison. Using specimens from the Chelsea Physick Garden of

Category

18th Century Antique Prison

Materials

Engraving

French Industrial Postal Sorting Desk, circa 1920
French Industrial Postal Sorting Desk, circa 1920

French Industrial Postal Sorting Desk, circa 1920

Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury

and would have been used originally in a French prison. Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne

Category

1920s French Industrial Antique Prison

Materials

Steel

French 19th Century Toy Puzzle Board Game Tiles, circa 1840
French 19th Century Toy Puzzle Board Game Tiles, circa 1840

French 19th Century Toy Puzzle Board Game Tiles, circa 1840

Located in ., Gloucestershire

depicts a prison scene with two men being marched to prison by two soldiers wearing distinctive black

Category

19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Prison

19th Century William Staples Drown "Fort San Marcos" St Augustine, Florida, 1895
19th Century William Staples Drown "Fort San Marcos" St Augustine, Florida, 1895

19th Century William Staples Drown "Fort San Marcos" St Augustine, Florida, 1895

By William Staples Drown

Located in Allentown, PA

). Under United States control the fort was used as a military prison to incarcerate members of Native

Category

1890s American American Classical Antique Prison

Materials

Canvas

Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Skin
Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Skin

Buffalo Hunt Under the White Wolf Skin

By George Catlin

Located in Florham Park, NJ

prison. His gallery of paintings would come to his rescue. Daniel Webster called the paintings “more

Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Antique Prison

Materials

Lithograph

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Antique Prison For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique prison for your home. An antique prison — often made from wood, metal and iron — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique prison, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique prison is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, Folk Art and Baroque styles are sought with frequency. George Gregory each produced at least one beautiful antique prison that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Prison?

The average selling price for an antique prison at 1stDibs is $2,150, while they’re typically $144 on the low end and $99,721 for the highest priced.