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Antique Rope Pulleys

Rope Bound Pulley
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique ships block with rope sheathing and wood shivs. This has the look everyone wants. Served
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Early 1900s North American Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

Antique Rope Bound Pulley
Rope Bound Pulley
H 16 in W 7 in D 7 in
Great Rustic Black Forest Wooden Pulley with Rope
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Great Rustic Black Forest Wooden Pulley with Rope A great rustic Black Forest wooden pulley with
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

Sailing ship's pulley fiddle block
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Naval oak fiddle pulley block, with two wood sheaves. Marked with Roman
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Early 19th Century English Industrial Antique Rope Pulleys

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Oak

Antique Sailing ship's pulley fiddle block
Sailing ship's pulley fiddle block
H 29 in W 13.5 in D 5.5 in
3 sailing ship's oak & iron pulley blocks
Located in London, GB
Three mid 19th century oak and iron Naval pulley blocks, used on sailing ships. 1: Double sheave
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Antique Mounted Half Pulley Wheel from India
Located in Dallas, TX
This half pulley wheel is from India and has been mounted as a piece of art, on a rusted iron bar
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19th Century Indian Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Antique Mounted Half Pulley Wheel from India
Located in Dallas, TX
This half pulley wheel is from India and has been mounted as a piece of art, on a rusted iron bar
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19th Century Indian Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Near Pair of Japanese Jizai Kagi Wood Koi Folk Art Sculptures
Located in Atlanta, GA
wood, these sculptures are known as Jizai Kagi in Japanese and function as the leveling pulley for the
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Late 19th Century Japanese Folk Art Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Industrial Hand Truck
Located in Fulton, CA
". Period pulleys, chain and rope a bonus. Great use as a man cave, vintage auto or wood shop prop and could
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Antique Industrial Hand Truck
Industrial Hand Truck
H 53 in W 24 in D 35.5 in
Italian, Milanese, Etruscan Revival Carved Wood Vessels/Lanterns (2 Available)
Located in Atlanta, GA
red, these wonderful vessels were raised and lowered by rope on a pulley, the collector with three
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1860s Italian Egyptian Revival Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

19th Century English Quirky Country House Fire Escape
Located in London, GB
painted wooden dovetail jointed box contains a heavy rope, canvas wooden based sack with safety harness
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1890s British Early Victorian Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

34 Star Antique American Flag with Hourglass Medallion Stars, ca 1861-1863
Located in York County, PA
, through which a length of braided hemp rope was passed, expertly looped and re-braided into itself at the
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1860s American Antique Rope Pulleys

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Silk

Folk Art Primitive Whirligig
Located in London, GB
, pulleys, central rope wheel, main 2 hand carved figures (one is missing its head). In conclusion this
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1870s European Folk Art Antique Rope Pulleys

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Metal

Antique Folk Art Primitive Whirligig
Folk Art Primitive Whirligig
H 24 in W 20 in D 20 in

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Large Antique, Industrial Factory Wooden Foundry Form, Wheel, Cog, Gear
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large antique, Industrial factory wooden foundry form mold, wheel, cog, gear, very unusual and rare size measuring 52" in diameter, retains original factory paint, patina, perfect ad...
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1910s American Industrial Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

Japanese Antique Huge Tansu 1800s-1860s / Storage Cabinet Sideboard Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old Japanese wheeled Tansu. This Tansu is from the Edo period (1800s-1860s). Made of paulownia wood and cedar wood. All fittings are made of iron. It was found in a samurai fam...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood, Cedar

Large Studio Portrait Camera
Located in Peekskill, NY
Cameras are not my expertise but we could not pass up on this beauty. The camera is signed ANSCO and the large lens reads DARLO OPTICIEN, PARIS 35436. I'm told that this lens is the ...
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Early 19th Century Industrial Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

Large Studio Portrait Camera
Large Studio Portrait Camera
H 58 in W 28 in D 36 in
Antique Machine in Wood for Wool
Located in Milano, IT
Antique machine to work wool made entirely of wood, from the beginning of 900, Italian manufacture. The structure is typical of the machines of the past: there is a lower seat in th...
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1890s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Antique Machine in Wood for Wool
Antique Machine in Wood for Wool
H 16.54 in W 47.25 in D 46.46 in
Antique Fitted French Tack Cabinet Original Finish Possible Bookcase late 1800's
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Fitted French Tack Cabinet from a vineyard in the South of France near the town of Bezier, circa 1880-1900. The sliding doors still have their handmade French wavy glass, and...
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Early 1900s French Country Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Large English nautical magnetic compass in brass and glass early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Large brass and glass nautical magnetic compass from the early 1900s, mounted on custom-made oak and brass board. Compass diameter cm 24.5 - inch 9.4, height with base cm 21 - inch 8...
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Early 1900s Antique Rope Pulleys

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Brass

Ornamental Turning Lathe, No. 1906 by Holtzapffel & Co
Located in New Orleans, LA
An essential tool in the creation and finishing of furniture, this 19th-century English ornamental lathe is an object of beauty in and of itself. The extraordinary machine was made b...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Rope Pulleys

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Brass, Iron

19th Century Antique Three Draw English Brass Telescope with Handle Leather
Located in Milan, IT
Brass telescope with leather handle, made at the end of the nineteenth century, focusing with three extensions. English manufacture of the second half of the 1800s. Maximum length 99...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Rope Pulleys

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Brass

Framed Maritime Signal Flag of Letter T
Located in Norwell, MA
Shadow box framed signal flag with attached rope and wood toggle. Red, white and blue field. Weight is 5 pounds.
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1950s Antique Rope Pulleys

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Cotton

French Empire Mantle Clock
By Negrier a Gueret
Located in Norwich, GB
French Empire mantle clock, elegant patinated bronze vase shaped case standing on a stepped ormolu base with turned feet, four pineapple finials surmounted by an ormolu armillary sph...
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1810s French Antique Rope Pulleys

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Bronze

French Empire Mantle Clock
French Empire Mantle Clock
H 14.75 in W 5 in D 4 in
Large Authentic Berber Moroccan Rug, Cozy Hygge Meets Nomadic Charm
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Dallas, TX
​21141 Large Neutral Berber Moroccan Rug, 11'11 x 13'02. Emulating nomadic charm with incredible detail and lavish texture, this hand knotted wool neutral Moroccan rug is a captivati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Modern Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wool

19th Century Life Sized Horse Trade Sign from a Tack Shop in Pennsylvania
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century life sized horse trade sign from a tack shop in Pottsville, PA. Horse is made of cast iron, wood, and papier mâché. The tail and cast iron ears are removable. Original f...
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19th Century American Folk Art Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Iron

Antique Nautical Brass Parallels Original Mahogany Box made in Plymouth, 1860
By W. Heath, Plymouth 1
Located in Milan, IT
Brass parallels signed W. Heath Plymouth, optical and scientific instruments maker active since 1860. Complete with original mahogany box. Parallel measures cm 46.2 x 6.2 x 2 (H). W....
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Late 19th Century British Antique Rope Pulleys

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Brass

China: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Accurate Map of China, Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries, by order of the Emperor. The whole bein...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Engraving

Sir Francis Bacon: 18th C. Portrait of Philosopher, Scientist, Author, Statesman
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an 18th century copperplate engraved portrait of Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans, Lord Chancellor by Jacobus Houbraken in 1738 after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller,...
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1730s Antique Rope Pulleys

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Engraving

Mid-18th Century French Alabaster Sculpture Depicting a Female Nude with Anchor
Located in Milan, IT
Alabaster sculpture depicting a female nude with cloak and hat, with clasped hands and resting her foot on an anchor, as if to invoke protection for the sailors; French manufacture o...
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1760s French Antique Rope Pulleys

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Alabaster

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Antique 19th Century Italian Bell Tower Clockworks
Located in Hudson, NY
iron gears and pulleys, in the original iron frame. wonderful piece of sculptural history, it retains
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Wrought Iron

Spit Engine
Located in Wells, ME
Early French spit engine in the original grain painted box. This is the type that the rope exits
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Rope Pulleys

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Metal

Antique Spit Engine
Spit Engine
H 17 in W 12 in D 12 in
Antique Indian Wooden Sculpture Rope Pulley Wheel Ball Rustic Sculpture
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
An antique Indian rope pulley wooden wheel ball sculpture. Originally used as a pulley wheel
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Late 18th Century Indian Rustic Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

Antique Rope Pulley, English, Victorian, Rustic, Sleeper, Pine, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique rope pulley. An English, Victorian rustic sleeper pulley in pine and iron
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

19th Century Japanese Iron Wood and Rope Pulley Wheel, Kassha
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great industrial, mechanical antique Japanese pulley (Kassha) made from iron, Keyaki wood and rope
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

American Wooden Pulley with Original Rope
Located in Culver City, CA
Wooden pulley with original rope. 4" Diameter of Pulley x 1/2" Diameter of Rope
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Early 20th Century Antique Rope Pulleys

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Metal

Late 19th Century English Folk art Ship Diorama
Located in London, GB
, wooden anchors, rudders, masts, and rope pulleys with flags. The maker has even used old wool to depict
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1890s British Folk Art Antique Rope Pulleys

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Wood

1850 Simple Nautical Wooden Block with Metal Pulley Antique Navigation Device
Located in Milan, IT
Simple wooden block with metal pulley and large rope loop, ovoid hardwood box with two cavatas, in
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1850s British Antique Rope Pulleys

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Rope, Wood

Antique Mounted Half Pulley Wheel from India
Located in Dallas, TX
This half pulley wheel is from India and has been mounted as a piece of art, on a rusted iron bar
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19th Century Indian Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Wooden Block Complete with Steel Ring with Brass Pulley, 1860
Located in Milan, IT
Simple wooden block complete with steel ring and rope with brass pulley, consisting of two sides
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1860s British Antique Rope Pulleys

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Brass, Steel

1870 Wooden Nautical Block Complete with Ring with Iron Pulley Old Marine Tool
Located in Milan, IT
Small simple block made of wood and rope covered with leather complete with ring and pulley made of
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1860s British Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

Large French industrial hanging light
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hanging light on pulley
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Early 20th Century French Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Steel

French Factory Machine Wheel as Decor
Located in Dallas, TX
French factory leather shoe manufacture. Rope would be wrapped around the wheel and turning the cast
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1870s French Industrial Antique Rope Pulleys

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Limestone, Iron

18th Century French Weight-Driven Roasting Spit Jack
Located in Amerongen, NL
rope and a pulley at the left side.  
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Rope Pulleys

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Stone, Wrought Iron

Large Late 19th Century French Brass Chandelier
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
. Supported by 3 brass rope chains, which lead up the pulleys and brass ceiling rose.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rope Pulleys

French 1890s Oil on Canvas Landscape Impressionist Painting from Aix-en-Provence
Located in Atlanta, GA
centre of the composition is occupied by the bright colors of the stone well with its central pulley
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rope Pulleys

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Canvas, Paint

Antique Turret Clock by J. W. Benson of Ludgate Hill, London, 1901
By J W Benson Ltd.
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
recently fitted wire rope and a test Stand made from dexion. It is complete with original pendulum and two
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Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Rope Pulleys

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Brass, Iron

Antique Large Brass Set Eight Spoke Mahogany Ships Wheel, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
platform, often no more than a grate. A tiller rope or tiller chain (sometimes called a steering rope or
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1880s Antique Rope Pulleys

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Brass

Rope Pulley
Located in Norwell, MA
Nineteenth Century wood ships pulley block from a sailing ship, with wood pulleys and rope wrapped
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1880s North American Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Wood

Rope Pulley
Rope Pulley
H 16 in W 8 in D 7 in
Antique Wooden Pond Yacht, Circa 1910
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
workmanship, every rope, pulley or portion of the engine being faithfully reproduced. Condition: Good
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1910s Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Cotton, Linen, Wood

Antique Wooden Pond Yacht, Circa 1910
Antique Wooden Pond Yacht, Circa 1910
H 62.5 in W 39 in D 9.5 in
14K Alaskan Gold Rush Era Mining Charm
Located in Venice, CA
make a crisscross above a rope pulley system. Beneath them—as if underground—are several tiny gold
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1890s American Victorian Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold, 22k Gold

Antique Mounted Wooden Pulley Wheel from India
Located in Dallas, TX
hand carved groove along the outer circumference would have held a rope so that it could operate as a
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19th Century Indian Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Iron

Large Japanese Jizai Kagi Wood Koi Folk Art Sculptures
Located in Atlanta, GA
a leveling pulley for the attached hearth hook. Traditionally, it was used above an indoor floor
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Late 19th Century Japanese Folk Art Antique Rope Pulleys

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Iron

French 1890s Oil on Canvas Landscape Impressionist Painting from Aix-en-Provence
Located in Atlanta, GA
centre of the composition is occupied by the bright colors of the stone well with its central pulley
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Late 19th Century French Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Paint, Canvas

Black Lion Whart
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
shows the old timber frame buildings, brick and stonework, rope, smoking factory chimney, old boats and
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Mid-19th Century American Modern Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Etching

Well Head or Well-Head, Marble, Iron, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
, from which the elevation with the horcones would be formed, in which a fixed pulley would probably be
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19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Marble, Iron

Monumental 18th Century French Limestone Wellhead with Overthrow
Located in Woodbury, CT
original 18th century wrought iron curled feet. It separates from the stone part and the rope pulley is
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Limestone, Wrought Iron

Ship Pulley Floor Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Ship Pulley re-purposed into Floor Lamp. Plate on pulley reads 'Fragata El Dragon, 1885".
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19th Century Spanish Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Metal

Ship Pulley Floor Lamp
Ship Pulley Floor Lamp
H 70.25 in W 14.5 in D 10.5 in
Industrial Pulleys on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
rusted and weathered pulleys on stand Functional and utilitarian, rope not included
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Early 20th Century American Antique Rope Pulleys

Industrial Pulleys on Stand
Industrial Pulleys on Stand
H 19.5 in W 16.5 in D 19 in
1900s Spalding Home Weight Gym
By Spalding
Located in Hudson, NY
side. Has been cleaned. New cotton rope. Oak wood, cast iron pulleys.
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Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Iron

1900s Spalding Home Weight Gym
1900s Spalding Home Weight Gym
H 5 in W 26 in D 62.75 in L 5 in
Yachting Silver
Located in New York, NY
a block and tackle pulley suspended from rope binding two oars and a boat hook, each mounted on a
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Early 20th Century English Antique Rope Pulleys

Large English Stone Coffee Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
the center (used by masons of yesteryear to run a rope through the center of a large piece of stone
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19th Century British Antique Rope Pulleys

Materials

Stone

Large English Stone Coffee Table
Large English Stone Coffee Table
H 19.5 in W 44 in D 44 in
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Antique Rope Pulleys For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique rope pulleys is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique rope pulleys — often made from wood, metal and iron — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique rope pulleys available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique rope pulleys are generally popular furniture pieces, but folk art and Victorian styles are often sought at 1stDibs.

How Much are Antique Rope Pulleys?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,609, while they’re typically $280 on the low end and $25,000 highest priced.