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African Mangbetu Carved Figural Fertility Bow Harp Domu Instrument 27"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare vintage museum quality African Mangbetu fertility harp / domu, an African stringed instrument
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Antique Orchestra Chair with Lyre Back
Located in Denton, TX
height adjustment. Leather seat was replaced at one time.
This chair was probably used for large string
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Brass
Pair of Granite and Spelter Figurative Book Ends
Located in Wilson, NC
lady posing with string instrument. This pair could also serve as decorative objects in the home (on a
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Granite, Spelter
Antique Engraving of Archangel Michael and an Arab Moor Playing Instrument, 1698
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of an Arab Moor man playing a stringed instrument 105: Mural in St. Marc's church
Category
1690s Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Paper
H 12.8 in W 7.88 in D 0 in
Pair KPM Porcelain Plaques After Franz Lefler
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in New York, NY
master, Franz Lefler (1831-1898), depicting children singing and playing string instruments. Measures
Category
19th Century German Romantic Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Painting Showing Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
By Jean-Baptiste Pater
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Canvas
Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets
By Emile Cardinaux
Located in London, GB
Switzerland featuring an Oriental style design depicting a lady playing music on a stringed instrument and a
Category
1920s Swiss Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Paper
H 50.4 in W 35.83 in D 0.04 in
Large Sèvres-style Porcelain Charger
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Norwood, NJ
stringed instrument, in the presence of other members of his family. Cobalt blue with tooled gilt border
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Modernist Angel Musician Enamel Pendant Necklace Sterling Silver
Located in New York, NY
, MODERNIST PENDANT HAS AN EXQUISITE IMAGE OF AN ANGEL PLAYING A MUSICAL STRINGED INSTRUMENT. THE DESIGN OF
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19th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Enamel, Silver, Sterling Silver
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H 3 in W 2.6 in
Large Antique Anglo-Indian Painting on Woven Fabric Portraying A Female Dancer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
, with a male musician playing a stringed instrument. The painting is highly detailed showing intricate
Category
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Indian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Fabric
H 66 in W 102 in D 0.25 in
English Regency Gilt Figural and Ebonized Dital Harp, Maker E. Light, Circa 1815
Located in Hollywood, SC
English Regency gilt stenciled figural and floral ebonized dital harp signed by maker Edward Light. Retailed at Srohl Foley place London, Early 19th century.
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Wood, Ebony, Giltwood, String
H 34 in W 14 in D 6.25 in
A Large Qajar Oil Painting With Female Portrait And Floral Triumph, Late 19th Ce
Located in London, GB
instrument, possibly a Persian lute (barbat), around her neck a string of pearls, her portrait encased within
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Paint
H 61.82 in W 33.86 in D 1.19 in
Early 20th Century Italian High-Relief Plaster Wall Plaque
Located in Stamford, CT
mortal daughters of Jupiter. They are singing, while two of them play stringed instruments, and they are
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Pleyel Grand Piano, Paris 1870
By Pleyel
Located in Littleton, CO
the elegance and craftsmanship of 19th-century French piano manufacturing. Pleyel instruments are
Category
17th Century French Romantic Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Walnut
Early 19th Century Antique George III Mahogany Stick Barometer by Cremonino
Located in Devon, GB
register plate and thermometer.
The mahogany case with string inlay has a circular cistern cover at the
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 38.2 in W 5.25 in D 2.5 in
Erard Parallel-Strung Grand Piano with Bench, Paris, 1895
By Sébastien Érard, Maison Erard
Located in Littleton, CO
stringing and construction of a grand piano, this piano walks the line between an historical and
Category
1890s French Romantic Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Metal
Antique French Louis XVI Period Signed Carcano Wall Barometer
By Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain
Located in Forney, TX
decorated enamel dial signed Antonio Carcano (1755-1820) a distinguished scientific instrument inventor
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Blown Glass, Giltwood, Paint, Wood
Antique 6 Bell Fortissimo Music Box by J Manger & Co, c. 1885
Located in London, GB
inlay to the lid and front, both of which are set within walnut borders and looping boxwood stringing
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique 6 Bell and Drum Music Box by Charles Lecoultre, c. 1870
Located in London, GB
stringing to the lid and front. It also boasts gilt bronze side handles and sits on an ebonised plinth.
It
Category
1870s Swiss Victorian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
18th Century Antique Georgian Mahogany Wheel Barometer by E. Bates of Kettering
Located in Devon, GB
.
The mahogany case has satinwood stringing and marquetry shell and sunflower inlay decoration and is
Category
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 38 in W 10.25 in D 2 in
19th Century inlaid mahogany banjo barometer by L Casatelli of Liverpool
Located in Martlesham, GB
stringing, large circular engraved silvered dial with brass bezel and thermometer above. circa 1840.
Category
1840s British Victorian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Medical Syringe
Located in London, GB
certainly for ophthalmological or ENT use. Both ends unscrew and it still has its original cotton string
Category
1780s Unknown Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber
19th Century Mahogany Banjo Barometer by P Nolfi of Taunton
Located in Martlesham, GB
central brass finial above a shaped mahogany case decorated with boxwood stringing, the barometer includes
Category
1840s British Early Victorian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Wheel Barometer
Located in Bradenton, FL
string inlay around the outer edges of the case. Sold as is because some of the small internal pieces are
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Fine Regency Period Mahogany Stick Barometer by Harris, London
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A Regency period mahogany stick barometer of fine quality with flame veneers and ebony stringing
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Ivory, Ebony, Mahogany
Antique 9 Bell Interchangeable Music Box on Table by Nicole Freres, c. 1870
By Nicole Frères
Located in London, GB
highest quality, veneered with kingwood crossbanding and tulipwood stringing, and features superbly
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Late 19th Century Swiss High Victorian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Brass, Steel
H 43.71 in W 43.31 in D 27.56 in
Pleyel Upright Piano Satinwood Neoclassical Inlay Fluted, Columnar Legs
Located in Leeds, GB
, anthemions and foliage in a variety of woods.
Cabinet is accented with boxwood stringing and a contrasting
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Brass
H 46.46 in W 55.91 in D 25.2 in
Very Large Ophtalmotrope
Located in Peekskill, NY
also quite large at well over 3 foot tall. This instrument is very complete. It also includes
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Brass
Fabulous Quality Early 19th Century Mahogany Stick Barometer by Girolimo of Lo
Located in Martlesham, GB
stringing and having a visible tube, the bottom of the barometer having a turned cistern cover to cover the
Category
1810s British Georgian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 38 in W 5.25 in D 2 in
Early 19th Century Mahogany Stick Barometer by Tagliaue & Torre of 294 Holborn
Located in Martlesham, GB
stringing and having a visible tube, the bottom of the barometer having a turned cistern cover to cover the
Category
1810s British Georgian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 38 in W 5.25 in D 2 in
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
inlaid case with oval shells and starburst with satinwood stringing.
An attractive original example in
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1780s English George III Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
English Mahogany Steel Engraved Stick Barometer Signed F. Tarone, Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany stick Barometer with a broken arch pediment, brass urn finial, Satin wood string
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1780s English Sheraton Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Steel
H 38.5 in W 5.25 in D 2.5 in
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
swan neck pediment and satinwood stringing, circular silvered engraved dial with original hands and
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Antique George III Quality Mahogany Banjo Barometer
Located in Suffolk, GB
swan neck pediment and satinwood stringing, circular silvered engraved dial with original hands and
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Scottish Regency Verre Églomisé Barometer by John Russell of Falkirk
Located in Devon, GB
mahogany, with ebony stringing, and is surmounted by a bronze and gilded Prince of Wales feathers. Further
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany
H 47 in W 13 in D 2.75 in
Large Antique Officer of the Watch Telescope, English, Negretti and Zambra, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
tightly wound and weathered string jacket
Eye-catching silvered and brassed metalwork offers great
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Metal
H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
‘Royal’ Barometer by John Russell, Watchmaker to the Prince Regent
By John Russell
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
brass stringing and central panels of foliate tendrils above Russell’s signature thistle motif in black
Category
1810s Scottish Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Metal
A Large 19th Century Vienna Porcelain Vase w/ Ormolu Mount, Signed Wagner
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
paneling, referencing the 19th century. The lyre is one of the oldest known stringed instruments
Category
19th Century Austrian Louis XVI Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Samson Porcelain Candelabra
By Samson & Cie
Located in London, GB
stringed instrument. They stand 68cm in height and bear the Samson mark to the underside. Beautiful pieces
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Ormolu
H 26.78 in W 21.26 in D 14.18 in
"Music under the Sea, " Spectacular Art Deco Punchbowl/Centerpiece w/ Mermaids
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
another female figure playing a version of the rebec, an ancient stringed instrument. Kåge was a
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
Three Books on Violins and Violin Makers
By Willibaldd Leo Frh-v-Lütgendorff, Dirk J. Balfoort, John H. Fairfield
Located in valatie, NY
(1644- 1737) the Italian crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and
Category
Early 20th Century German Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Paper
Japanese Meiji Han Koto with Maki-e Lacquer Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
circa late 19th century of Meiji Period (1868-1912). The facade of the stringed instrument features
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Wood
Victorian Sterling Silver Lyre Candle Holders
By Harrison Brothers & George Howson 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
stringed instrument is surmounted with a swept oval capital, encompassed with concave fluted decoration
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Tiffany and Co. 19th Century Sterling and Gold Serving Spoon in Olympian Pattern
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
gathered around a figure playing a lyre, an ancient greek stringed instrument very similar to modern harps
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1870s American Neoclassical Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
H 1 in W 1.5 in D 7.875 in
An Assembled Group of Seventeen Sitzendorf Porcelain Monkey Band Figures.
Located in Buchanan, MI
.
He was a collector of all violin and string instrument related objects. His vast collections of
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Terracotta Statues, Paris, circa 1880
By Gossin Frères Manufactory
Located in Dallas, TX
vielle à roue is a string instrument that produces sound when a crank is turned. The crank rotates a
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Terracotta
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
skillful mastery of the lyre, a stringed instrument similar to a small harp. His music was said to be so
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Stoneware
Large Exceptional Japanese Ceramic Moriage Moon Flask Vase Meiji Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
), hand-chimes, and Zither (a stringed instrument) and other smaller Buddhist symbols. The sided are
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Ceramic
18th century portrait of the German Flautist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz
By Arthur Devis
Located in Bath, Somerset
Merseburg. At the completion of his apprenticeship Quantz was able to play most of the principle string
Category
18th Century English School Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Late 19th Century Folk Art Bumbass instrument
Located in London, GB
Late 19th Century Folk Art Bumbass instrument
A rare example of a late 19th Century folk art
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Folk Art Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Brass
Antique Louis XVI French Demilune Marquetry Chest of Drawers Stamped Tondeur
Located in Firenze, IT
marquetry is inspired by the theme of music, allegories with both wind and string instruments, sheet music
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Bronze
H 33.08 in W 33.08 in D 16.54 in
Table clock with Muse and writers. Bronze, Paris movement. France, 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
blued bronze, dressed in a tunic, holds this kithara, a plucked stringed instrument from ancient Greece
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Bronze, Other
H 22.45 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
metals, musical instruments including a tambourine with its sticks and a stringed instrument, a lute and
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Oil
Roman Marble Head of a Satyr
Located in London, GB
rustic music on stringed instruments and pipes (De rerum natura, 4.580). Indeed, in Roman era depictions
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Marble
French Empire Figurative Gilt Bronze Clock of a Roman Youth Holding a Scroll
By Rossel in Rouen
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
the other. The rectangular lower section of the case is decorated with wreaths and musical instruments
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Bronze
H 20 in W 14.5 in D 5 in
Painted Console Table
Located in Wilson, NC
Painted console table, the top painted with very finely detailed inlaid string and reed instruments
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 19th-Century English School, Portrait Of A Young Lady With A Guitar
Located in Cheltenham, GB
, guitars rose to popularity among young ladies, many of whom were painted with the instrument. For instance
Category
1830s Folk Art Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
French Empire Gilt Bronze Allegorical Clock of the Astronomical Sciences
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
instruments.
The clock has it's original silk string suspension movement and rings the hours and halfs on a
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Bronze
Antique Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Serpentine Card Console Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
satinwood cross-banding outlined with stringing.
The frieze inlaid with fluting and having a bow front
Category
1880s Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
H 30.71 in W 36.23 in D 18.51 in
Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, Oil on Oak Panel Portrait, 16th Century
Located in London, GB
shows Chaucer with a string of beads in one hand and a writing implement in the other. The Arms in the
Category
16th Century Antique Stringed Instruments
Materials
Oil, Panel
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Find a variety of antique stringed instruments available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, mahogany and metal, all antique stringed instruments available were constructed with great care. Antique stringed instruments have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique stringed instruments to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Georgian and Louis XVI antique stringed instruments are of considerable interest. Maple & Co., Wylie & Lochhead and Cary’s each produced beautiful antique stringed instruments that are worth considering.
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Antique stringed instruments can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,897, while the lowest priced sells for $192 and the highest can go for as much as $264,354.
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