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Regency Painted Tole Tray with Chinoiserie  Decoration, English or French
Regency Painted Tole Tray with Chinoiserie  Decoration, English or French

Regency Painted Tole Tray with Chinoiserie Decoration, English or French

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

depicts a series of fantastical monkey-like figures dressed in European costume, performing playful circus

Category

Early 19th Century European Regency Circus Antique

Materials

Metal

Gathering the harvest
Gathering the harvest

Gathering the harvest

By Maurice Utrillo

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

Valadon, a former circus acrobat and renowned artist's model who became a celebrated painter in her own

Category

Early 20th Century Circus Antique

Materials

Oil, Panel

19th Century English Gilded Shadowbox of  "Black Eagle"
19th Century English Gilded Shadowbox of  "Black Eagle"

19th Century English Gilded Shadowbox of "Black Eagle"

Located in High Point, NC

This brass plaque featured in a shadowbox is of the famous circus horse "Black Eagle", and was made

Category

19th Century English Victorian Circus Antique

Materials

Bronze

Working Horse
Working Horse

Working Horse

By Lucy Kemp Welch

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

summer months she would attend Sangers Circus where the horses were displayed in a variety of events as

Category

Early 20th Century Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Working Horse
Working Horse

Working Horse

By Lucy Kemp Welch

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

summer months she would attend Sangers Circus where the horses were displayed in a variety of events as

Category

Early 20th Century Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20thC Portrait of a Clown Framed Gouache on Canvas
Early 20thC Portrait of a Clown Framed Gouache on Canvas

Early 20thC Portrait of a Clown Framed Gouache on Canvas

Located in Bradenton, FL

hair stands, seemingly oversized in the circus ring, with his back to the viewer, his face turned

Category

Early 20th Century American Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Set of two "Humpty Dumpty" series wooden animals by Schoenhut, Germany 1920s
Set of two "Humpty Dumpty" series wooden animals by Schoenhut, Germany 1920s

Set of two "Humpty Dumpty" series wooden animals by Schoenhut, Germany 1920s

By Schoenhut

Located in ECHT, NL

circus series. they are made from solid wood and have articulated limbs so they can be maneuvered in

Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Circus Antique

Materials

Wood, Paint

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 510.

Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 510.

By Eadweard Muybridge

Located in New York, NY

part of circus acts, but the tradition stretched back through time and across innumerable cultures.

Category

1880s Circus Antique

Materials

Photographic Paper

Baccarat Cave à Liqueur
Baccarat Cave à Liqueur

Baccarat Cave à Liqueur

Located in New Orleans, LA

Cirque d'Hiver, or Winter Circus. Built in Paris in 1852 by Jacques-Ignace Hittorff, the City of Paris's

Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Circus Antique

Materials

Crystal

David Roberts Cathedral Notre-Dame d' Amiens Painting, Mid 19th Century
David Roberts Cathedral Notre-Dame d' Amiens Painting, Mid 19th Century

David Roberts Cathedral Notre-Dame d' Amiens Painting, Mid 19th Century

By David Roberts

Located in San Francisco, CA

very quickly. At the end of the summer, Roberts was offered a job painting scenery for a circus, and

Category

Mid-19th Century English Other Circus Antique

Materials

Wood, Paint

Unusual Pair of Antique Quality Art Deco Silver Plated Candlesticks
Unusual Pair of Antique Quality Art Deco Silver Plated Candlesticks

Unusual Pair of Antique Quality Art Deco Silver Plated Candlesticks

Located in Suffolk, GB

Unusual Pair of antique quality Art Deco silver plated candlesticks having a circus acrobat

Category

Early 20th Century English Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Silver Plate

Maurice Dufrêne (1876–1955), French Art Deco "Balancing Elephant" Sculpture
Maurice Dufrêne (1876–1955), French Art Deco "Balancing Elephant" Sculpture

Maurice Dufrêne (1876–1955), French Art Deco "Balancing Elephant" Sculpture

By Maurice Dufrêne

Located in Atlanta, GA

circus ball, a motif at once whimsical and architecturally grounded, suggestive of the period’s

Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Circus Antique

Materials

Gold Leaf

Elephant Teapot Mold from Staffordshire Factory Minton, 1860
Elephant Teapot Mold from Staffordshire Factory Minton, 1860

Elephant Teapot Mold from Staffordshire Factory Minton, 1860

By Staffordshire

Located in South Salem, NY

1860s, is a captivating piece of design history. Made of cast plaster, it depicts a circus elephant in

Category

1860s English Circus Antique

Materials

Plaster

Painting "The Saint-Cloud Fair" by Fernand Blayn, France, 1892
Painting "The Saint-Cloud Fair" by Fernand Blayn, France, 1892

Painting "The Saint-Cloud Fair" by Fernand Blayn, France, 1892

By Fernand Blayn

Located in PARIS, FR

français Genre scene presenting a mother in front of her trailer preparing her two girls to the circus

Category

1890s French Circus Antique

Materials

Canvas

At the Flower Market
At the Flower Market

At the Flower Market

By Walt Kuhn

Located in Sheffield, MA

best known for his circus figure-clown depictions. They were unique in that he treated his subjects as

Category

Early 20th Century Expressionist Circus Antique

Materials

Oil

1920’s French Whimsical Monumental Balloon Wall Hangings - a Pair
1920’s French Whimsical Monumental Balloon Wall Hangings - a Pair

1920’s French Whimsical Monumental Balloon Wall Hangings - a Pair

Located in Charleston, SC

were custom made for. I have a gigantic circus scene coming soon too! Yes, these would look amazing

Category

Early 20th Century French Folk Art Circus Antique

Materials

Wood, Paint

pair of Georgian silver-mounted oak wine bottle coasters
pair of Georgian silver-mounted oak wine bottle coasters

pair of Georgian silver-mounted oak wine bottle coasters

By Henry Wilkinson & Co., John & Thomas Settle

Located in York, GB

House, 13 Charterhouse Street, Holborn Circus). Hallmarks were entered in London Assay Office in 1857

Category

1820s English Circus Antique

Materials

Silver

Oil on Canvas by artist Francisco  Sans Castaño  1919
Oil on Canvas by artist Francisco  Sans Castaño  1919

Oil on Canvas by artist Francisco Sans Castaño 1919

Located in Neguri, Vizcaya

Painting by Francisco Sans Castaño painted in Oil in a Circus Scene Acrobat and Master teaching

Category

Late 19th Century Spanish Circus Antique

Edwardian Solid Oak Internal or External Door
Edwardian Solid Oak Internal or External Door

Edwardian Solid Oak Internal or External Door

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

near Oxford Circus. Suitable for use as either an external or internal door, it has a beautiful colour

Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Circus Antique

Materials

Wood, Oak

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Nouveau Lady" by Georges Van Der Straeten
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Nouveau Lady" by Georges Van Der Straeten

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Nouveau Lady" by Georges Van Der Straeten

By Georges Van der Straeten

Located in London, GB

his figures of clowns, pierrots, ragamuffins, circus performers, buxom peasant girls and seductive

Category

Late 19th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Circus Antique

Materials

Bronze

Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'Barnum'
Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'Barnum'

Chromolithograph Vanity Fair Caricature Print 'Barnum'

Located in Langweer, NL

& Bailey Circus (1871–2017) with James Anthony Bailey. This print originates from 'Vanity Fair'. Published

Category

Late 19th Century Circus Antique

Materials

Paper

1920s Sterling Silver and Crocodile Skin Hip Flask
1920s Sterling Silver and Crocodile Skin Hip Flask

1920s Sterling Silver and Crocodile Skin Hip Flask

By James Dixon & Sons

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

mark 'Drew & Sons, Piccadilly Circus W, Makers to the Royal Family'. Such large, oversized examples

Category

1920s British Circus Antique

Materials

Sterling Silver

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Circus Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic circus antique available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and paper, every circus antique was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer circus antique, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each circus antique bearing Folk Art, Victorian or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Bill Bailey, Carl Schmuelling and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec each produced at least one beautiful circus antique that is worth considering.

How Much is a Circus Antique?

Prices for a circus antique can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $96 and can go as high as $51,500, while the average can fetch as much as $2,250.