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Early 19th Century Plaster Death Mask
Early 19th Century Plaster Death Mask

Early 19th Century Plaster Death Mask

Located in Tetbury, England

Marked to the base "Henri Dufou". Weathered with losses.

Category

Antique 1820s French Busts

Materials

Plaster

Bronze Napoleon I Death Mask, From The Dr. Antommarchi Cast
Bronze Napoleon I Death Mask, From The Dr. Antommarchi Cast

Bronze Napoleon I Death Mask, From The Dr. Antommarchi Cast

Located in New Orleans, LA

This mesmerizing antique bronze death mask of the Emperor Napoleon I is cast from the mold created

Category

Antique 19th Century French Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Bronze

Painted Plaster Death Mask of Beethoven, 19th-20th Century
Painted Plaster Death Mask of Beethoven, 19th-20th Century

Painted Plaster Death Mask of Beethoven, 19th-20th Century

Located in Atlanta, GA

Painted a patinated bronze color, the mask with a floral wreath, having minor chips.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Wall-mounted Sculptures

Pair of Early 20th Century Sculptural Life/Death Masks Plaster Busts
Pair of Early 20th Century Sculptural Life/Death Masks Plaster Busts

Pair of Early 20th Century Sculptural Life/Death Masks Plaster Busts

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A pair of plaster busts of a large middle-aged chap, believed to be a Welsh prisoner. Age related discolouration to all surfaces, the odd small repair to the bases of each bust. T...

Category

Early 20th Century Welsh Busts

Materials

Plaster

Mid Century Bronze Styled Cast Plaster Male Mask
Mid Century Bronze Styled Cast Plaster Male Mask

Mid Century Bronze Styled Cast Plaster Male Mask

By California Art Bronze Foundry, LA

Located in Cincinnati, OH

manner of bronze which is very realistic . This could be a so called death mask which was popular in the

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Plaster

Toetanchamon Brass Table Lamp
Toetanchamon Brass Table Lamp

Toetanchamon Brass Table Lamp

By Maison Jansen

Located in Antwerp, BE

Mid-Century table lamp inspired by the ancient Egyptian Toetanchamon death mask. The shade is made

Category

Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Plaster Head Statue, circa 1940
Plaster Head Statue, circa 1940

Plaster Head Statue, circa 1940

Located in London, GB

Unique Curio Solid Plaster Head Death Mask Statue circa 1940 For sale in this LOT is a completely

Category

Vintage 1930s French Busts

Materials

Plaster

Pair of "Death in Venice" Venetian Mask Table Lamps
Pair of "Death in Venice" Venetian Mask Table Lamps

Pair of "Death in Venice" Venetian Mask Table Lamps

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Visconti would have been proud...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Silver Plate

1980s Ceramic Planter Antica Athena Pharaoh White 24k Gold Flower Pot Italian
1980s Ceramic Planter Antica Athena Pharaoh White 24k Gold Flower Pot Italian

1980s Ceramic Planter Antica Athena Pharaoh White 24k Gold Flower Pot Italian

Located in London, GB

Pharaohs with some humour having the plants bushing out from the top of his head. The death mask which

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Bust of Bacchante by Auguste Baptiste Clesinger, Rome, 1857
Bust of Bacchante by Auguste Baptiste Clesinger, Rome, 1857

Bust of Bacchante by Auguste Baptiste Clesinger, Rome, 1857

By Jean Auguste Baptiste Clesinger

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

Dudevant. Perhaps more than any other work, the sculptor is best known for the death mask of the composer

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Busts

Materials

Bronze

Antique Bronze Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Clesinger "Rien" Owl & Skull, circa 1850
Antique Bronze Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Clesinger "Rien" Owl & Skull, circa 1850

Antique Bronze Sculpture Jean-Baptiste Clesinger "Rien" Owl & Skull, circa 1850

By Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger

Located in London, GB

death mask and a cast of his hands. He also sculpted, in 1850, the white marble funerary monument of

Category

Antique 1850s French Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Two 19th Century Rare Wax Death Masks
Two 19th Century Rare Wax Death Masks

Two 19th Century Rare Wax Death Masks

Located in Haarlem, NL

Beautiful anonymous wax death masks, depicting an older male and a young woman. The young woman

Category

Antique 19th Century French Masks

Materials

Other

Pair of 19th Century Plaster Death Masks
Pair of 19th Century Plaster Death Masks

Pair of 19th Century Plaster Death Masks

Located in Gloucester, GB

A pair of 19th century plaster death masks - Price is for the pair - Made from plaster of

Category

Antique 1870s German High Victorian Figurative Sculptures

White Plaster Death Mask Male Head on Stand
White Plaster Death Mask Male Head on Stand

White Plaster Death Mask Male Head on Stand

Located in Los Angeles, CA

White plaster death mask male head on stand. A plaster cast of a males head, possibly a death mask

Category

20th Century Folk Art Busts

Materials

Plaster

19th Century Death Mask of Daniel Webster
19th Century Death Mask of Daniel Webster

19th Century Death Mask of Daniel Webster

Located in Astoria, NY

This very detailed death mask of 19th century American statesman Daniel Webster (1782-1852), was

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities

Napoleon Death Mask, Late 19th Century Casting
Napoleon Death Mask, Late 19th Century Casting

Napoleon Death Mask, Late 19th Century Casting

Located in Doylestown, PA

A rare 19th century plaster "death mask" of Napoleon, taken from the mold made in 1821 by Dr

Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Busts

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Death Mask, English, Bronze, Memento Mori, 20th Century, circa 1960
Vintage Death Mask, English, Bronze, Memento Mori, 20th Century, circa 1960

Vintage Death Mask, English, Bronze, Memento Mori, 20th Century, circa 1960

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an vintage death mask. An English, bronze cast memento mori, dating to the 20th century

Category

Mid-20th Century English Victorian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Trio of 19th Century Macabre Plaster Death Masks Memento Mori
Trio of 19th Century Macabre Plaster Death Masks Memento Mori

Trio of 19th Century Macabre Plaster Death Masks Memento Mori

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A trio of late 19th century death masks, a thick plaster form taken from the deceased the technique

Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Death NYC -  Gas-Mask LV  - 2012
Death NYC -  Gas-Mask LV  - 2012

Death NYC - Gas-Mask LV - 2012

By Death NYC

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Death NYC - Gas-Mask LV - 2012 Sérigraphie signée, numérotée et datée au crayon 2 certificats de

Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Glue, Screen

Old Life Mask Beethoven Bust Statue Rarity Plaster
Old Life Mask Beethoven Bust Statue Rarity Plaster

Old Life Mask Beethoven Bust Statue Rarity Plaster

Located in Poperinge, BE

Beethoven mask is often described as a "death mask," but this is incorrect. Beethoven was still very much

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Nepal death mask
Nepal death mask

Nepal death mask

Sold|$2,154

Nepal death mask

Located in Paris, FR

An interesting Nepalese memento mori skull death mask, late 19th, early 20th century. Literature

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Nepalese Primitive Masks

Materials

Wood

Vintage Mexican Death Mask
Vintage Mexican Death Mask

Vintage Mexican Death Mask

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage Fifties Mexican Mask. Green death skull. Mid-century ceramic visage with rich patina

Category

Vintage 1950s Mexican Folk Art Masks

Very Rare Early 20th Century Mexican Soccer Ball Muerte (Death) Mask
Very Rare Early 20th Century Mexican Soccer Ball Muerte (Death) Mask

Very Rare Early 20th Century Mexican Soccer Ball Muerte (Death) Mask

Located in San Francisco, CA

A superb vintage Mexican hand carved and polychrome painted 'muerte' mask (death mask) with milk

Category

Vintage 1940s Mexican Folk Art Masks

Materials

Wood, Leather

Napoleon Death Mask, 19th Century
Napoleon Death Mask, 19th Century

Napoleon Death Mask, 19th Century

By L. Richard Eck et Durand 1

Located in Austin, TX

A very rare and important Napoleon Death Mask. A 19th Century Grand Tour gilt bronze and marble of

Category

Antique 19th Century French Busts

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Death Mask of Tlingit Woman, 1965-75
Death Mask of Tlingit Woman, 1965-75

Death Mask of Tlingit Woman, 1965-75

Located in Paris, FR

Death Mask of Tlingit woman, 1965-75 Wood, abalone (labret, pedants earrings and necklace), paint

Category

1960s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Death Mask (Napoleon)

Death Mask (Napoleon)

By Jeff Huntington

Located in Washington, DC

Painting on wood.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil

A Collection of Prisoner Death Masks
A Collection of Prisoner Death Masks

A Collection of Prisoner Death Masks

Located in Llandudno, Conwy

A rare and unique collection of four early prisoner death masks. By the eminent phrenologist

Category

20th Century English Sculptures

Bronze Casting of the Death Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte
Bronze Casting of the Death Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte

Bronze Casting of the Death Mask of Napoleon Bonaparte

Located in Corona Del Mar, CA

A dramatic bronze casting of the death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte from the late 19th century. It

Category

Antique 19th Century French Busts

Materials

Bronze

Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Bearded Gentleman
Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Bearded Gentleman

Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Bearded Gentleman

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The lifesize thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a bearded gentleman, showing

Category

Mid-20th Century English Victorian Busts

Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Burly Gentleman
Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Burly Gentleman

Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Burly Gentleman

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The lifesize thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a heavy set gentleman

Category

Mid-20th Century English Victorian Busts

Materials

Plaster

Very Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Female
Very Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Female

Very Good 20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Female

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The lifesize thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask, well cast of a female, showing her in the

Category

Early 20th Century French Victorian Busts

Materials

Plaster

Particularly Large Mid-20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman
Particularly Large Mid-20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman

Particularly Large Mid-20th Century Plaster Death Mask of a Gentleman

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

The particularly large lifesize three quarter bust thick heavy set plaster moulded death mask in

Category

Mid-20th Century English Busts

Materials

Plaster

Plaster Death Mask, circa 1880 - 1900
Plaster Death Mask, circa 1880 - 1900

Plaster Death Mask, circa 1880 - 1900

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Beautiful patina enhanced with some wear for this beautiful anonymous and unsigned mask

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Plaster

Anthropomorphic Composition Painted Plaster Death Bust Mask of an African Gent
Anthropomorphic Composition Painted Plaster Death Bust Mask of an African Gent

Anthropomorphic Composition Painted Plaster Death Bust Mask of an African Gent

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

. Painted death masks are not at all common with the plaster more often than not being left as is. The piece

Category

Early 20th Century Belgian High Victorian Busts

Materials

Composition

Vintage Mexican Paper Mache Calaca (skull) Mask - Circa 1950.
Vintage Mexican Paper Mache Calaca (skull) Mask - Circa 1950.

Vintage Mexican Paper Mache Calaca (skull) Mask - Circa 1950.

Located in San Francisco, CA

rare mid century Mexican calaca (skull / death) mask with glass eyes and wire rim glasses. Mold

Category

Vintage 1950s Mexican Tribal Art

Materials

Papier Mâché, Paper

Stag & Doe
Stag & Doe

Stag & Doe

By Alfred Dubucand

Located in West Sussex, GB

Sculptures of the 19/20 centuries in the Musée des Arts in Bordeaux. Museums: Lausanne: Death Mask of Charles

Category

19th Century Realist Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Finely Cast Early 20th Century Plaster Life Mask of a Gentleman
Finely Cast Early 20th Century Plaster Life Mask of a Gentleman

Finely Cast Early 20th Century Plaster Life Mask of a Gentleman

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

haven't seen this mask before on the market. Having the same concept as death masks, life masks are an

Category

Vintage 1930s English High Victorian Busts

Materials

Plaster

Unusual 19th Century European Painted Mask of a Lady
Unusual 19th Century European Painted Mask of a Lady

Unusual 19th Century European Painted Mask of a Lady

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

hung and admired as an artwork. At first glance one assumes this may well be a death mask, but they

Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Bust of The Rt Hon. Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) by Joseph Nollekens
Bust of The Rt Hon. Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) by Joseph Nollekens

Bust of The Rt Hon. Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) by Joseph Nollekens

By Joseph Nollekens

Located in Miami Beach, FL

known to have accomplished busts of unwilling sitters by use of a death mask, as in the case of his bust

Category

Antique 19th Century British Neoclassical Busts

Materials

Marble

Roman portrait head of a Patrician
Roman portrait head of a Patrician

Roman portrait head of a Patrician

Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES

ancestry. The imagines were essentially death masks of notable ancestors that were kept and displayed by

Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Classical Roman Antiquities

Materials

Marble

Tutankhamun Lamp Painted and Gilt Ceramic, Italian, , circa 1970s
Tutankhamun Lamp Painted and Gilt Ceramic, Italian, , circa 1970s

Tutankhamun Lamp Painted and Gilt Ceramic, Italian, , circa 1970s

By Vittorio Sabatini

Located in London, GB

a quality porcelain base depicting Tutankhamun's death mask. Sculptural, hand painted and gilded it

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Gold Plate

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Death Mask For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the death mask you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, wood and metal, every death mask was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect death mask — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A death mask is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Deco and modern styles are sought with frequency. A well-made death mask has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Alexander Calder and Jean Auguste Baptiste Clesinger are consistently popular.

How Much is a Death Mask?

A death mask can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,440, while the lowest priced sells for $0 and the highest can go for as much as $887,937.
Questions About Death Mask
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    No, death masks are not still made to record the facial features of deceased people because the advent of photography made them obsolete. However, some artists produce death masks and sculptures that resemble them for purposes of creative expression. You'll find a variety of death masks on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A death mask is called a “funerary mask” or “burial mask”. The mask was often made of wood or stucco and would cover the face of the deceased. You’ll find a collection of funerary masks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Death masks were a way to cover the face of a passed loved one and show honor to them. They also represented the features of the deceased, helping them be recognized in the spirit realm. On 1stDibs, find an array of death masks.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    It is believed that Napoleon's death mask still resides in The Museum in Santiago de Cuba.