Travel Altar
Travel Haltar
Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Travel altar with eight paintings depicting Saint Augustine, the Immaculate Virgin, Saint Anthony
Category
Antique 17th Century Mexican American Colonial Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine, or traveling altar, with hand-carved wooden
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
H 8.25 in W 4 in D 3 in
Rare 17th Century South American Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Cedar
Rare 17th Century South American Colonial Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Cedar
19th Century South America "Slave" shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and paths.
Mostly anonymous, in very
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Brazilian Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Cedar
Gorgeous 18th Century Baroque South American Floral Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
chapel, as a shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Cedar
Recent Sales
Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych
Located in New York, NY
An antique Catholic gilt bronze travel altar triptych case featuring inside a crucifix cross set
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Religious Items
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Russian Orthodox Enameled Bronze Folding Traveling Altar Icon
Located in Vero Beach, FL
A cast bronze three panel folding traveling altar icon. The front panel with a scene of the cross
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
14th CENTURY LATE MEDIEVAL GILDED WOODEN TUSCAN PLAQUE
Located in Firenze, FI
artist. It is believed that this object was part of a triptych or a small portable travel altar. The icon
Category
Antique 16th Century Italian Medieval Paintings
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders and a small
Category
Antique 18th Century European Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Baroque Shrine
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and paths.
Mostly anonymous, in very
Category
Antique 1750s Brazilian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Cedar
Antique Japanese Buddha Traveling Altar Zushi Cabinet
Located in Toledo, OH
Antique 1920's Japanese Buddha Traveling Altar Zushi Cabinet. Gilt lacquer wood box that opens to
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Religious Items
Materials
Giltwood
Etched Brass "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" Travel Altar, circa 1909
Located in San Francisco, CA
Etched brass "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" Travel Altar, circa 1909
A folding religious travel
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Antique Early 20th Century Carved & Hand Painted Gothic Revival Traveling Altar
Located in Lisse, NL
for traveling purposes. We cannot verify this, because there aren't any of these altars to be found
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Bronze
H 29.1 in W 31.1 in D 7.5 in
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders.
Beautiful
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Located in Buisson, FR
Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders.
Beautiful color
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Antique French leather portable travel crucifix / altar - Paris France 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very charming antique French portable travel crucifix/altar.
France - Paris 19th
Very beautiful
Category
Antique 19th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
H 4.34 in W 2.17 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Edo Nichiren Shu Buddhist Buddha Traveling Zushi Temple Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeously designed and ornamented, well-crafted Japanese Nichiren Shu Buddhist traveling Zushi
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
Antique 18th Century Shrine Retablo Baroque Carved and Painted Wood
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads and paths.
Mostly
Category
Antique 18th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Cedar
17th/18thc Bolivian Carved & Painted Travelling Altar
Located in Essex, MA
Wood 3' wide travelling altar, elaborately carved and painted(original/old paint) with central
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Japanese Traveling Altar Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja King of Wisdom Funno Son
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Japanese traveling altar of Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja. I believe the object to be older
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood
H 9.25 in W 6.25 in D 4.75 in
People Also Browsed
Pair of Contemporary Unicorn Heads
Located in London, GB
Introducing further pieces to our upcoming Studio Bucchi collection. These are a limited edition, bespoke order pieces.
All materials used in the creation of these exceptional pieces...
Category
2010s English Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Bohemian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö.
This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Textile
Asian Khmer Cambodia Stoned Carved Head Bust of Male Buddhist Buddha Shiva Deity
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully sand stone-carved Asian deity figure / sculpture likely from Cambodia. The detailed head is likely that of the divinity deity Shiva, sometimes referred to as the smilin...
Category
Antique 19th Century Cambodian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Sandstone
H 7 in W 4.5 in D 4 in
Japanese antique wood carved Buddha/1800s/late Edo period/folk Buddha
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden Jizo Bodhisattva statue made in the late Edo period in Japan.
It is thought that they were not carved by Buddhist sculptors living in central cities such as Kyoto or...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cypress
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha shrine) made from Tib...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Antique Japanese wooden Buddha statue/Edo period/seated Tathagata statue
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden Buddha statue made around the Edo period (1603-1868).
It is likely to be Amida Nyorai, the highest-ranking Buddha statue, which is an enlightened being.
This Buddha ...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cypress
H 19.69 in W 16.54 in D 6.89 in
Antique Framed Buddhist Painting
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Tibetan Thangka Buddhist painting hand-painted on canvas, created for the veneration of the Three Great Bodhisattvas. Embrace the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhism with this vibra...
Category
Antique 19th Century Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape.
The metal arms paint...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Japan Large Antique Stone Four Buddhas Water Purification Basin Chozu’bachi
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just discovered from an old southern Japanese area garden and now in our Kyoto warehouse.
Call or message us to reserve- now en route in our container from our Kyoto warehouse
Fo...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Granite
19th Century Chinese Pagoda Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning and rare 19th Century English Chinese pagoda cabinets. This highly stylized hand carved mahogany cabinets features, glass shelving, pagoda gabled roofs, classic Chippendal...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Antique Fine Handcarved Oak Gothic Revival Wall Shrine / Chapel for Statuette
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and good condition, Gothic-art shrine for standing or wall-hanging.
This handsome and decorative, Gothic wall shrine is completely hand-crafted out of solid oak and it will loo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Religious Items
Materials
Brass
H 24 in W 11.3 in D 6.1 in
Vacheron Constantin Ref. 92115, a very fine, unique 18K pink gold pocket watch
By Vacheron Constantin
Located in London, GB
Vacheron Constantin Ref. 92115, an extremely fine and unique 18K pink gold pocket watch
Swiss-made, October 2001,
Height 9cm, width 6.5cm, depth 1.5cm
Open: height 9cm, width 13cm, d...
Category
Early 2000s Swiss Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold
H 3.55 in W 2.56 in D 0.6 in
Extremly Rare Mexican Silver Miquelet-Lock Blunderbuss Belt Pistol Flintlock
Located in Madrid, ES
Extremly Rare South American Silver-Mounted Miquelet-Lock Blunderbuss Belt Pistol
Late 18th century, Mexican
With a roped silver band around the turned and belled muzzle, the forw...
Category
Antique 18th Century Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 3.15 in W 1.97 in D 16.54 in
Bird Cage Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Year: 1900, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Bird Cage, Art Nouveau
Year: 1900
Country: French
Material: Iron
It is an elegant and sophisticated bird cage.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles s...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Bird Cages
Materials
Iron
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Travel Altar", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.
Travel Altar For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic travel altar available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and fabric, every travel altar was constructed with great care. Find 9 options for an antique or vintage travel altar now, or shop our selection of 2 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect travel altar — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A travel altar is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Arts and Crafts, folk art and modern styles are sought with frequency. Jiri Krejcirik each produced at least one beautiful travel altar that is worth considering.
How Much is a Travel Altar?
A travel altar can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,660, while the lowest priced sells for $450 and the highest can go for as much as $165,850.