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Travel Altar

18th Century Italian Portable Travel Altar, c. 1730 Walnut Baroque Cartapesta
18th Century Italian Portable Travel Altar, c. 1730 Walnut Baroque Cartapesta

18th Century Italian Portable Travel Altar, c. 1730 Walnut Baroque Cartapesta

Located in Epfach, DE

Italian portable travel altar, c. 1730. Walnut case with cartapesta, scagliola and carved wood, complete with original accessories.

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Antique 1730s Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Scagliola, Walnut

Travel Haltar
Travel Haltar

Travel Haltar

Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas

Travel altar with eight paintings depicting Saint Augustine, the Immaculate Virgin, Saint Anthony with a child, Saint Louis Gonzalez in Santo Domingo, the Virgin with a child, the ec...

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Antique 17th Century Mexican American Colonial Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Antique Travelling Trader’s Altar, Oriental Teak Stand, Folding Table, Victorian
Antique Travelling Trader’s Altar, Oriental Teak Stand, Folding Table, Victorian

Antique Travelling Trader’s Altar, Oriental Teak Stand, Folding Table, Victorian

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique travelling trader’s altar. An Oriental, carved teak folding display stand, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.

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Antique 1870s Chinese Chinoiserie Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Teak

Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine
Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine

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 standing Japanese figure.

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Boxes

Materials

Giltwood, Lacquer

Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar

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) concealed inside the folded wood doors.

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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Japanese Wooden Sculpture"JIzo Buddha Statues" Early Edo period Wabisabi Mingei
Japanese Wooden Sculpture"JIzo Buddha Statues" Early Edo period Wabisabi Mingei

Japanese Wooden Sculpture"JIzo Buddha Statues" Early Edo period Wabisabi Mingei

Located in 足利市, JP

During the turbulent transition from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period, smaller, personal Buddhist images like this were commissioned by wealthy patrons or devout samurais...

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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Cypress

18th Century Baroque Period Italian German Guild Chest Cabinet Jewelry Casket
18th Century Baroque Period Italian German Guild Chest Cabinet Jewelry Casket

18th Century Baroque Period Italian German Guild Chest Cabinet Jewelry Casket

By Ferdinando Pogliani

Located in Forney, TX

keywords: curiosity cabinet of curiosities jewelry casket specimen exhibition collectors case monumental decorative table box coin safe strongbox strong bible box coffer portable ba...

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Antique Early 18th Century Baroque Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Metal, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu, Pewter

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Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych
Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych

Antique Gilt Bronze Enamel Travel Altar Triptych

Located in Long Island City, NY

An antique Catholic gilt bronze travel altar triptych case featuring inside a crucifix cross set within malachite decorations and fine cast floral framings on a red fabric piece.

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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Religious Items

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

19th Century Russian Orthodox Enameled Bronze Folding Traveling Altar Icon
19th Century Russian Orthodox Enameled Bronze Folding Traveling Altar Icon

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.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Folk Art Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

14th CENTURY LATE MEDIEVAL GILDED WOODEN TUSCAN PLAQUE
14th CENTURY LATE MEDIEVAL GILDED WOODEN TUSCAN PLAQUE

14th CENTURY LATE MEDIEVAL GILDED WOODEN TUSCAN PLAQUE

Located in Firenze, FI

It is believed that this object was part of a triptych or a small portable travel altar. The icon can be mounted on a frame or an artwork stand.

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Antique 16th Century Italian Medieval Paintings

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

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H 20.28 in W 25.2 in D 7.88 in

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 drawer to keep the candles.

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Antique 18th Century European Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

18th Century  Baroque Shrine
18th Century  Baroque Shrine

18th Century Baroque Shrine

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H 31.7 in W 15.2 in D 8.2 in

18th Century Baroque Shrine

Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR

They were adaptations made to its primitive form as a small reduced chapel, as a shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads a...

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Antique 1750s Brazilian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

Antique Japanese Buddha Traveling Altar Zushi Cabinet
Antique Japanese Buddha Traveling Altar Zushi Cabinet

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 gold gilt interior and Buddha.

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Vintage 1920s Japanese Religious Items

Materials

Giltwood

Etched Brass "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" Travel Altar, circa 1909
Etched Brass "Church of the Holy Sepulchre" Travel Altar, circa 1909

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 alter with images of Mary and Baby Jesus.

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Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Antique Early 20th Century Carved & Hand Painted Gothic Revival Traveling Altar
Antique Early 20th Century Carved & Hand Painted Gothic Revival Traveling Altar

Antique Early 20th Century Carved & Hand Painted Gothic Revival Traveling Altar

Located in Lisse, NL

The bronze handle on top suggests that it was made for traveling purposes. We cannot verify this, because there aren't any of these altars to be found anywhere in the world.

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Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

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H 18.51 in W 8.47 in D 8.86 in

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

Located in Buisson, FR

Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders.

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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar
Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

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H 17.33 in W 22.05 in D 7.88 in

Italian 18th Century Wooden Travel/ House Altar

Located in Buisson, FR

Stunning and extremely rare travel / house altar complete with small candleholders.

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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Antique French leather portable travel crucifix / altar - Paris France 19th
Antique French leather portable travel crucifix / altar - Paris France 19th

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 leather case decorated with iron with a golden frame on the outside and inside.

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Antique 19th Century French Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Edo Nichiren Shu Buddhist Buddha Traveling Zushi Temple Shrine Altar
Japanese Edo Nichiren Shu Buddhist Buddha Traveling Zushi Temple Shrine Altar

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 Buddha shrine. Per our Japanese friend, to the left is Shaka Nyorai (Shakamunibutsu)...

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint

Antique 18th Century  Shrine Retablo Baroque Carved and Painted Wood
Antique 18th Century  Shrine Retablo Baroque Carved and Painted Wood

Antique 18th Century Shrine Retablo Baroque Carved and Painted Wood

Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR

They were adaptations made to its primitive form as a small reduced chapel, as a shelter and hiding place for saints, as a mobile altar traveling along difficult and deserted roads a...

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Antique 18th Century Brazilian Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Cedar

17th/18thc Bolivian Carved & Painted Travelling Altar
17th/18thc Bolivian Carved & Painted Travelling Altar

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 niche intended for small santos and 3 panels each with original portrait of saint

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Paint

Antique Japanese Traveling Altar Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja King of Wisdom Funno Son
Antique Japanese Traveling Altar Aizen Myoo or Ragaraja King of Wisdom Funno Son

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 than the 'early 20th century' guess I offered, but I'm really not sure.

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Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood

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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.