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Indian 25-String Instrument
Indian 25-String Instrument

Indian 25-String Instrument

Located in Queens, NY

Asian Indian-style (19/20th Century) 25 string wood instrument with bird head design

Category

19th Century Unknown Other Used String Instruments

Exstremely Rare Collection Alcoa Aluminum String Instruments, Bass, Cello, Violin
Exstremely Rare Collection Alcoa Aluminum String Instruments, Bass, Cello, Violin

Exstremely Rare Collection Alcoa Aluminum String Instruments, Bass, Cello, Violin

By Alcoa Aluminum

Located in Buffalo, NY

Being offered extremely rare collection of aluminum string instruments,,string bass, ,cello,,and violin....... circa 1930s, all 3 instruments originaly wood grain painted, have been ...

Category

1930s American Art Deco Used String Instruments

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

A cased taxidermy display of Toad and Frog orchestra playing stringed instrument
A cased taxidermy display of Toad and Frog orchestra playing stringed instrument

A cased taxidermy display of Toad and Frog orchestra playing stringed instrument

Located in Leuven , BE

A cased taxidermy display of the Toad and Frog orchestra both playing stringed instruments, the Frog seated on a Terrapin turtle

Category

20th Century British Used String Instruments

Materials

Organic Material

Yellow Gold Chalcedony Harp Charm 14k Oval Cabochon String Instruments
Yellow Gold Chalcedony Harp Charm 14k Oval Cabochon String Instruments

Yellow Gold Chalcedony Harp Charm 14k Oval Cabochon String Instruments

Located in Greensboro, NC

Metal Content: 14k Yellow Gold Stone Information Natural Chalcedony Cut: Oval Cabochon Green stones Cut: Round Theme: Harp, String Instruments Measurements Tall (from stationar...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Used String Instruments

Materials

Chalcedony, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

12 Italian Gilt Silver and Lapis String Instrument Place Card Holders Angeletti
12 Italian Gilt Silver and Lapis String Instrument Place Card Holders Angeletti

12 Italian Gilt Silver and Lapis String Instrument Place Card Holders Angeletti

Located in Rochester, NY

Handmade set of 12 gilt silver and lapis lazuli place card holder. Each a different stringed instrument. In the original velvet presentation box.

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Used String Instruments

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Silver

Patinated and Gilt Bronze Abstract Sculpture with String Instrument Elements
Patinated and Gilt Bronze Abstract Sculpture with String Instrument Elements

Patinated and Gilt Bronze Abstract Sculpture with String Instrument Elements

Located in Madrid, ES

Striking modern sculpture in patinated and gilt bronze, distinguished by its highly original composition incorporating elements inspired by stringed musical instruments. Combining ab...

Category

1990s Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Photograph of String Instruments in Music Store titled "Strings of the City"
Photograph of String Instruments in Music Store titled "Strings of the City"

Photograph of String Instruments in Music Store titled "Strings of the City"

By Tom Sauerwein

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

This photograph by Fredericksburg-based artist Tom Sauerwein captures a quiet, soulful moment inside Pickers Supply, one of the city's most beloved music stores. Sauerwein is known f...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used String Instruments

Materials

Photographic Paper

Set of Five Spanish Turquoise and Silver Miniature Musical Instruments
Set of Five Spanish Turquoise and Silver Miniature Musical Instruments

Set of Five Spanish Turquoise and Silver Miniature Musical Instruments

Located in London, GB

The ensemble consists of five string instruments: a classical guitar, a lyre-shaped guitar with two feet, a bell-shaped ukulele (tiple), a cello, and a free-standing harp.

Category

Late 19th Century Spanish Rococo Used String Instruments

Materials

Silver

SS Stewart Orchestra Banjo
SS Stewart Orchestra Banjo

SS Stewart Orchestra Banjo

Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

The SS Stewart Orchestra banjo is a rare five-string instrument made in 1892, featuring a chrome drum and a carved cloverleaf motif.

Category

Late 19th Century American Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas, Wood

19th Century Bronze Musician Sculpture
19th Century Bronze Musician Sculpture

19th Century Bronze Musician Sculpture

Located in Charlottesville, VA

A bronze figure of a musician. He is playing a string instrument.

Category

19th Century French Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Blanc de Chine White Glazed Seated Musician Figure
Blanc de Chine White Glazed Seated Musician Figure

Blanc de Chine White Glazed Seated Musician Figure

Located in Charlottesville, VA

A blanc de chine white glazed ceramic figure depicting a seated musician holding a stringed instrument raised on a rectangular plinth base.

Category

1920s Chinese Used String Instruments

Materials

Ceramic

"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

"Surf Board Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

By Ken Butler

Located in New York, NY

String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Torso Cello" hybrid musical instrument sculpture, assemblage
"Torso Cello" hybrid musical instrument sculpture, assemblage

"Torso Cello" hybrid musical instrument sculpture, assemblage

By Ken Butler

Located in New York, NY

String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments

Materials

Mixed Media, Found Objects

"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture
"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

"Drill Case Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Wall Sculpture

By Ken Butler

Located in New York, NY

String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Swim Fin Violin" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture
"Swim Fin Violin" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture

"Swim Fin Violin" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture

By Ken Butler

Located in New York, NY

String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Antique Staffordshire Troubadour Man & King Charles Spaniel Figurine 13"
Antique Staffordshire Troubadour Man & King Charles Spaniel Figurine 13"

Antique Staffordshire Troubadour Man & King Charles Spaniel Figurine 13"

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figurine in the shape of a man / minstrel or troubadour, holding a guitar / stringed instrument, seated on a mossy wall with a r...

Category

19th Century Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Porcelain

Collection Seven Italian Modern Miniature Musical Instruments Silver Malachite
Collection Seven Italian Modern Miniature Musical Instruments Silver Malachite

Collection Seven Italian Modern Miniature Musical Instruments Silver Malachite

Located in London, GB

Collection Seven Italian Modern Miniature Musical Instruments Silver Malachite Italian, 20th Century Largest (cello): Height 6cm, width 3.3cm An exceptional example of Italian craf...

Category

20th Century Italian Used String Instruments

Materials

Malachite, Vermeil, Silver

"Film Case Nylon Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture
"Film Case Nylon Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture

"Film Case Nylon Guitar" Hybrid Instrument Assemblage Wall Sculpture

By Ken Butler

Located in New York, NY

String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

"Machine Gun Guitar III" Hybrid Instrument Wall Assemblage Sculpture
"Machine Gun Guitar III" Hybrid Instrument Wall Assemblage Sculpture

"Machine Gun Guitar III" Hybrid Instrument Wall Assemblage Sculpture

By Ken Butler

Located in New York, NY

String instruments become body, tool, weapon, toy, symbol, machine, phallus, creature, sculpture, icon, and voice.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Used String Instruments

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Antique Engraving of Archangel Michael and an Arab Moor Playing Instrument, 1698
Antique Engraving of Archangel Michael and an Arab Moor Playing Instrument, 1698

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: the left a painting of the Archangel Michael, said to be painted by S.

Category

1690s Dutch Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Early Peter Macchiarini Sterling and Copper Abstract Modern Bass Guitar Brooch
Early Peter Macchiarini Sterling and Copper Abstract Modern Bass Guitar Brooch

Early Peter Macchiarini Sterling and Copper Abstract Modern Bass Guitar Brooch

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Late 1940's American abstract modernist bass or stringed instrument guitar brooch created by Peter Macchiarini of San Francisco, California.

Category

1950s American Modernist Used String Instruments

Materials

Sterling Silver, Copper

Franz Berger - 20th Century Oil, Mandolin Player
Franz Berger - 20th Century Oil, Mandolin Player

Franz Berger - 20th Century Oil, Mandolin Player

Located in Corsham, GB

This oil painting features a portrait of an elderly gentleman in a black hat and green jacket, holding a musical instrument that appears to be a mandolin or similar stringed instrume...

Category

20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Oil

Antique Boulle Style Inlaid Brass Ormolu Mount Ebonized Writing Table Desk
Antique Boulle Style Inlaid Brass Ormolu Mount Ebonized Writing Table Desk

Antique Boulle Style Inlaid Brass Ormolu Mount Ebonized Writing Table Desk

Located in Chicago, IL

Table top is decorated with intricate leafy elements, accented with birds, butterflies and antique string instruments.  Circa Late 19th Century Dimensions H 31" W 30.5" D 55"

Category

Late 19th Century Baroque Revival Used String Instruments

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Era Eko Vox Teardrop Mark 6 Hollow Body 6 String Electric Guitar
Mid-Century Era Eko Vox Teardrop Mark 6 Hollow Body 6 String Electric Guitar

Mid-Century Era Eko Vox Teardrop Mark 6 Hollow Body 6 String Electric Guitar

By VOX

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

This Mid-Century era semi-hollow body teardrop guitar was made by EKO of Italy for VOX in approximately 1967 and done in the period style. The model is not indicated anywhere on the ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Metal

Icarus from the Celestial Meridian Suite, Aquatint Etching by Tighe O'Donoghue
Icarus from the Celestial Meridian Suite, Aquatint Etching by Tighe O'Donoghue

Icarus from the Celestial Meridian Suite, Aquatint Etching by Tighe O'Donoghue

By Tighe O'Donoghue

Located in Long Island City, NY

Paying homage to the Ancient Greek myth of Icarus, this print by Tighe O'Donaghue incorporates planets and a string instrument along with several linear diagrams arranged throughout ...

Category

1980s Folk Art Used String Instruments

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Oil-on-Canvas Still Life Painting by Pauline Silver
Oil-on-Canvas Still Life Painting by Pauline Silver

Oil-on-Canvas Still Life Painting by Pauline Silver

Located in Sheffield, MA

The oil-on-canvas Postmodern painting combines a still life of gloves, stringed instrument, liquor bottle and other objects in the foreground overlooking an immediate city scape.

Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas

Still Life Strings
Still Life Strings

Still Life Strings

By Madeleine Scali

Located in Houston, TX

Bright colors transcend the traditional still-life to animate this string instrument and opened book. Gouache by the French artist Madeleine Scali, circa 1970.

Category

1970s Used String Instruments

Materials

Watercolor

Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar
Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar

Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar

Located in Chicago, IL

Separated by screen motifs with an eternal coin pattern, the jar depicts a scholar painting a mountainous landscape, writing poetic calligraphy, playing the ancient strategy game of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Used String Instruments

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Modern White Vintage Dining Chairs by Theo Häberli, 1960 Switzerland
Mid-Century Modern White Vintage Dining Chairs by Theo Häberli, 1960 Switzerland

Mid-Century Modern White Vintage Dining Chairs by Theo Häberli, 1960 Switzerland

By Theo Häberli

Located in Vienna, AT

This elegant shaped seat shell reminiscent of string instruments. Furthermore the seat shell was made of white lacquered plywood and white lacquered tube steel feet with black rubber...

Category

1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Steel

Acf Bangkok Brass Porcelain Neoclassical Cherub Column Mantel Clock 13"
Acf Bangkok Brass Porcelain Neoclassical Cherub Column Mantel Clock 13"

Acf Bangkok Brass Porcelain Neoclassical Cherub Column Mantel Clock 13"

Located in Dayton, OH

Rectangular base supporting four columns, flanking the figure of a small cherub or putti playing a stringed instrument, beneath a round clock face. White face with black Roman numera...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Used String Instruments

Materials

Brass

Pair KPM Porcelain Plaques After Franz Lefler
Pair KPM Porcelain Plaques After Franz Lefler

Pair KPM Porcelain Plaques After Franz Lefler

By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)

Located in New York, NY

Large 19th century KPM plaques hand-painted by Dittrich after the original paintings by the Czech master, Franz Lefler (1831-1898), depicting children singing and playing string inst...

Category

19th Century German Romantic Used String Instruments

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Qin Table with Lotus Carvings
Chinese Qin Table with Lotus Carvings

Chinese Qin Table with Lotus Carvings

Located in Chicago, IL

This ornate Chinese table recreates traditional forms for playing the qin, an ancient stringed instrument associated with scholarly refinement.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Qing Used String Instruments

Materials

Elm

18th Century Romantic Oil Painting of Couples by a Stream, Circa 1730
18th Century Romantic Oil Painting of Couples by a Stream, Circa 1730

18th Century Romantic Oil Painting of Couples by a Stream, Circa 1730

By Jean-Baptiste Pater

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia

The two men serenade the women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout the 18th century in France/Europe and this painting bea...

Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas

Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets
Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets

Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets

By Emile Cardinaux

Located in London, GB

Original vintage carpet advertising poster for Teppichhaus Schuster & Co St Gallen & Zurich Switzerland featuring an Oriental style design depicting a lady playing music on a stringe...

Category

1920s Swiss Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Large Sèvres-style Porcelain Charger
Large Sèvres-style Porcelain Charger

Large Sèvres-style Porcelain Charger

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Norwood, NJ

Father figure playing a stringed instrument, in the presence of other members of his family.

Category

Late 19th Century French Used String Instruments

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Modernist Angel Musician Enamel Pendant Necklace Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Modernist Angel Musician Enamel Pendant Necklace Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Modernist Angel Musician Enamel Pendant Necklace Sterling Silver

Located in New York, NY

THE ANGEL PLAYS A GUITAR, VIOLIN, LYRE, BANJO OR OTHER STRING INSTRUMENT. SURROUNDING THE ANGEL IS AN EXQUISITE HALO IN BLUE AND GREY ENAMEL.

Category

19th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Used String Instruments

Materials

Enamel, Silver, Sterling Silver

Ceramic vessel by the artist Mario Dario Grandi
Ceramic vessel by the artist Mario Dario Grandi

Ceramic vessel by the artist Mario Dario Grandi

Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA

The main motif is a hand-painted figurative decoration that encircles the body, depicting two male figures, one playing a flute and the other a stringed instrument, using earth tones...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Argentine Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Pietra Dura Musical-Motif Wall Plaque in the Style of Richard Blow
Mid-Century Pietra Dura Musical-Motif Wall Plaque in the Style of Richard Blow

Mid-Century Pietra Dura Musical-Motif Wall Plaque in the Style of Richard Blow

By Richard Blow

Located in Minneapolis, MN

It depicts a flute and a string instrument along with sheet music surrounded by branches and ribbon.

Category

1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble

Large Carrara marble by Barrias, The Little Musician
Large Carrara marble by Barrias, The Little Musician

Large Carrara marble by Barrias, The Little Musician

By Louis Ernest Barrias

Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

He is seated on a cushion with pompoms resting on a pedestal, playing a three-stringed instrument. It stands on a base measuring 19 cm by 19 cm.

Category

1880s French Used String Instruments

Materials

Carrara Marble

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Orchestra Plates, Musical Instruments, Set of 15
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Orchestra Plates, Musical Instruments, Set of 15

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Orchestra Plates, Musical Instruments, Set of 15

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

The long tubes, necks and bows run horizontally and vertically across the face of the plate while the rounded bodies of the string instruments anchor the corners, so that the fifteen...

Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Ceramic

Jacques Adnet Green Leather Bar Cart, 1950s
Jacques Adnet Green Leather Bar Cart, 1950s

Jacques Adnet Green Leather Bar Cart, 1950s

By Jacques Adnet

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Brass piping on both ends of the cart meant resemble the lyre; an ancient stringed instrument from Greece and the Middle East.

Category

1950s French Art Deco Used String Instruments

Materials

Iron, Metal

Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Porcelain Plate No. 2
Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Porcelain Plate No. 2

Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Porcelain Plate No. 2

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Miami, FL

This is variation number 2 of the musical instruments series and depicts a selection of stringed instruments including a violin, mandolin, lute, balalaika and more on a trompe l'oeil...

Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Porcelain

Mid Century French Sketch of a Singing Figure with a Broad Brimmed Hat
Mid Century French Sketch of a Singing Figure with a Broad Brimmed Hat

Mid Century French Sketch of a Singing Figure with a Broad Brimmed Hat

By Josine Vignon

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Mid Century French Portrait Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width) Stamped: Verso...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Used String Instruments

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

Italian 18th century Scagliola and Wrought Iron coffee table, circa 1723
Italian 18th century Scagliola and Wrought Iron coffee table, circa 1723

Italian 18th century Scagliola and Wrought Iron coffee table, circa 1723

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The intricately detailed top showcases various game cards, dice, a string instrument, a script containing a composer, and various other artist elements.

Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Used String Instruments

Materials

Wrought Iron

Group of Three Large Scale Carved Teak South Asian Musician Figures
Group of Three Large Scale Carved Teak South Asian Musician Figures

Group of Three Large Scale Carved Teak South Asian Musician Figures

Located in Bridgeport, CT

All are seated in elegant dance- like poses and wear local style loincloths, neck torques and anklets. One plays a stringed instrument, one a flute, and the third a drum.

Category

20th Century Asian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Teak

Large Antique Anglo-Indian Painting on Woven Fabric Portraying A Female Dancer
Large Antique Anglo-Indian Painting on Woven Fabric Portraying A Female Dancer

Large Antique Anglo-Indian Painting on Woven Fabric Portraying A Female Dancer

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

The painting is done in the Anglo-Indian style depicting several women watching a female dancing on a carpet, presumably at an outdoor bazaar, with a male musician playing a stringed...

Category

Late 19th Century English Anglo-Indian Used String Instruments

Materials

Fabric

Figural Repousse Tavern Scene Sterling Silver Cigarette Case 2.8 Troy Oz c1900
Figural Repousse Tavern Scene Sterling Silver Cigarette Case 2.8 Troy Oz c1900

Figural Repousse Tavern Scene Sterling Silver Cigarette Case 2.8 Troy Oz c1900

Located in Big Flats, NY

The detailed relief work depicts a lively tavern gathering, with several figures engaged in various activities, including playing a stringed instrument and drinking. The craftsmanshi...

Category

Early 20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Musician Trio Large Fiberglass and Plaster Wall Relief Sculpture Finesse
Chinese Musician Trio Large Fiberglass and Plaster Wall Relief Sculpture Finesse

Chinese Musician Trio Large Fiberglass and Plaster Wall Relief Sculpture Finesse

By Finesse Originals

Located in W Allenhurst, NJ

The figures are shown playing traditional stringed instruments amid softly textured surfaces and draped garments, creating remarkable depth and movement across the panel.

Category

20th Century Chinoiserie Used String Instruments

Materials

Fiberglass, Plaster

Two Atkinson Bros Stained Glass Windows Depicting Angels Playing Instruments
Two Atkinson Bros Stained Glass Windows Depicting Angels Playing Instruments

Two Atkinson Bros Stained Glass Windows Depicting Angels Playing Instruments

Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire

These trapezoidal shaped windows detail angels playing stringed instruments – one a violin and the other a lute – dressed in swathes of gold and white before deep red glass backdrops.

Category

Early 20th Century English Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Lead

Italian majolica pottery figure of traditional Pulcinella, hand modelled in clay
Italian majolica pottery figure of traditional Pulcinella, hand modelled in clay

Italian majolica pottery figure of traditional Pulcinella, hand modelled in clay

Located in Central England, GB

He is holding an early stringed instrument, eager to entertain. This decorative piece is in good original condition.

Category

Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Used String Instruments

Materials

Clay

A Large Qajar Oil Painting With Female Portrait And Floral Triumph, Late 19th Ce
A Large Qajar Oil Painting With Female Portrait And Floral Triumph, Late 19th Ce

A Large Qajar Oil Painting With Female Portrait And Floral Triumph, Late 19th Ce

Located in London, GB

Oil on canvas, heightened in gold, large vertical panel cut in the shape of ogival arch, depicting a central portrait roundel with a Westernised Qajar maiden wearing a white veil and...

Category

Late 19th Century Asian Used String Instruments

Materials

Paint

1960's Italian Polished Bronze Violin Sculpture on Acrylic Base.
1960's Italian Polished Bronze Violin Sculpture on Acrylic Base.

1960's Italian Polished Bronze Violin Sculpture on Acrylic Base.

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A striking Italian polished bronze violin sculpture, dating to the 1960s, conceived as a highly decorative interpretation of a classical string instrument. The composition includes a...

Category

1960s Italian Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Aesthetic Style Marble Top Cabinet With Painted Panels
Aesthetic Style Marble Top Cabinet With Painted Panels

Aesthetic Style Marble Top Cabinet With Painted Panels

Located in Bridgeport, CT

The doors with floral inlays in the corners and raised oval panels painted with romantic scenes- a beauty writing on a tree trunk and a troubador with stringed instrument. Several po...

Category

20th Century Aesthetic Movement Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble, Brass

Asian Thai Gilt Vintage Bronze Statue of a Prince Playing Music
Asian Thai Gilt Vintage Bronze Statue of a Prince Playing Music

Asian Thai Gilt Vintage Bronze Statue of a Prince Playing Music

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Large vintage heavy bronze statue of Prince Pra Apai Manee playing a traditional Asian string instrument called "Zueng". This bronze has a dark green patina, the ceremonial costume ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Thai Tibetan Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Antique Javanese Prints – Gamelan Instruments & Wayang Puppets – c.1860
Antique Javanese Prints – Gamelan Instruments & Wayang Puppets – c.1860

Antique Javanese Prints – Gamelan Instruments & Wayang Puppets – c.1860

Located in Langweer, NL

The first plate, titled Muziek-Instrumenten (Gamelan), depicts a wide range of traditional Javanese instruments, carefully illustrated and labeled. Included are gongs suspended from ...

Category

Mid-19th Century Dutch Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Modern Coral Silver Six Dining Chairs Theo Häberli Switzerland 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Coral Silver Six Dining Chairs Theo Häberli Switzerland 1960s

Mid-Century Modern Coral Silver Six Dining Chairs Theo Häberli Switzerland 1960s

By Theo Häberli

Located in Basel, BS

The shape is recognizant of string instruments. Throughout the high back seat the chairs are comfortable.

Category

1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Metal

Victorian Three Panel Screen Room Divider Pre-Raphaelite
Victorian Three Panel Screen Room Divider Pre-Raphaelite

Victorian Three Panel Screen Room Divider Pre-Raphaelite

Located in Potters Bar, GB

Fine Victorian three fold mahogany dressing screen dating from circa 1885 Three painted panels depicting elegant classical female figures in garden settings The paintings have someth...

Category

1880s Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

"Gypsy woman"
"Gypsy woman"

"Gypsy woman"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

A seated female musician is captured in an animated moment, holding a large stringed instrument diagonally across her body. Warm orange and rust accents in the clothing enliven the n...

Category

Early 20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

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Gilt Decorative String Instrument Wall Hanging
Gilt Decorative String Instrument Wall Hanging

Gilt Decorative String Instrument Wall Hanging

Unavailable

H 38.5 in W 15 in D 2 in

Gilt Decorative String Instrument Wall Hanging

Located in Stamford, CT

Decorative musical instrument in carved wood with gilt finish, featuring strings, turnings and a carved animal's face at the headstock. Whimsical accent piece can be hung with a sing...

Category

1950s Used String Instruments

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Plectrum Musical Picks
Japanese Plectrum Musical Picks

Japanese Plectrum Musical Picks

Located in Seattle, WA

The shamisen is a traditional three stringed instrument. The plectrum consisting of two different woods for the handle and the end.

Category

1930s Japanese Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Vintage Chinese Wood Lacquer Longevity Patterns Musical Instrument Yue Qin
Vintage Chinese Wood Lacquer Longevity Patterns Musical Instrument Yue Qin

Vintage Chinese Wood Lacquer Longevity Patterns Musical Instrument Yue Qin

Located in 景德镇市, CN

Known as the “moon guitar” for its round body, the Yue Qin is a classic plucked string instrument used in folk and opera music, cherished for its bright, resonant tone.

Category

20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika
Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika

Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika

Unavailable

H 1.97 in W 27.56 in D 17.33 in

Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika

Located in Lisboa, Lisboa

The balalaika is a typical Russian three-stringed plucked musical instrument, sixty centimeters (prima balalaika) to one meter and seventy (bass balalaika) long, with a triangular bo...

Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Palissandre Marquetry Coffee Table
Palissandre Marquetry Coffee Table

Palissandre Marquetry Coffee Table

Unavailable

H 15.75 in W 70.87 in D 15.75 in

Palissandre Marquetry Coffee Table

Located in Madrid, ES

A palissandre top with shells and string instruments marquetry decoration in various precios woods on an ebonized carved wood stand in Chinese style, Madrid, 1940

Category

1940s Spanish Used String Instruments

Vintage Chinese Wood Er Hu Musical Instrument
Vintage Chinese Wood Er Hu Musical Instrument

Vintage Chinese Wood Er Hu Musical Instrument

Unavailable

H 31.89 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in

Vintage Chinese Wood Er Hu Musical Instrument

Located in 景德镇市, CN

Vintage Chinese Wood Erhu – Traditional Two-Stringed Musical Instrument This Vintage Chinese Erhu is a beautifully crafted two-stringed bowed instrument, traditionally known as the ...

Category

20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Northeast Indian Santal Carved Wood Sarangi Musical Instrument
Northeast Indian Santal Carved Wood Sarangi Musical Instrument

Northeast Indian Santal Carved Wood Sarangi Musical Instrument

Located in Seattle, WA

Northeast Indian wood stringed musical instrument, sarangi, from the Santal tribal regions of Bihar.

Category

19th Century Indian Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood, Pigment

Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Desk, 19th Century
Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Desk, 19th Century

Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Desk, 19th Century

Located in Asheville, NC

Unusually carved Italian Renaissance style desk, central fall panel of band of putti playing string instruments, fitted interior, prospect door with carved green man, slant fall fron...

Category

19th Century Italian Renaissance Used String Instruments

Materials

Walnut

Japanese Court Musician
Japanese Court Musician

Japanese Court Musician

Unavailable

H 8.5 in W 7 in D 4.5 in

Japanese Court Musician

Located in San Francisco, CA

Hand has a hole for a missing instrument, probably a samisen, a Japanese traditional string instrument.

Category

1880s Japanese Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater
Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater

Figures in a Landscape Attributed to Pater

Located in Vancouver, BC

The two men serenade the women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout the 18th century in France and Europe, and this paintin...

Category

1730s Romantic Used String Instruments

Materials

Oil

Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets
Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets

Original Vintage Poster Teppichhaus Schuster St Gallen & Zurich Orient Carpets

By Emile Cardinaux

Located in London, GB

Original vintage carpet advertising poster for Teppichhaus Schuster & Co St Gallen & Zurich Switzerland featuring an Oriental style design depicting a lady playing music on a stringe...

Category

1920s Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Marble Bust of Sapho
Marble Bust of Sapho

Marble Bust of Sapho

Unavailable

H 18 in W 11.75 in D 6 in

Marble Bust of Sapho

Located in Woodbury, CT

She has a strap over her right shoulder and continuing over the stringed instrument, the neck of which is broken and missing.

Category

Late 19th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble

Large Decorative Islamic Qajar/Ottoman Underglaze Moulded Pottery Tile
Large Decorative Islamic Qajar/Ottoman Underglaze Moulded Pottery Tile

Large Decorative Islamic Qajar/Ottoman Underglaze Moulded Pottery Tile

Located in Haslemere, GB

A musician plays the Tar (stringed instrument), while another holds the symbolic flask and goblet and the others various percussive instruments.

Category

19th Century West Asian Islamic Used String Instruments

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Pair of 12th Century Rajasthan Red Sandstone Figures
Pair of 12th Century Rajasthan Red Sandstone Figures

Pair of 12th Century Rajasthan Red Sandstone Figures

Unavailable

H 20.48 in W 12.6 in D 8.86 in

Pair of 12th Century Rajasthan Red Sandstone Figures

Located in Mosman Park, AU

5170 A very finely carved pair of 12th century Rajasthan red sandstone figures depicting two celestial musicians. One holding a stringed instrument with head turned to the right and ...

Category

15th Century and Earlier Indian Used String Instruments

Materials

Sandstone

Stone Garden Statue, Fairy, Marble Sculpture
Stone Garden Statue, Fairy, Marble Sculpture

Stone Garden Statue, Fairy, Marble Sculpture

Unavailable

H 56 in W 27 in D 13 in

Stone Garden Statue, Fairy, Marble Sculpture

Located in SOMIS, CA

Known for playing the string instrument while holding it behind her back, she brings music, joy and good news to the world.

Category

20th Century Chinese Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble, Stone

Iconic American Mid-Century Figural Guitar Wall Lamp by Frederick Weinberg
Iconic American Mid-Century Figural Guitar Wall Lamp by Frederick Weinberg

Iconic American Mid-Century Figural Guitar Wall Lamp by Frederick Weinberg

By Frederic Weinberg

Located in Port Hope, ON

This Iconic American Mid-Century Modern figural guitar wall lamp by Frederick Weinberg is one of a series of 5-stringed instrument lamps that he created for his interior accents comp...

Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Wire

Iconic American Mid-Century Square Guitar Wall Lamp by Frederick Weinberg
Iconic American Mid-Century Square Guitar Wall Lamp by Frederick Weinberg

Iconic American Mid-Century Square Guitar Wall Lamp by Frederick Weinberg

By Frederic Weinberg

Located in Port Hope, ON

This iconic American Mid-Century Modern figural square guitar wall lamp by Frederick Weinberg is one of a series of 5-stringed instrument lamps that he created for his interior accen...

Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Wire

Fireback, Second Empire
Fireback, Second Empire

Fireback, Second Empire

Unavailable

H 20.48 in W 20.48 in D 0.79 in

Fireback, Second Empire

Located in Gembloux, BE

I the center is the 'Lyre', a string-instrument known for its use in Greek classical Antiquity and later periods.

Category

1860s French Empire Revival Used String Instruments

Materials

Iron

Antique Victorian Paste Lyre Heart Locket 9 Carat Gold Back and Front
Antique Victorian Paste Lyre Heart Locket 9 Carat Gold Back and Front

Antique Victorian Paste Lyre Heart Locket 9 Carat Gold Back and Front

Located in Lancaster, Lancashire

A beautiful antique Victorian Locket C. 1900, set with six red and seven white Paste stones set out in the shape of a lovely Lyre which is a classical Greek string instrument and sym...

Category

Early 1900s British Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

9k Gold

Still life with musical instruments (pair)
Still life with musical instruments (pair)

Still life with musical instruments (pair)

Located in Zürich, CH

Proximity to Bergamo Cremona, an important craft center for the manufacture of stringed instruments, naturally disposed the Bergamo artists to specialize in still lifes on a musical ...

Category

17th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wunderkammer,  The Dance of the Skeletons, by Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1909)
Wunderkammer,  The Dance of the Skeletons, by Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1909)

Wunderkammer, The Dance of the Skeletons, by Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1909)

Located in PARIS, FR

The Dance of the Skeletons, by Tanomura Chokunyu (1814-1909) This Japanese ink and pigment painting on paper, mounted on a scroll with silk borders, depicts the macabre and captivati...

Category

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster For India Manipuri Dancer And Musicians Artwork
Original Vintage Travel Poster For India Manipuri Dancer And Musicians Artwork

Original Vintage Travel Poster For India Manipuri Dancer And Musicians Artwork

Located in London, GB

Original vintage travel poster promoting travel to India featuring a stunning illustration of a Manipuri Dancer in traditional Manipuri bride clothing with a long round stiffened dec...

Category

1950s Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Pair of Bronze Table Lamps in the Form of Classical Grecian Figures
Pair of Bronze Table Lamps in the Form of Classical Grecian Figures

Pair of Bronze Table Lamps in the Form of Classical Grecian Figures

Located in Suffolk, GB

The lamps consist of two Grecian female figures both dressed in Classical headdress and robes, one holding a chelys which was a stringed instrument, the common lyre of the ancient Gr...

Category

Late 19th Century English Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

REBAJES Sterling Modernist Biomorphic Pendant for Necklace
REBAJES Sterling Modernist Biomorphic Pendant for Necklace

REBAJES Sterling Modernist Biomorphic Pendant for Necklace

By Rebajes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

This reductive pierced work design ressembles a modernist guitar or other stringed instrument as well as a purely biomorphic amoeba like design.

Category

1950s American Modernist Used String Instruments

"Concertina" by Tony Bass, limiters edition etching on paper
"Concertina" by Tony Bass, limiters edition etching on paper

"Concertina" by Tony Bass, limiters edition etching on paper

By Tony Bass

Located in Glenview, IL

"Concertina" by contemporary American artist Tony Bass is an etching on paper representing two human figures, a sitting female singing and playing what appears to be an accordion whi...

Category

1980s Contemporary Used String Instruments

Materials

Etching

A painting of a copy of Caravaggio
A painting of a copy of Caravaggio

A painting of a copy of Caravaggio

Unavailable

H 33.47 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in

A painting of a copy of Caravaggio

Located in STRAČOV, CZ

In the foreground is a table with sheet music spread out and a stringed instrument giving the scene an air of calm and concentration.

Category

20th Century European Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life

By Jozef Popczyk

Located in Oakland, CA

This still life has outstanding elements: drinking glasses, a guitar (stringed instrument), and an overall essence of the Jazz movement in Paris.

Category

1930s Art Deco Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood, Paint

18th century portrait of the German Flautist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz
18th century portrait of the German Flautist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz

18th century portrait of the German Flautist and composer Johann Joachim Quantz

By Arthur Devis

Located in Bath, Somerset

At the completion of his apprenticeship Quantz was able to play most of the principle string instruments and the oboe and trumpet. In 1716 Quantz accepted an invitation to join the...

Category

18th Century English School Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Ethiopian Krar Tribal Musical Instrument
Vintage Ethiopian Krar Tribal Musical Instrument

Vintage Ethiopian Krar Tribal Musical Instrument

Unavailable

H 28 in W 15 in D 3 in

Vintage Ethiopian Krar Tribal Musical Instrument

Located in New York, NY

An Ethiopian dita, or krar, a five-string bowl-shaped lyre musical instrument, with a cowhide stretched tympanum over a wood squarish bowl base and wood uprights and cross member.

Category

Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Used String Instruments

Materials

Cowhide, Wood

HERMANNUS COLLENIUS - A Portrait of an Elegant Couple Making Music
HERMANNUS COLLENIUS - A Portrait of an Elegant Couple Making Music

HERMANNUS COLLENIUS - A Portrait of an Elegant Couple Making Music

By Hermannus Collenius

Located in Hilversum, NL

Highlights are reflected in the gilt birdcage, the auricular mouldings of the picture fames, in the glass and metalware and in the smoothly polished wooden surface of the large strin...

Category

18th Century and Earlier Dutch Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas

Rare Chinese Zither, China, Late 19th Century
Rare Chinese Zither, China, Late 19th Century

Rare Chinese Zither, China, Late 19th Century

Unavailable

H 24.02 in W 13.78 in D 1.58 in

Rare Chinese Zither, China, Late 19th Century

Located in Paris, FR

Rare Chinese zither or ghzheng is a traditional Chinese plucked string musical instrument of the family of table zithers - Guzheng has been introduced in other countries and has bec...

Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Pre-Columbian Used String Instruments

Cast Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Somchai
Cast Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Somchai

Cast Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Somchai

Unavailable

H 36 in W 10 in D 4 in

Cast Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Somchai

By Hattakitkosol Somchai

Located in Woodstock, NY

Depicting a tall masted boat cast in bronze with acrylic stringing reminiscent of a musical instrument. Mounted on a marble base.

Category

1960s Thai Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Chinese Antique Scholar's Chest, Bookcase
Chinese Antique Scholar's Chest, Bookcase

Chinese Antique Scholar's Chest, Bookcase

Unavailable

H 48 in W 67 in D 17.5 in

Chinese Antique Scholar's Chest, Bookcase

Located in SOMIS, CA

Lower left front of the chest depicts a scholar in the bamboo forest playing the string music instrument Gu Zhen, an expression of sophistication.

Category

19th Century Chinese Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Russian Antique Brooch Mandoline or Domra with Enamel, 1910s
Russian Antique Brooch Mandoline or Domra with Enamel, 1910s

Russian Antique Brooch Mandoline or Domra with Enamel, 1910s

Located in Antwerp, BE

Period: ca. 1910 Source of inspiration: Musical instruments Theme: Mandoline, or perhaps more likely the four string domra.

Category

Early 20th Century Russian Late Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, White Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Gold

Hattakitkosol Somchai Modernist Bronze Marble String Instrument Floor Sculpture
Hattakitkosol Somchai Modernist Bronze Marble String Instrument Floor Sculpture

Hattakitkosol Somchai Modernist Bronze Marble String Instrument Floor Sculpture

By Hattakitkosol Somchai

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

For your consideration is a brilliant, bronze on marble floor sculpture, depicting a stringed instrument, by artist Hattakitkosol Somchai.

Category

Late 20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Antique Orientalist Oil Painting Depicting Female Playing Stringed Instrument
Antique Orientalist Oil Painting Depicting Female Playing Stringed Instrument

Antique Orientalist Oil Painting Depicting Female Playing Stringed Instrument

Located in New York, NY

Our antique oil on canvas from the Orientalist period, 13 1/2 by 19 1/4 inches, depicts a female playing a small stringed instrument, wearing yellow scarf with blue, red and green st...

Category

Late 19th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas

Dick Romyn (1915-2007) - 20th Century Oil, Still Life with String Instrument
Dick Romyn (1915-2007) - 20th Century Oil, Still Life with String Instrument

Dick Romyn (1915-2007) - 20th Century Oil, Still Life with String Instrument

Located in Corsham, GB

A semi-abstract still life painting depicting an interior scene with a collection of objects arranged on a small circular table with sheet music and a large string instrument to the ...

Category

20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Oil

Gilt Decorative String Instrument Wall Hanging
Gilt Decorative String Instrument Wall Hanging

Gilt Decorative String Instrument Wall Hanging

Located in Stamford, CT

Decorative musical instrument in carved wood with gilt finish, featuring strings, turnings and a carved animal's face at the headstock. Whimsical accent piece can be hung with a sing...

Category

Mid-20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Fine Quality Paint Decorated Gilded Trumeau Mirror with String Instruments
Fine Quality Paint Decorated Gilded Trumeau Mirror with String Instruments

Fine Quality Paint Decorated Gilded Trumeau Mirror with String Instruments

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...

Category

1940s Unknown Louis XV Used String Instruments

Materials

Mirror, Walnut

Handmade Russian Balalaika Instrument Sculptural Object
Handmade Russian Balalaika Instrument Sculptural Object

Handmade Russian Balalaika Instrument Sculptural Object

Located in Miami, FL

While still playable, the Balalaika is interesting piece to display on a wall. The three stringed instrument has a fret board with inlaid metal and sixteen frets and a distinctive tr...

Category

20th Century Russian Used String Instruments

Materials

Metal

Vintage C.F. Martin & Co. 21" Ukulele & Case, 20th C
Vintage C.F. Martin & Co. 21" Ukulele & Case, 20th C

Vintage C.F. Martin & Co. 21" Ukulele & Case, 20th C

By C.F. Martin & Co.

Located in Big Flats, NY

Martin & Co. offers mahogany construction and case, en verso maker signed as photographed, (string instrument, guitar), 20th century Measures - Ukulele 21'' long x 6.25'' widest ...

Category

20th Century American Used String Instruments

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian Tiger Maple Violin and Case, Salvatore Durro, 19th Century
Antique Victorian Tiger Maple Violin and Case, Salvatore Durro, 19th Century

Antique Victorian Tiger Maple Violin and Case, Salvatore Durro, 19th Century

Located in Big Flats, NY

Antique Victorian tiger maple violin and wood case with mother of pearl inlaid bow, Salvatore Durro, Antonio Stradivarius, label as photographed, string instrument, 19th century M...

Category

19th Century European Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood, Maple

19th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Miniature Violin
19th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Miniature Violin

19th Century French Hand-Painted Faience Miniature Violin

By Rouen

Located in Dallas, TX

Place this beautiful stringed instrument in a music room or on a bookshelf for a touch of old world elegance.

Category

Late 19th Century French Used String Instruments

Materials

Faience

Set of Five Antique Viennese Miniature Silver and Turquoise Instruments
Set of Five Antique Viennese Miniature Silver and Turquoise Instruments

Set of Five Antique Viennese Miniature Silver and Turquoise Instruments

Located in London, GB

The set comprises four stringed instruments and a grand piano. The stringed instruments are all set on square turquoise plinths.

Category

Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Used String Instruments

Materials

Silver

A Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Plates from the Strumenti Musicali Series.
A Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Plates from the Strumenti Musicali Series.

A Set of Six Piero Fornasetti Plates from the Strumenti Musicali Series.

Located in Downingtown, PA

The plates each depict a different selection of stringed instruments including guitars and lutes on a faux bois ground.

Category

1960s Italian Used String Instruments

Pair of Carved Wood Asian Geishas Sculptures
Pair of Carved Wood Asian Geishas Sculptures

Pair of Carved Wood Asian Geishas Sculptures

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Lovely female sculptures of Geishas, one plays a flute while the other strums a string instrument. Smaller of the pair is 39.5 H, 13 W.

Category

19th Century Japanese Used String Instruments

Polia Pillin Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate
Polia Pillin Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate

Polia Pillin Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate

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H 2 in W 10.75 in D 10.75 in

Polia Pillin Mid-Century Studio Pottery Plate

By Polia Pillin

Located in Fulton, CA

A Polia Pillin California Studio pottery plate / charger. String instrument with dancer. Two flea bites at upper rim.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage 20th Century Original Abstract Figural Oil on Canvas
Vintage 20th Century Original Abstract Figural Oil on Canvas

Vintage 20th Century Original Abstract Figural Oil on Canvas

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Vintage oil a canvas depicting a man and a women playing a stringed instrument. Painting uses abstract shapes to form a voice human figures with subtle pinks and light blues.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Used String Instruments

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Antique Italian Cared Marble Portrait Bust of Boy with Gambusi by A. Cipriani
Antique Italian Cared Marble Portrait Bust of Boy with Gambusi by A. Cipriani

Antique Italian Cared Marble Portrait Bust of Boy with Gambusi by A. Cipriani

By Adolfo Cipriani

Located in Big Flats, NY

Antique Italian carved marble portrait sculpture depicts bust of a boy with his gambusi (musical guitar-like string instrument), signed on back A. Ciprianin, circa 1880 Measures: ...

Category

19th Century Italian Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble

Adorable Drinks Table by Piero Fornasetti
Adorable Drinks Table by Piero Fornasetti

Adorable Drinks Table by Piero Fornasetti

Located in Brooklyn, NY

A charming little drink or snack table designed by Piero Fornasetti with a gilded metal tripod stand and a round lacquered wood top adorned with a string instrument motif in gold ove...

Category

1950s Italian Used String Instruments

Materials

Aluminum

Mid -Century Modern Gravel Art Triptych Pictures With Clock On Wood Panel
Mid -Century Modern Gravel Art Triptych Pictures With Clock On Wood Panel

Mid -Century Modern Gravel Art Triptych Pictures With Clock On Wood Panel

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

The piece depicts 3 musicians playing two stringed instruments and a drum. The center piece instrument is the clock.

Category

Mid-20th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

A Japanese  Momento Mori Ivory Carving of Musicians
A Japanese  Momento Mori Ivory Carving of Musicians

A Japanese Momento Mori Ivory Carving of Musicians

Located in Austin, TX

Two play horns, while one strums a stringed instrument. They all stand on a raised ivory platform with carved geometric designs.

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Used String Instruments

Midcentury Piero Fornasetti ‘Instrumenti’ Vintage Umbrella Stand, circa 1955
Midcentury Piero Fornasetti ‘Instrumenti’ Vintage Umbrella Stand, circa 1955

Midcentury Piero Fornasetti ‘Instrumenti’ Vintage Umbrella Stand, circa 1955

By Fornasetti

Located in London, GB

This ‘instrumenti’ model is decorated with eight lithographic transfers of different stringed instruments. In great condition, this umbrella stand is signed on the underside ‘Fornase...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Brass

Piero Fornasetti Orchestra Coasters in a complete Set of eight.,
Piero Fornasetti Orchestra Coasters in a complete Set of eight.,

Piero Fornasetti Orchestra Coasters in a complete Set of eight.,

By Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

The set of Fornasetti coasters are numbered from one to eight, each depicts a different assortment of orchestral instruments. Mark: Hand with brush and a stringed instrument with ...

Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Asian Peacock and Veena Form Opium Pipe Holder Box
Asian Peacock and Veena Form Opium Pipe Holder Box

Asian Peacock and Veena Form Opium Pipe Holder Box

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Asian opium pipe box holder with a peacock head filigree art work designs, and in the form of an Veena Indian string instrument. Silvered metal alloy, patinated open to hold the pip...

Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Chinoiserie Used String Instruments

Materials

Silver Plate

Chinese Female Attendant with Qin Bronze Waist Charm
Chinese Female Attendant with Qin Bronze Waist Charm

Chinese Female Attendant with Qin Bronze Waist Charm

Located in Chicago, IL

Originally cherished as a lucky waist charm, this figure of a robed female musician holds a qin, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument representing the union of heaven, earth and...

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Used String Instruments

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Bronze, Steel

Pair of Franz Bergman Cold Painted Gypsy Musicians, 19th Century
Pair of Franz Bergman Cold Painted Gypsy Musicians, 19th Century

Pair of Franz Bergman Cold Painted Gypsy Musicians, 19th Century

By Franz Bergmann

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

A delightful pair antique Austrian cold painted bronze figures of gypsy musicians both lying on their sides, a woman wearing a skirt and headdress and holding a tambourine and a man ...

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1870s Used String Instruments

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Located in Point Richmond, CA

Old Used African carved wood Mbira or Sanza Finger Piano made of wood and metal from the Luba people of Congo, with projecting head. Nice shape with projecting detailed head at top,...

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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Procession — Contemporary Entomological Assemblage by Hasharat
Procession — Contemporary Entomological Assemblage by Hasharat

Procession — Contemporary Entomological Assemblage by Hasharat

Located in New York, NY

“Procession” by Hasharat is a contemporary entomological artwork featuring an exquisitely curated lineup of global beetles and other insects arranged in a vertical, march-like format...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Used String Instruments

Materials

Glass

Automaton Singing Birds
Automaton Singing Birds

Automaton Singing Birds

$4,731

H 14.5 in W 10.5 in D 8 in

Automaton Singing Birds

Located in Norwich, GB

Automaton Singing birds Automaton singing birds housed in a gilded case standing on a stepped gilded base. Three articulated singing birds standing on a green base with l...

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1950s British Used String Instruments

Materials

Brass

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H 7.5 in W 25 in D 0.5 in

Vintage Brass and Wrought Iron Skeleton Key

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT A vintage brass and wrought iron skeleton key. Embossed "PENN" on the side. Shown with lifesize hand model for scale. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE Unknown....

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19th Century Industrial Used String Instruments

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Vintage French Casino Roulette Wheel Francaise Marque Deposee, 1950's
Vintage French Casino Roulette Wheel Francaise Marque Deposee, 1950's

Vintage French Casino Roulette Wheel Francaise Marque Deposee, 1950's

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

An 1950's French roulette wheel stamped Roulette Francaise, Marque Depose. This casino roulette wheel features the original metal numbers as well as the roulette ball, all surrounded...

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Mid-20th Century French Used String Instruments

Materials

Chrome

19th Century Continental Female Bust Sculpture in White Marble
19th Century Continental Female Bust Sculpture in White Marble

19th Century Continental Female Bust Sculpture in White Marble

Located in New York, NY

Fine antique (19th century) continental bust of a lovely female in curls and dress adorned with bows at the shoulder. Apparently unsigned.

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Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Used String Instruments

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Carrara Marble

A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box

A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box

By Maison Jansen

Located in New York, NY

A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box, Attributed to Jansen. At first glance, the box's visual allure is simply breathtaking. Adorned with ...

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1930s Chinoiserie Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Wooden Hand Crafted Trench Folk Art Toy Castle Medieval Knight, German, 1910s
Wooden Hand Crafted Trench Folk Art Toy Castle Medieval Knight, German, 1910s

Wooden Hand Crafted Trench Folk Art Toy Castle Medieval Knight, German, 1910s

Located in Nuernberg, DE

Offered is an absolutely stunning toy castle, it is a beautiful example of early 20th century trench folk art, German handmade craft. The architectural detailing in the crenellated t...

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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren
Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren

Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren

$252,185

H 35.44 in W 185.04 in D 32.68 in

Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

KING OF THE MUSEUM Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obta...

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21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Animal Skin

Early 20th Century Taxidermy Snow White Terrier "Fruach"
Early 20th Century Taxidermy Snow White Terrier "Fruach"

Early 20th Century Taxidermy Snow White Terrier "Fruach"

$5,806

H 28.55 in W 21.07 in D 11.62 in

Early 20th Century Taxidermy Snow White Terrier "Fruach"

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A very well mounted taxidermy snow white terrier with silk bow collar, resting on a scarlet velvet cushion with braided gold fringing and graduated painted blue background. The terr...

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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Used String Instruments

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine

Cast Bronze Octopus Sculpture — Dark Patina Marine Form with Expressive Tentacle
Cast Bronze Octopus Sculpture — Dark Patina Marine Form with Expressive Tentacle

Cast Bronze Octopus Sculpture — Dark Patina Marine Form with Expressive Tentacle

$960Sale Price / item|20% Off

H 8.67 in W 13.39 in D 13.39 in

Cast Bronze Octopus Sculpture — Dark Patina Marine Form with Expressive Tentacle

Located in Jimbaran, Bali

A striking cast bronze octopus sculpture, distinguished by its deep, richly aged patina and bold, expressive form. The piece captures the quiet intelligence and fluid movement of the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

18th-Century Antique Music Stand, Boulle Technique, Brass and Wood
18th-Century Antique Music Stand, Boulle Technique, Brass and Wood

18th-Century Antique Music Stand, Boulle Technique, Brass and Wood

$41,725Sale Price|20% Off

H 15.36 in W 11.03 in D 1.97 in

18th-Century Antique Music Stand, Boulle Technique, Brass and Wood

By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting

Located in Milano, IT

Table lectern resting on a circular base and supported by a central stem, into which the height-adjustment rod engages, with mechanical device for tilting the brass lectern with blue...

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18th Century Austrian Other Used String Instruments

Materials

Brass, Steel

Suvretta Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano
Suvretta Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano

Suvretta Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano

$9,456

H 78.75 in W 80.32 in D 13.78 in

Suvretta Bookcase, by Ettore Sottsass for Memphis Milano

By Ettore Sottsass

Located in Radomsko, Województwo łódzkie

“Suvretta” is a Romansh word (language spoken in Engadine) that means: “above the small forest”. Like rows of overlapping trees, the books placed on the green shelves of Suvretta tak...

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1980s Italian Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Laminate, Wood, Plywood, Scrap Wood

6ft High Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse
6ft High Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse

6ft High Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse

$9,293Sale Price|44% Off

H 63 in W 23.63 in D 37.41 in

6ft High Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse

Located in London, GB

Enourmous Silver Plated Bronze Pegasus Winged Horse Statue on Wooden Base This Bronze is Truly a one off and a Real Statement Piace

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20th Century Unknown Classical Greek Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Ormolu Crown, France, Circa 1870
Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Ormolu Crown, France, Circa 1870

Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Ormolu Crown, France, Circa 1870

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Napoleon III Patinated Bronze & Ormolu Crown, France, Circa 1870 A rare and unusual Napoleon III patinated bronze and ormolu crown from France, circa 1870. This distinctive work fea...

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19th Century French Napoleon III Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Mid-20th C. Mexican Hand-Carved Seven-Piece Frog Orchestra, with Carlos Campos
Mid-20th C. Mexican Hand-Carved Seven-Piece Frog Orchestra, with Carlos Campos

Mid-20th C. Mexican Hand-Carved Seven-Piece Frog Orchestra, with Carlos Campos

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Mid-20th Century Mexican Hand-Carved Seven-Piece Frog Orchestra, with Carlos Campos Band Reference This remarkable seven-piece Mexican folk art frog orchestra dates to the mid-20th ...

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Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

'Quoting Charles Darwin I' a Fine Taxidermy Tableaux by Sinke & Van Tongeren
'Quoting Charles Darwin I' a Fine Taxidermy Tableaux by Sinke & Van Tongeren

'Quoting Charles Darwin I' a Fine Taxidermy Tableaux by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

This monumental work is inspired on the famous quote of Darwin. “If everyone were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty.” It is because of this quote that we...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Animal Skin

Antique Tiffany Studios Bronze Doré Pen Tray Neoclassical Taste
Antique Tiffany Studios Bronze Doré Pen Tray Neoclassical Taste

Antique Tiffany Studios Bronze Doré Pen Tray Neoclassical Taste

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Norwich, England

Antique Tiffany Studios New York gilt bronze pen tray/desk tidy. Neoclassical Taste. Maker's Stamp. Circa 1900. The tray has a lovely patina, commensurate with age and use. Showing ...

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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Huge 19th C Sculptural Coiled Taxidermy Snake Burmese Python Natural History
Huge 19th C Sculptural Coiled Taxidermy Snake Burmese Python Natural History

Huge 19th C Sculptural Coiled Taxidermy Snake Burmese Python Natural History

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A huge mid 19th century taxidermy python, in a natural coiled pose with head aloft. Extremely well sculptured, with glass eyes and housed on its original ebonised wooden backing boa...

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Mid-19th Century Used String Instruments

Materials

Natural Fiber

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Used String Instruments For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of used string instruments for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct used string instruments — often made from wood, cord and string — can elevate any home. Used string instruments have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Used string instruments made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Arts and Crafts — are very popular at 1stDibs. Alcoa Aluminum, John Burdick and Hattakitkosol Somchai each produced beautiful used string instruments that are worth considering.

How Much are Used String Instruments?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,100, while they’re typically $395 on the low end and $22,000 highest priced.