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Chinese Hand Painted Hard Stone Paperweight with Woman & Instrument 20thC
Chinese Hand Painted Hard Stone Paperweight with Woman & Instrument 20thC

Chinese Hand Painted Hard Stone Paperweight with Woman & Instrument 20thC

Located in Big Flats, NY

her string musical instrument, chop mark signed, 20th century Measures - 6"H x 2.25"W x 1"D A 20th

Category

20th Century Chinese Used String Instruments

Materials

Stone

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

Supporting a vertically oriented stringed instrument with carved f-holes, this figure grounds the ensemble

Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Pair French Ormolu Mounted Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Commodes, François Boucher
Pair French Ormolu Mounted Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Commodes, François Boucher

Pair French Ormolu Mounted Chinoiserie Red Lacquer Commodes, François Boucher

By François Boucher

Located in New York, NY

engaged in leisure and daily activity: playing stringed instruments, drawing water, conversing beneath

Category

Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Ceramic Plates, Set of Six
Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Ceramic Plates, Set of Six

Piero Fornasetti Strumenti Musicali Ceramic Plates, Set of Six

By Piero Fornasetti

Located in Downingtown, PA

Musicali" (Musical Instruments) series, each plate features a unique, dense composition of stringed

Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Porcelain

Table clock with Muse and writers. Bronze, Paris movement. France, 19th century.
Table clock with Muse and writers. Bronze, Paris movement. France, 19th century.

Table clock with Muse and writers. Bronze, Paris movement. France, 19th century.

Located in Madrid, ES

blued bronze, dressed in a tunic, holds this kithara, a plucked stringed instrument from ancient Greece

Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Used String Instruments

Materials

Bronze, Other

Antique China Theatre Scene Sun and Moon Print – Thomas Allom, 1843
Antique China Theatre Scene Sun and Moon Print – Thomas Allom, 1843

Antique China Theatre Scene Sun and Moon Print – Thomas Allom, 1843

Located in Langweer, NL

. One musician is shown playing a stringed instrument, highlighting the important role of live music in

Category

Mid-19th Century British Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Interior with Chair and Geometric Figures
Interior with Chair and Geometric Figures

Interior with Chair and Geometric Figures

Located in Berlin, DE

, reminiscent of the sides of a string instrument, which lends the shapes a musicality, while the isolated

Category

1950s Abstract Used String Instruments

Materials

Oil

Victorian 9K Gold Gate Bracelet with Padlock Heart Clasp
Victorian 9K Gold Gate Bracelet with Padlock Heart Clasp

Victorian 9K Gold Gate Bracelet with Padlock Heart Clasp

Located in Venice, CA

outer lines of the gate segments are curved to look like the lyre, an ancient stringed musical

Category

Early 1900s English Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

Gold, 9k Gold

Coralcello, richly colorful music themed abstraction
Coralcello, richly colorful music themed abstraction

Coralcello, richly colorful music themed abstraction

By C. Dimitri

Located in Brooklyn, NY

coral reefs. Rich brushwork in image of stringed musical instrument within the abstract composition

Category

2010s Abstract Used String Instruments

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel

Herman Volz Abstract Woodblock Print
Herman Volz Abstract Woodblock Print

Herman Volz Abstract Woodblock Print

By Herman Roderick Volz 1

Located in Fulton, CA

Abstract woodblock by California Artist Herman Roderick Volz. Figure with stringed musical

Category

Mid-20th Century American Used String Instruments

Materials

Paper

Italian Carved Wood Gold Gilt Trumpeting Angels Beveled Mirror
Italian Carved Wood Gold Gilt Trumpeting Angels Beveled Mirror

Italian Carved Wood Gold Gilt Trumpeting Angels Beveled Mirror

Located in Toledo, OH

stringed musical instruments. Very nice condition. Dimensions: 3" depth x 41" W x 68" H.

Category

20th Century European Rococo Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver and Enamel Cigarette / Card Case
Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver and Enamel Cigarette / Card Case

Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver and Enamel Cigarette / Card Case

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Japanese ladies playing traditional Japanese instruments, the koto (13 stringed zither) and the shamisen (3

Category

20th Century Slovenian Used String Instruments

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Antique 1.25 Carat Diamond and 9k Yellow Gold Mandolin Brooch Circa 1890
Antique 1.25 Carat Diamond and 9k Yellow Gold Mandolin Brooch Circa 1890

Antique 1.25 Carat Diamond and 9k Yellow Gold Mandolin Brooch Circa 1890

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

mandolin is embellished with thirty-six pavé set Dutch cut diamonds. The stringed musical instrument is

Category

1890s Unknown Used String Instruments

Materials

Diamond, Yellow Gold, Silver

Two Large Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Sconces
Two Large Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Sconces

Two Large Neoclassical Style Gilt Bronze Sconces

Located in London, GB

lyres — the stringed musical instrument, associated with ancient Greece. The arms are curved, and three

Category

Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Used String Instruments

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

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

Category

1950s Used String Instruments

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Plectrum Musical Picks
Japanese Plectrum Musical Picks

Japanese Plectrum Musical Picks

Unavailable|$350 / set

Japanese Plectrum Musical Picks

Located in Seattle, WA

Japanese hardwood plectrum (bachi) for a shamisen. The shamisen is a traditional three stringed

Category

1930s Japanese Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood

Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika
Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika

Stringed Musical Instrument, Balalaika

Located in Lisboa, Lisboa

balalaika is a typical Russian three-stringed plucked musical instrument, sixty centimeters (prima balalaika

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

Located in Madrid, ES

A palissandre top with shells and string instruments marquetry decoration in various precios woods

Category

1940s Spanish Used String Instruments

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

Category

19th Century Italian Renaissance Used String Instruments

Materials

Walnut

Japanese Court Musician
Japanese Court Musician

Japanese Court Musician

Unavailable|$925

Japanese Court Musician

Located in San Francisco, CA

, a Japanese traditional string instrument. Meiji period, circa 1885.  

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

women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout

Category

1730s Romantic Used String Instruments

Materials

Oil

Marble Bust of Sapho
Marble Bust of Sapho

Marble Bust of Sapho

Unavailable|$2,600

Marble Bust of Sapho

Located in Woodbury, CT

shoulder and continuing over the stringed instrument, the neck of which is broken and missing. Repairs to

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

women in the Qajar period and the themes of dance and music. A musician plays the Tar (stringed

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

Located in Mosman Park, AU

celestial musicians. One holding a stringed instrument with head turned to the right and the other playing a

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

Located in SOMIS, CA

road goddess. Known for playing the string instrument while holding it behind her back, she brings

Category

20th Century Chinese Used String Instruments

Materials

Marble, Stone

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

one of a series of 5-stringed instrument lamps that he created for his interior accents company, The

Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Wire

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

series of 5-stringed instrument lamps that he created for his interior accents company, The Frederick

Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Used String Instruments

Materials

Wire

Fireback, Second Empire
Fireback, Second Empire

Fireback, Second Empire

Unavailable|$1,066

Fireback, Second Empire

Located in Gembloux, BE

Architectures de l'Antiquite. I the center is the 'Lyre', a string-instrument known for its use in Greek

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

in the shape of a lovely Lyre which is a classical Greek string instrument and symbol of Apollo - God

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

manufacture of stringed instruments, naturally disposed the Bergamo artists to specialize in still lifes on a

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

string instrument. Above the scene, a poem accompanies the artist’s signature and seals. Tanomura

Category

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau 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

, one holding a chelys which was a stringed instrument, the common lyre of the ancient Greek period

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

ressembles a modernist guitar or other stringed instrument as well as a purely biomorphic amoeba like design

Category

1950s American Modernist Used String Instruments

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

A painting of a copy of Caravaggio

Located in STRAČOV, CZ

engaged in playing the lute. In the foreground is a table with sheet music spread out and a stringed

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

glasses, a guitar (stringed instrument), and an overall essence of the Jazz movement in Paris. For the

Category

1930s Art Deco Used String Instruments

Materials

Wood, Paint

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

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

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

in the smoothly polished wooden surface of the large stringed instrument. The dark green curtain

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

Located in Paris, FR

Rare Chinese zither or ghzheng is a traditional Chinese plucked string musical instrument of the

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

By Hattakitkosol Somchai

Located in Woodstock, NY

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

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

Located in SOMIS, CA

playing the string music instrument Gu Zhen, an expression of sophistication. On the right a pot of

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

brooch, starting from the stringed musical instrument's head with miniature tuning pegs and via the

Category

Early 20th Century Russian Late Victorian Used String Instruments

Materials

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

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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.