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Various Wind Instruments - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Various Wind Instruments is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the
Category

1860s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Decorative Cornet Brass
Located in Madrid, ES
Decorative bugle golden brass Decorative bugle made of golden brass. This metal wind instrument
Category

20th Century European Other Musical Instruments

Materials

Brass

Decorative Cornet Brass
Decorative Cornet Brass
H 5.52 in W 9.85 in D 3.15 in
Jazz Low Table Depicting Musical Instruments
Located in London, GB
A 1960s "Jazz" coffee table by Ward & Barker of Manchester. Formica top depicting wind
Category

Mid-20th Century English Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Brass

Set of Three French 19th Century Carved Oak Panels with Musical Instruments
Located in Atlanta, GA
wind instruments, carved in low to higher relief, stand out beautifully on a bare background. With
Category

Antique 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Oak

Antique Vineyard Setter's Compass, French, Brass, Surveyor's Instrument, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique vineyard setter's compass. A French, brass surveyor's instrument with mahogany
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

End XIX Century Brass and Glass Hourglass Antique Time Measuring Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Andronicus was responsible for the construction of the H Orologion, known today as the tower of the winds at
Category

Antique 1890s Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass

Lamp Table Brass Trumpet Vintage
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Elegant and sleek. The trumpet is a brass wind instrument commonly used in classical and jazz Pricing
Category

Vintage 1980s Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Lamp Table Brass Trumpet Vintage
Lamp Table Brass Trumpet Vintage
H 21.66 in W 6.3 in D 5.91 in
Very Rare Wind Vane Dial in the Manner of Whitehurst
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A George III period carved mahogany wind vane dial. The silvered engraved dial with all the points
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

Tibetan Red Lacquer Cymbal Case Lid, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
provided percussive backing to wind instruments and accompanied ritual chanting in temple settings. The
Category

Antique 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Negretti and Zambra Bakelite Weather Forecaster
By Negretti & Zambra
Located in Norwich, GB
secondary dial operated by the side lever to set the wind direction. When both indicators are set to the
Category

Vintage 1910s English Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bakelite

Anemometer 1950 Coal Mining Vintage Science Equipment in Brass and Steel
Located in Miami, FL
an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. Anemometers are important tools for
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass, Steel, Iron

End 19th Century Antique Magnetic Topographic Compass Made in Brass and Oak
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic topographic compass, of oak and brass; instrument consisting of a magnetized needle free
Category

Antique 1890s Italian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Oak

Victrola VV-X Floor-Model Phonograph by The Victrola Talking Machine Co.
By Victrola
Located in New York, NY
VV-X Victrola Phonograph, wind up record player with ten 78 rpm records. This Model number VV-X
Category

Early 20th Century American Victorian Musical Instruments

Materials

Metal

Antique 1920s Enclosed Gramophone
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
In working order, to operate you wind up the handle on the side, the lid can sit up and down the
Category

Early 20th Century Musical Instruments

Materials

Oak

Antique 1920s Enclosed Gramophone
Antique 1920s Enclosed Gramophone
H 39.38 in W 20.87 in D 20.08 in
Antique Wrap Reel Machine, English, Factory, Cotton, John Nesbitt, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
winder by John Nesbitt of Manchester, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Presented in
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Serinette in the Form of a Miniature Commode by Richard, Paris, 1775
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
finch. The instrument worked like a small barrel organ with a barbed cylinder, wind box and lead pipes
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Musical Instruments

Materials

Wood

French 18th Century Louis XVI Period Giltwood Barometer Thermometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
: G of Rain (Goutte: Drop), Pluie ou Vent: Rain or Wind, Variable: Variable, Beau Temps: Nice Weather
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Scientific Instruments

Materials

Giltwood

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Kingwood and Ormolu Barometer/Thermometer
By François Linke
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rain (Goutte: Drop), Pluie ou Vent: Rain or Wind, Variable: Variable, Beau Temps: Nice Weather, Beau
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Scientific Instruments

Materials

Ormolu

Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere Charles-François Delamarche Paris, 1805-1810 Circa
By Charles Francois Delamarche
Located in Milano, IT
, names and zodiac symbols, calendar, wind directions, etc. The vertical circles mention the latitudes and
Category

Antique Early 1800s French Empire Scientific Instruments

Materials

Paper, Wood

German Globe by C. Abel-Klinger, Nuremberg, circa 1860
By C. Abel-Klinger
Located in Milano, IT
printed on paper and glued on. It is marked in French with the amplitude, the direction of the winds, the
Category

Antique 1860s German Other Scientific Instruments

Materials

Wood, Paper

Terrestrial Table Globe by Félix Delamarche, Paris, 1821
By Félix Delamarche
Located in Milano, IT
, details the amplitude, the direction of the winds, the days and months of the year and the names and
Category

Antique 1820s French Restauration Scientific Instruments

Materials

Metal

KINRADEN FINE INCISIONS Bracelet - sterling silver
By Kinraden
Located in København, DK
ebony, otherwise used for clarinets and other classical wind instruments.
Category

2010s Thai Modern Bracelets

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Lot Of Three Musician Cherubs In Cast Lead - Period: 20th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the saints, as in representations of Paradise.  They may hold wind
Category

20th Century French Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Lead

A mid 19th century Italian grand tour Sorrento marquetry box circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
local musician playing a large traditional wind instrument whilst being accompanied by a very similarly
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Mid-20th Century Enamel and Iron Israeli ''Keren Alley' Street Name Sign
Located in New York, NY
, rhinoceros). Keren is also the name of Job's third daughter that appears in the Bible, an ancient wind
Category

Vintage 1950s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Enamel, Iron

Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
that represent two children in an attitude of playing a musical wind instrument, both seated, with
Category

Antique 18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Other

Modernist Dan Bedik Sculpture "Musical Embrace" in Green Marble with Walnut Base
Located in New York, NY
connects may indicate a stylized musician playing a saxophone (or other wind instrument). Alternately, the
Category

1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Small and Rare German Art Deco Bookcase with Intarsia, Walnut, circa 1925
Located in Greven, DE
plucked and wind instruments, on each door a folding star. Above the doors, the corpus tapers and has two
Category

Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Walnut

Basquiat Gray vinyl record signed (Basquiat Record Art)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
approach to music was having heard music, to approach instruments and sound systems the way one would pick
Category

1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

"Cherubic Melody: Raphael's Vision, Engraved by Thomassin, 1740
Located in Langweer, NL
may be a wind instrument, giving life to an unseen melody. The cherubs, with their rounded cheeks and
Category

Antique 1740s Prints

Materials

Paper

Basquiat Gray vinyl record & poster (Basquiat Gray)
By after Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
, that was as much a scepter and wand as wind instrument. This utterly charming 27-track album is chock
Category

1980s Pop Art Photography

Materials

Offset

Rare Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Center Table w/ Bronze Masks ca. 1870
By Pottier & Stymus
Located in Shippensburg, PA
inlay, this depicting a gourd that has been fashioned into a wind-instrument with a hat tied tightly
Category

Antique 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Center Tables

Materials

Bronze

BASQUIAT Gray photograph 1979 (Basquiat Gray 1979)
By Nicholas Taylor
Located in NEW YORK, NY
, that was as much a scepter and wand as wind instrument. This utterly charming 27-track album is chock
Category

1980s Pop Art Black and White Photography

Materials

Inkjet

2 Antique 1862 Minton International Exhibition Jeweled Turquoise Plates
By Minton
Located in Dayton, OH
wind instruments, as well as a tambourine, bagpipe, stringed lyre and sheets of music. The bases of
Category

Antique 1860s Victorian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Ewuare (King)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
expression, particularly ivory and wood carving. He is credited as the inventor of the Eziken, a wind
Category

15th Century and Earlier Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Ship's Anemometer and Aerovane, Sculptural Piece, Hand Polished, Fibreglass.
Located in Canterbury, GB
it would be connected to two dials on the bridge to indicating wind speed and direction. Now a
Category

2010s Other Nautical Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Ship's Anemometer and Aerovane Repurposed as Kinetic Sculpture
Located in Nantucket, MA
A ship's anemometer and aerovane used to measure wind speed and direction. These were mounted on
Category

Mid-20th Century Industrial Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass, Chrome

19th Century Terracotta French Antique Sculpture Faun Pan God, 1870
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
the flute with which he is often represented tied to Pan's neck. This instrument takes the name of
Category

Antique 1870s French Busts

Materials

Pottery

Expressive Bronze Sculpture of Flute Player
Located in London, GB
goddesses turn her into a river reed in order to hide her from him. The winds blow through the reeds, they
Category

Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Expressive Bronze Sculpture of Flute Player
Expressive Bronze Sculpture of Flute Player
H 11.82 in W 3.94 in D 4.73 in
Folk Art Painting Female Artist Morocco Desert Palm Sunflowers Goats Moonlight
By Nancy Patterson
Located in Norfolk, GB
she has become part of. Artwork details: Nancy Patterson, Blowing in the Wind, acrylic on board, with
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Acrylic

1916s Pocket Magnetic Compass for the Raf Officers Antique Surveyor Measurement
Located in Milan, IT
ring. Twelve-winds compass card. Very good condition fully functional. Diameter 4.5 cm - 1.77 inches
Category

Vintage 1910s Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Folk Art Limited Edition Print 2/20 Morocco African Palm Trees Sunflowers Goat
By Nancy Patterson
Located in Norfolk, GB
eighteen years she has become part of. Artwork details: Nancy Patterson, Blowing in the Wind, lithographic
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Enlévement de Chloé, from Daphnis and Chloé
By Marc Chagall
Located in Palo Alto, CA
people carrying war instruments, and finally animals running around daintily in the foreground. This
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Two Day Marine Chronometer by John Bliss, New York. No.3068
By John Bliss & Co.
Located in Norwich, GB
& Co, New York No 3068 with subsidiary dial below XII for ‘state of wind’ and subsidiary seconds dial
Category

Antique 1890s Nautical Objects

Materials

Rosewood

The Millennial Falcon (Sidewinder), analog, 100x98cm - Polaroid, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
convertible. The warm wind plays with the long hair of the woman. The man has laid his right arm casually on
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Large Scale Period Louis XIV Boulle Cartel Clock with Matching Plinth/Bracket
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
-like instrument; the inside back of the clock case is also richly worked with tortoiseshell and brass
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Wall Clocks

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Two Day Marine Chronometer by Whyte, Thompson & Co, Glasgow and South Sheilds
Located in Norwich, GB
’ with subsidiary dial below XII for ‘state of wind’ and subsidiary seconds dial above the VI, original
Category

Antique 1780s English Nautical Objects

Materials

Brass

Sculpted Floor Decor Vases by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
the Ukrainian mountains, wind musical instrument “trembita” became an inspiration for a set of floor
Category

2010s Ukrainian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Clay

Sculpted Floor Decor Vases by Faina
Sculpted Floor Decor Vases by Faina
H 59.06 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Chinese Trio of Female Musicians Oil Painting on Canvas After Chen Yifei 44"
By Chen Yifei
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage trio of Chinese woman playing instruments oil painting on canvas after Chen Yifei
Category

Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

1900s Brass Bakelite Magnetic Topographer Compass Surveyor Measurement Instrumen
Located in Milan, IT
Magnetic topographer compass from the early 1900s, brass and bakelite base; instrument consisting
Category

Antique Early 1900s European Aviation Objects

Materials

Brass

Sculpted Floor Decor Vases by Faina
By Victoria Yakusha
Located in Geneve, CH
the Ukrainian mountains, wind musical instrument “trembita” became an inspiration for a set of floor
Category

2010s Ukrainian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Clay

Sculpted Floor Decor Vases by Faina
Sculpted Floor Decor Vases by Faina
H 59.06 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Vintage Atmos Jaeger le Coultre Mantle Clock C1970 20th Century
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in London, GB
to the movement. The clock self-winds and keeps time on temperature and environmental changes
Category

Vintage 1970s Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Brass

A truly delightful miniature terrestrial pocket globe
By Nathaniel Mills
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
possessions of the Spanish Empire, for emphases, the trade winds are indicated by red arrows. There are three
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century British Dutch Colonial Globes

Materials

Other

Antique Large Bronze of Pan Dancing Musee de Naple, 1870s
Located in London, GB
the winds blow through the reeds, they make a gentle musical sound. Because he does not know which
Category

Antique 1870s French Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Propos d'un Intoxiqué - Lithograph after L.T. Foujita - 1928
By (after) Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in Roma, IT
97. Signed on plate on lower left margin. A beautiful and sensual girl with hair in the wind has
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Shaving Mirror of Purser Wardlaw
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
printed trade label stating ‘J Abraham Optician & Mathematical Instrument Maker to his R. H. Duke of
Category

Antique Early 1800s English Wall Mirrors

Materials

Ebony

"Deception, " Keith McIntyre, Surrealist Figure, Scottish Artist
By Keith McIntyre
Located in New York, NY
Constellations for Wind, Reed and Drawing Instruments (BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Sage Gateshead) and
Category

1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A huge pair of 21 inches Cruchley Library Globes
By G.F. Cruchley
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
of the year, the signs of the zodiac and wind directions. THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. The globe provides
Category

Antique 1850s British Victorian Globes

Materials

Other

Chinese Trio of Woman Playing Bamboo Flutes Oil Painting After Chen Yifei 46"
By Chen Yifei
Located in Dayton, OH
featured beautiful women in traditional Chinese attire working with musical instruments or other
Category

Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Chinese Woman Playing Bamboo Flute Oil Painting on Canvas After Chen Yifei 47"
By Chen Yifei
Located in Dayton, OH
Chinese attire working with musical instruments or other romanticized objects. There are many examples of
Category

Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

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There is a range of wind instruments for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all wind instruments available were constructed with great care. Find 266 antique and vintage wind instruments at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 24 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Wind instruments have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. mid-century modern, Louis XVI and Victorian wind instruments are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made wind instruments over the years, but those made by Moooi, HMV Cavendish and Jaeger-LeCoultre are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

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