Religious Items
Religious Items For Sale
Color: Silver
20th Century Italian Silver Portal "Marriage of the Virgin"
Located in VALENZA, IT
Portal in chiseled solid silver depicting the "Marriage of the Virgin".
The Marriage of the Virgin is an oil painting on wood (170 × 117 cm) by ...
Category
1990s Italian Renaissance Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Polish Silver Kiddus Goblet
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Kiddush goblet, Poland, circa 1820.
Large upper portion engraved with curtain decoration, set on a knobbed stem with skirt decoration on a round stylized base. Clearl...
Category
Early 19th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Austro-Hungarian Silver Yom Kippur Belt Buckle
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Yom Kippur belt buckle, Austro-Hungarian Empire, circa 1870.
Repoussé with Lions of Judah flanking a crowned cartouche whose interior reads ...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Russian Silver Icon Depicting Christ Entering Jerusalem
Located in London, GB
Of rectangular shape, the silver moulded to depict the iconic Biblical scene.
This exquisite Russian silver icon, depicting the famous moment of...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Silver Charoset Dish for Passover by Felix Horovitz
By Felix Horovitz
Located in New York, NY
Silver Charoset dish, Felix Horovitz, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, circa 1905.
The oval small dish is decorated with vine and grapes, the base is decorated with Stars of David and sma...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century German Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Germany, circa 1890.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with floral ornaments.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a pointin...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Russian Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Russian Empire, circa 1896.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with floral ornaments.
The Hebrew name Zisel Dresler with the Jewish year 5673 is engraved on the lower part of the pointer.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a pointing index finger.
Original chain is connected to suspension loop at the top of upper section of the pointer.
Marked with Russian silver hallmarks...
Category
1890s Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Chinese Silver Kiddush Goblet
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver covered Kiddush goblet, 19th century.
Round cup on a stem mounted to a flat circular foot. Stepped domed cover with bird finial. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Christening Mug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A very good and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver christening mug; an addition to our diverse silver christening collection.
This fine antiq...
Category
1890s English Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Reliquary Pendant, Silver, Enamel, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
One of its fronts presents a textile background under a transparent glass, space that was surely designed to contain relics. The other side has a brightly colored enamel with the Vir...
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Other
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Hanukkah lamp Menorah by Bezalel. Decorated with filigree work, and with acid etched Hebrew text: "these candles are holy". The Menorah can also serve as Shabbat Cand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century German Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Germany, circa 1890.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with classical ornaments.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a poin...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century French Silver Schnapps Cup
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver Zionist Schnapps cup, France, circa 1920.
This shot cup is decorated with a Star of David enclosed in a wreath with a bow, and the word “Zion” in Hebrew. Marked with...
Category
Early 20th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Iraqi Silver Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Handcut strips of silver that have been bent into curvilinear shapes, with semicircle of candle-sockets, complete with drip-pans. A cast-made pair of birds, appearing to be ducks or geese, flank the servant light, while at top as the finial, a large casting of a hen or rooster.
While this overall form of lamp is known as hailing from Iraq, we cannot locate any other Iraqi lamps featuring the animals displayed on our example. Birds such as peacocks were widely used in Iraqi and other Middle-Eastern and North African Chanukah lamps, however the usage of the animals featured on our lamp likely have more to do with the surrounding Islamic culture than revealing any meaning in Judaism, which is typical overall for many motifs found on Jewish ritual...
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Late 19th Century Iraqi Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Kiddush Cup by David Heinz Gumbel
Located in New York, NY
Hand hammered silver plate Kiddush cup with applied Hebrew text: "Peace be within your walls".
Signed on the bottom.
Kiddush cup is a ceremonial vessel to hold wine for the blessing said at Shabbat and Jewish holidays meals.
David Heinz Gumbel (given name was Detlev Heinz. He was born in Sinsheim, Germany to a secular family among the pioneers of the local silversmith industry. In 1918, the Gumbels relocated to Heilbronn where David worked as an apprentice in the "Bruckmann & Sons" factory, becoming a certified steel engraver.
In the late 1920s, Gumbel studied to be a silversmith at the school of applied arts in Berlin at the Kunstgewerbeschule. Following his studies, Gumbel was employed at workshops in Düsseldorf and Stockholm, as well as in the family factory in Heilbronn. It was there that Gumbel began to design hand-made silver pieces in the modern style. Simultaneously, he produced Jewish ritual objects like a Chanukah menorah...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century German Silver Spice Tower
Located in New York, NY
Silver spice container, Germany, circa 1900.
In the shape of a Gothic castle, hand engraved, topped with a silver flag.
Marked on the bottom with Germa...
Category
Early 20th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Afghan Silver Shabbat Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Silver Sabbath oil lamp, Afghanistan, late 19th century.
Featuring a rimmed bowl elevated on a paneled stem, with larger drip pan below, resting on three feet. Extended piece of han...
Category
Late 19th Century Afghan Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Silver-Plated Putti On A Star-Shaped Lucite Base
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 19th Century silver plated putti on a modern star shaped Lucite base.
Category
Early 19th Century French Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Russian Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Russia, circa 1880.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with floral ornaments.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a pointing index finger. A suspension loop is connected to the top of upper section of the pointer.
Marked with Russian silver hallmarks...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Kiddush Goblet by Moshe Smilovici
Located in New York, NY
Hand-hammered silver Kiddush goblet, Moshe Smilovici, Tel Aviv, Israel, circa 1950.
On round base engraved with leaves and tall stem. Upper wine section is engraved with the temple ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Arts & Crafts Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Hanukkah lamp, Israel, circa 1940s.
Beautiful Arts & Crafts Hanukkah lamp by I. Gurevitz. with great hand silver work with solid silver wires in the center, connecte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Arts and Crafts Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Silver Spice Tower by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container, Jerusalem, circa 1920.
Ball spice container raised on a stem, On a round decorated base with fili...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique 1640 Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Charles I English sterling silver communion chalice and paten set; an addition to our diverse religious s...
Category
1690s English Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century German Silver Torah Pointer
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah pointer, Germany, circa 1900.
The handle is made with a knob shape interval engraved with floral ornaments.
The reading end is shaped as a hand with a pointing ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early Sterling Silver Pendant William Spratling
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely necklace pendant in 980 sterling silver from Taxco, Mexico. Designed and made by the studio of William Spratling, an American designer and entrepreneur who established his s...
Category
1930s Mexican Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Early 18th Century Italian Silver Book Binding
Located in New York, NY
Hand-embossed Judaic book binding, Venice, Italy, circa 1700.
Both covers bolding embossed with armorials below coronets framed by scrolls, flowers, and a...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Chinese Silver Kiddush Goblet with a Saucer
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver covered Kiddush cup, 19th century.
Round bowl on baluster stem mounted to stepped and flat circular foot. Double domed cover with pointed finial. Engraved band...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-19th Century French Silver Torah Finials 'Rimmonim'
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver Torah finials, chased, pierced, engraved, and cast, France, circa 1860.
The finials are constructed with large open-work decorated ball ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-18th Century English Silver Kiddush Cup
Located in New York, NY
Engraved in Hebrew “I will raise the cup of deliverance, and I shall invoke the Name of G-d” (Psalms 116:13). To signify where the beginning and end of this verse is, an eight-pointe...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Book Binding by Yaakov Ettlinger
Located in New York, NY
Tanach (Five Books Of Moses) with silver binding, handmade with dedication handwritten and signed by the President of Israel, Shimon Peres.
With the fiv...
Category
1950s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Jewelled, Parcel-Gilt and Silver Russian Icon of St. Nicholas
Located in London, GB
Depicting St. Nicholas at the centre, his right hand raised making the sign of the cross, his left hand holding a Bible; the icon covered by a protective silver oklad.
This stunning antique icon...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 18th Century Italian Silver Book Binding by Marc'antonio Belotto of Padua
Located in New York, NY
Handmade Italian silver book binding, maker's mark MB with figure holding emblems between for Marc'antonio Belotto of Padua, 1776-1788.
Both covers...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
19th Century Polish Woman's Sabbath Cap 'Kupka'
Located in New York, NY
Gold and silver wrapped thread on canvas, gold thread embroidery, embellished with decorative appliques and sequins; silk lining.
Rare example of a magnificent cap worn on the Sabba...
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Mid-19th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver St Patrick's Cathedral Marriage Plaque 1874 Antique
Located in Wallkill, NY
This silver plaque commemorates the marriage of James Smith Jr to Kate R. Nugent that took place at St Patrick's Cathedral on Wednesday May 13 1874 what follows on is marriages of ot...
Category
1870s American Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stunning Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Rimonim - made in London in 1922
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1922 by Arthur Bowe trading as Noble & Co., this attractive pair of George V, sterling silver Rimonim have ornate lattice work throughout the bodies and featu...
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1920s English Baroque Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Elizabethan English sterling silver communion chalice and paten; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection.
This exceptional two piece antique Elizabethan sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice and paten/diskos.
The chalice has a cylindrical tapering shaped form onto a plain knapped pedestal and spreading circular foot.
The body of this sterling silver communion cup...
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16th Century English Elizabethan Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Reliquary Pendant, Flagellation of Christ, Silver, Enamel, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
On one side of the pendant, Christ appears tied to a tall column in the center of the composition, being whipped by two sayones or soldiers with branches, following a customary compo...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Other
Antique Polychromed and Mirrored Relic of St. Barbara
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Polychromed and Mirrored Relic of St. Barbara
Presenting an antique polychromed and mirrored relic of St. Barbara, bearing the mark of seasoned craftsmanship and ornate detailing. Retaining a distressed patina, the painted and polychromed relief...
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Late 19th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Processional Cross, Silver, Barbastro, Aragón, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks.
It is necessary to indicate the survival in this piece of some details from the Spanish Gothic silverware (cresting, which appears around the XV century; the endings ...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Silver Chrism Vessel or Chrismarium, No Original Lid, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Crismera Silver in its color. 16th century. Cover not original.
Silver chrome in color with a circular foot decorated with an engraved composition of vegetable elements and a flat circular body with two "ese" handles with vegetal motifs and a small neck at the top covered with a lid topped by a ring (which it is not the original of the piece). The body has engraved, on the one hand, a cross on a pedestal with a shroud hung from it, all within an engraved frame; On the other hand, with a frame similar to that mentioned, appear the letters "ihs" (cristogram of ancient origin, already used in the Early Christian, which gave rise to varied etymologies and was adopted as a seal by San Ignacio...
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Italian 18th Century Relic Stand of Carved Wood & Silver Plate
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Italian relic stand from the 1700s! Made of carved wood with detailed silver plate decorating the front side of this wonderful relic stand with Lou...
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate, Iron
18th Century German Silver Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by Rötger 'Rudiger' Herfurth
Located in New York, NY
Decorated with Rococo cartouche enclosing a Menorah, the center tooled in a checker pattern by crowned double-headed eagle, supported by four rampant lions, has servant light.
Made i...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century Russian Empire Silver Spice Tower
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver spice tower, Minsk, Russian Empire, 1878.
Beautifully engraved with eagle, ox, and lion amongst foliage, the spice box has a hinged door shaped as a bird, resting on...
Category
1870s Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Pair of Sterling Silver Tefillin Boxes, Birmingham, England, 1935
Located in New York, NY
Handmade sterling silver Tefillin boxes, Birmingham, England, 1935.
Square boxes with hinged bases that open and close.
Hebrew inscription on the top of the boxes: Shin Yud = Shell Yad, Shin Resh = Shel Rosh.
Marked on the sides with English silver hallmarks...
Category
1930s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Late 19th Century German Silver Havdalah Candleholder
Located in New York, NY
Silver candle holder for the Havdalah service, Germany, circa 1890.
On round domed decorated base with three silver lions flaking at the candle side supports.
The three candle side s...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Religious Artifacts and Antiques for Sale on 1stDibs
Religious art has had an enduring and significant role throughout history and continues to resonate with modern audiences. Over the years, vintage and antique religious artifacts have become popular with collectors and the devout alike, and religious art has been used to express devotion across a range of media.
Historic examples of religious art remain evocative. From the Renaissance to 1800, many Old Masters actively explored sacred themes from Christianity. In the Baroque period, painters infused religious scenes with intense emotions through the technique of chiaroscuro, which uses strong contrasts between light and dark.
From the 18th to 19th century, Gothic Revival saw designers using elements that evoked the Middle Ages. Artists found inspiration in the romantic qualities of medieval paneling, furniture and other accoutrements, such as candelabras, statues and crosses. Works created in the Gothic style add drama and a grandiose elegance to any room.
Religious art reflects the diversity of beliefs around the world. Islamic art and Judaica are just a couple of examples of the vibrant expression that has coursed through faith-based art over the centuries. Sculptures have long depicted the image of Buddha, while intricately carved reliefs have stunningly depicted deities from Hinduism, like Ganesh. Members of Nepalese religions that emphasize shamanism have made ornate drums, artistically enhanced with images of animals like birds.
In some cases, artisans have created pieces that celebrate specific religious holidays such as the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. But even everyday items are an opportunity to bring both art and religion into a space. For example, designers of furniture over the years have drawn on elements found in cathedrals and other religious settings in order to elevate their work.
On 1stDibs, find a varied collection of antique and vintage religious artifacts and other objects that can be searched by style, period, artist and material, such as wood or metal.
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