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Religious Items For Sale
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious signed plaster figure of a virgin. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with ...
Category
1930s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
17th French Century Iron Figure of The Virgin
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful 17th century French Baroque cast iron figure of the Virgin praying. Likely originally part of an outdoor shrine as it has been exposed to the ...
Category
Early 17th Century French Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Iron
18th Century Flemish Wood Carved Nativity Angels
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Superb pair of nativity angels. Wood carved with layers of original paint and gesso. Found in a church attic in Belgium. Fantastic craftsmanship and emo...
Category
18th Century Belgian Folk Art Antique Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Pair of English Silver and Silver Gilt Rimonim
Located in London, GB
Pair of English silver and silver gilt rimonim
English, c. 1920
Height 37cm, diameter 10cm
Forged from luminous silver and enhanced with elegant silver gilt accents, this refined p...
Category
Early 20th Century English Other Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Silver Gilt Judaica Torah Breastplate or Shield, by Moses Salkind & Co
Located in London, GB
A silver gilt Judaica Torah Breastplate or shield, by Moses Salkind & Co.
London, 1931
Measures : Height 56cm, width 22cm, depth 3cm
Made in Lon...
Category
Early 20th Century English Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
Italian 18th Century Pair Baroque Carved Wooden Reliquary Shrines
Located in Buisson, FR
Very rare hand pair carved wooden reliquary shrines with wonderful decoration and color/gilding,
Italy, circa 1750
Weathered, small losses and old re...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Children, Polychromed Pine Wood, Spain, 18th Century and Later
Located in Madrid, ES
Couple of children. Polychrome pine wood, Century XVIII.
Pair of polychrome pine wood carvings that represent two children in an attitude of playing a musical wind instrument, both seated, with their hands towards their faces, and slightly raising one leg to add some movement to a posture that, otherwise, it would be perhaps too static. Due to their postures and attitudes, they would be part of a large and quality altarpiece, judging by the size, the details, the hair, the proportions, etc., elements in which the musical angels were not something strange. Note that those present do not have wings, calling themselves in these cases "putti" and being, in the same way, figures of habitual presence in religious environments despite having emerged from Renaissance classicism and its sources from Antiquity. The proportions of the sizes, the anatomy, the symmetry, the certain plasticism of the hair, etc. are elements that speak of an influence of Neoclassicism in these sculptures. Likewise, a certain resemblance to works from the 18th century of the Castilian school can be appreciated."
Size: 22 x 42 x 85 cms / c/peanas 37 x 37 x 180 cm. Weight is merely orientative. Bases and wooden instruments...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Other
Indian Buffalo in Wood of the 19th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Superb 19th century Indian buffalo in wood
Very beautiful Indian work representing an elongated buffalo which has a superb patina and some rest of his original polychromy
The buffa...
Category
19th Century Indian International Style Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Wooden Relief Last Supper
Located in Antwerp, BE
Hand-Carved Wooden Relief "Last Supper" (circa 1950)
Description:
This exquisite hand-carved wooden relief depicts the Last Supper and dates back to the mid-20th century, around 195...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Metal
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
Pair of Antique Reliquaries
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of gold gilt Roman reliquaries from the 1800s.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Gold
Antique Hand Crafted Pair of Gothic Revival Church Columns / Pedestal Stands
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful quality and very good condition pair of Gothic church sculpture or candle stands.
If only the rarest is good enough for you then this, possibly unique, pair of antique chu...
Category
Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Bronze
18th c. Spanish Santos
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand Carved Santos in original condition. Beautiful old Patina.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
19th Century Greek Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah Lamp, Salonika, Greece, 19th century.
Openwork backplate with scrolled branches; three stylized flowers support central triangular c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Pair Thai Gilt Bronze Kneeling Sacred Angels, 'White Lotus' Fans Take Notice!
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Thai gilt bronze Buddhist gatekeeper male and female Teppanom kneeling sacred angels. With wonderful verdigris patina and gilt ceremonial costumes and jewellery.
Teppanom ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Paper holder bronze, 16th century.
Bronze paper holder with flat handle on the back that features a light relief decoration on the front. Under an auction of openwork elements of cle...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Italian Cathederal Corner Pews
Located in Asheville, NC
Theses deeply hand-carved mahogany corner pews with arcs and symbols were brought from Italy to adorn a certain castle in Miami. The thickly pillowed cushio...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Mahogany
Giltwood Niche. Rococo, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Hornacina formed by a back decorated with molding and a support for a sculpture decorated with a masque and vegetal motifs and topped by a split pediment with a central motif worked ...
Category
18th Century European Rococo Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
18th Century Polychrome Wooden Bookrest
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century polychrome wooden bookrest.
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Bronze Pax or Pax Board, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper. Bronze. Century XVI.
Bronze purse with a handle on the back in the shape of an esse in the same material and a decoration in light relief on the front that shows, unde...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Antique Statue of Virgin Mary and Child , 19th Century
Located in Basildon, GB
A Pine Carving of Virgin and Child signed E. Lechner. Carved in 15th Century style, a high relief with a hollowed back and depicting the crowned Virgin standing on contrapose with lo...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Gothic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Pine
Late 19th Century Iraqi Silver Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Unique silver Hanukkah lamp, Iraq, circa 1880.
On four feet, a handmade silver tray with nine candle holders for eight days of Hanukkah, and one for t...
Category
Late 19th Century Iraqi Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Mid Century Cast Bronze Crucifix
Located in Round Top, TX
Cast bronze crucifix with great casting and color.
Category
1960s French Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Plaster Virgin Traditional Figure, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster figure of a virgin. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Table Clock w. Earth Angel Sculpture by Devaulx Paris
By devaulx
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and wonderful antique clock from the early 1800s. Marked: S. Devaulx, Paris.
Having an impressive, stylish and sizable antique clock like this gracing your mantel piece or sid...
Category
Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Sterling Silver Religious Pendant – 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Period: 19th century
Material: Solid silver (probably sterling silver)
Dimensions: 5 x 4 cm
Antique solid silver religious pendant, dated to the 19th century, probably of European o...
Category
19th Century European Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Figure
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Gilt Bronze Buddha Figure
7 7/8 H X 3 3/8 D
Category
19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
Travel Haltar
Located in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Travel altar with eight paintings depicting Saint Augustine, the Immaculate Virgin, Saint Anthony with a child, Saint Louis Gonzalez in Santo Domingo, the...
Category
17th Century Mexican American Colonial Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Mid-20th Century Israeli Hanukkah Lamp Menorah by Dayagi
Located in New York, NY
Hanukkah lamp menorah made in Israel, circa 1950s. Signed on the bottom Dayagi. Green patina overlay in the front with a bold Star of David. A detailed scene of the spices on the way...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Antique Table Altar or Tabernacle
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique table altar or tabernacle, patinated in orange terra color with golden doors.
h 95 x w 50 x d 47 cm
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Blue Hand Painted Baroque Cherub or Angel Portuguese Ceramic Tile or Azulejo
Located in Coimbra, PT
Gorgeous blue hand painted Baroque cherub or angel 18th century style Portuguese ceramic tile/azulejo
The tile painted in cobalt blue over white in typ...
Category
Late 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Delft, Faience, Terracotta
A Large Olivewood Mezuzah Case, Jerusalem Circa 1890. Judaica
Located in New York, NY
A Very Rare Large Olivewood Mezuzah Case Made in Jerusalem Circa 1890.
Olive wood can be found in many areas of the world today but it is native to the Mediterranean region and con...
Category
Early 1900s Israeli Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Olive
Christ on the Cross – Late 15th Century, La Rioja (Spain)
Located in Madrid, ES
"Christ on the Cross – Late 15th Century, La Rioja (Spain)"
Important crucified Christ carved in polychrome wood, from the La Rioja region of Spain, and dating from the late 15th cen...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Gothic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
19th Century Mexican Wooden Hand-Painted Virgin with Child in Arms
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Mexican wooden hand-painted virgin with child in arms.
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Gilt Bronze Plaque of Saint Sebastian — 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Gilt Bronze Plaque of Saint Sebastian — 17th Century
Exceptional gilt bronze devotional plaque, made in Spain according to 17th-century principles. This type of object, of intimate ...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The backplate is cast and featuring a deer in the center surrounded by open scrollwork. The side panels fitted with two servant lights, fronted by a row of eight oil fonts. Scholars theorize that these Polish Chanukah lamps that bear two servant lights (as opposed to the singular servant light normally found on a Hanukkah Lamp...
Category
Mid-17th Century Polish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver Medallion reliquary – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic details...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Medallion reliquary – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic detail...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Medallion reliquary – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with an ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic deta...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Devotional plaque, San Telmo or Sanct'Elmo. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, San Telmo or Sanct'Elmo. Bronze. Spanish school, 19th century.
Saint Pedro González became bishop of Palencia, later entering the Order o...
Category
19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with an ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic deta...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant 18th-century reliquary in solid silver, finely hand-engraved, with ornamental decoration typical of Baroque religious art. Its oval shape features floral and symbolic details...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Large Reliquary with Relics of Saints – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Magnificent 18th-century silver-plated reliquary, oval in shape and featuring meticulous ornamentation. Inside, it houses numerous relics of saints, carefully arranged and protected ...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
Engraved Copper Plate – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Interesting and rare original 18th-century copper plate used for printing religious engravings. The plate is finely engraved with a burin, depicting sacred scenes typical of the devo...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Copper
Enameled Reliquary Pendant – 18th Century, Gilt Silver
Located in Madrid, ES
Elegant and refined enameled reliquary pendant from the 18th century, finely crafted in gilt silver. The piece depicts the Virgin Mary, delicately captured in polychrome enamel, demo...
Category
18th Century Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Icon with Enameled Christ
Located in Madrid, ES
Cette icône émaillée décorative, datant du début des années 1900, représente la crucifixion de Jésus-Christ. Elle est en bon état général et mesure 16x12 cm.
Cette pièce sert de rap...
Category
1930s Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Copper
18th Century French Religious Fer a Hosties Eucharist Host Iron Waffle Press
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique, circa 1765, French fer a hosties (cast iron host press / host mold).
Exquisitely hand forged in France in the 18th century, showcasing the blacksmith's high qual...
Category
Late 18th Century French Medieval Antique Religious Items
Materials
Iron
Wrought Iron Grille gate, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Typologically, it is a partial architectural grating with an ornamental and defensive purpose at the same time. Likewise, it clearly shows some of the striking decorative and typolog...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wrought Iron
Lladró Goddess Durga Sculpture. Limited Edition
Located in New York City, NY
Believed to be one of the most powerful goddesses and one of the most venerated by Hindus, Goddess Durga now arrives from the Lladró workshops for the first time in a majestic limite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Religious Items
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Abstract Virgin Mary Plaque Emaus Cuernavaca, Mexico
By Emaus
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s by Emaus Monks Abstract Virgin Mary Art Cuernavaca, Mexico
Painted Wall Art Panel Mahogany Wood
Maker stamp on backside
10 tall x 5 w x .75 thick...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Plaster Church Traditional Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Traditional religious plaster wall artwork of a church. Made in traditional Catalan atelier in Olot, Spain, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...
Category
1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
Engraved Silver Reliquary – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Antique religious reliquary in engraved silver, dating from the 18th century. This devotional piece features engraved letters or inscriptions on one side and, on the other, a very de...
Category
18th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Enameled Reliquary Pendant – 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Enameled Reliquary Pendant – 19th Century
Delicate circular reliquary pendant, in solid silver with hand-painted enamel, dating from the 19th century, probably of Italian origin. It ...
Category
19th Century European Baroque Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Gilt Silver Reliquary – 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Interesting religious reliquary in gilt solid silver filigree, dating from the 19th century. This is a piece of exquisite craftsmanship, featuring an openwork design of plant motifs ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Romantic Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Pair of Silver Gilt Torah Finials or Rimonim by Moses Salkind, London, 1925
Located in London, GB
A pair of silver gilt Torah finials or Rimonim by Moses Salkind
London, 1925
Height 41cm, diameter 9cm
Moses Salkind & Co., based on Mulberry St. London, were leading makers of ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Modern Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique Bronze Sculpture or Bust of a Laughing Boy aft. Desiderio Da Settignano
By J. Petermann
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare bronze sculpture of a joyous boy from the early 1900s.
The sculptor of this Fine work of art has managed to capture the pure innocence and joy of a young child.
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna on Laughing Boy — The representation of children belongs among the most charming motifs revived by Renaissance art under the influence of Hellenism. Like a number of similar statuettes of equally unaffected charm, this one is probably the portrait of a child conceived as the infant Jesus. Such statuettes were commissioned to be set up in private chapels. The Laughing Boy is considered to be the last work of Desiderio da Settignano...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
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.