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Religious Items For Sale
Antique Patinated Mercury glass Madonna with child - 20th century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Antique Patinated Mercury glass Madonna with child - 20th century
Wear consistent with age and use
Devotional statue - Antique Decoration
This is a mercury glass Madonna with child...
Category
Early 20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Glass, Mercury Glass
Abstract Cubist Iron American Church Crucifix
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage iron abstract cubist crucifix from American Church. Found in the midwest. Great detail. Quite heavy.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Iron
Saint Anthony Reading at a City Gate. Engraving. Dürer, Albert. Later date.
By Albrecht Dürer
Located in Madrid, ES
Saint Anthony Reading at a City Gate. Engraving. Dürer, Albert (Nuremberg, 1471-1528). Later print, possibly 19th century.
Signed and dated on plate.
Engraving depicting the holy...
Category
19th Century European Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Other
19th Century Solid Silver Baptismal Set
Located in Madrid, ES
Presenting an elegant 19th-century solid silver baptismal set, beautifully stored in a red velvet box and decorated in the style of the era. The silver pieces are marked by the silve...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Large Lacquered Wood Antique Burmese Buddha Statue
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt and lacquered wood Buddha statue from Southeast Asia likely Burma, circa 19th century. The Buddha is depicted as seating on a slightly taper...
Category
19th Century Burmese Other Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Zelig Segal’s Modernist Aluminum Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This striking Hanukkah lamp, crafted by the renowned Israeli artist Zelig Segal, exemplifies a fusion of tradition and modernist design. Made from aluminum, the lamp features a minim...
Category
Early 2000s Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Aluminum
Composition Plaster Station of the Cross
Located in Baltimore, MD
These unusual Stations of the Cross are possible De Prado Studios. The panels are in good condition with some minor losses. The vibrant colors ar...
Category
1910s American Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Plaster
Late Roman/Byzantine Jewish Blue Glass Amulet with Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Late Roman to Early Byzantine, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A rare and beautiful amulet of a generally circular form with a flat bottom, a raised periphery, and an integral suspension loop, mo...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Israeli Antique Religious Items
Materials
Glass
Early 20th Century Silver Spice Tower by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Silver and silver filigree spice container created at Bezalel School Jerusalem, circa 1910.
Marked: "Bezalel Yerushalem" (with soldered silver...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th-Century Polish Candle Holders – Primitive Judaica with Silvering Remnants
Located in New York, NY
This rare and authentic pair of 18th-century Polish candle holders embodies the rustic yet deeply symbolic craftsmanship of Jewish shtetls in Eastern Europe. Made of brass with trace...
Category
Late 18th Century Polish Primitive Antique Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Ornate Silver-Bound Machzor by I.M. Fain Israel with Filigree and Gemstone Inlay
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Machzor, a Jewish High Holiday prayer book, is encased in an ornate silver binding crafted by I.M. Fain, a very well known Jewish silversmith who worked in Israel duri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
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
Three cross finials. Silver in its colour. 20th century, following 18th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Three cross finials. Silver in its colour. 20th century, following 18th century models.
Each of the three pieces features a winged angel's head as its central motif, surrounded and ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Other Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Cross, Western Europe, 1950s
Located in Chorzów, PL
A wooden cross from the 1950s.
Dimensions: height 170 cm / width 75 cm / depth 20 cm.
Category
1950s Belgian Gothic Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Sterling Silver Torah Pointer or Yad - Hallmarked in London in 1929
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1929, this charming, Sterling Silver Yad, or Torah Pointer, is of traditional form.
The yad measures 11.5"(29cm)in length, by 1.5"...
Category
1920s English Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Spanish Wooden Painted Figure Sculpture of a Saint Holding a Stick
Located in Marbella, ES
Mid 19th century Spanish wooden painted hand carved figure sculpture of a saint holding a long stick.
Category
Mid-19th Century Spanish Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Modern Tzedakah Box by Gruss
Located in New York, NY
This tzedakah (charity) box, crafted by Brooklyn-based artists Lorelei and Alex Gruss in the year 2000, is an exquisite example of Judaic artistry. The design features a silhouette of a cityscape, likely evoking Jerusalem, rendered in gold-toned metal with intricate cutouts. The background is inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl, lending the piece a luminous, ethereal quality.
Beneath the cityscape, the Hebrew word “צדקה” (tzedakah) is prominently displayed, symbolizing the Jewish practice of charitable giving. Two decorative blue gemstones, set into two stars of David, enhance the front, adding a touch of color and sophistication. The box’s wooden structure complements the gold-toned metal and mother-of-pearl inlay, creating a harmonious blend of materials.
This beautifully crafted tzedakah box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Religious Items
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Brass
Large Sterling Silver Mezuzah by Yaacov Heller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A large sterling silver mezuzah by Yaacov Heller for the 50th anniversary of Israel. Cast with intricate details and mounted on an acrylic stand.
Category
1990s Israeli Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Indo-Portuguese cross of 100 cm
Located in Madrid, ES
Large Indo-Portuguese cross of 100 cm
large Portuguese cross from the end of the 18th century in carved, gilded and polychrome solid wood. Good condition. Dimensions: 100x51 cm. Chri...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Large Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Metal Cross & Chain Wall Hanging or Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial Mid-Century Modern handcrafted metal cross and chain was made by Talleres Monasticos of Cuerravaca Mexico in approximate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Metal
Bronze Sculpture Moses Parting the Red Sea NJ Synagogue
Located in New York, NY
Retrieved from a North Bergen, New Jersey synagogue before it's demolition a few years ago. Solid bronze religious sculpture of Moses parting the Red Sea...
Category
20th Century American Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting "First Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the first station of the cross " Je...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Religious Items
Materials
Canvas
Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga (dress up). Spanish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
San Luis Gonzaga, dressing room. Polychrome wood, etc. Spanish school, 18th century.
Carving made of polychrome wood that shows, on a rectangular base, a young man without a beard, ...
Category
18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Other
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver paten; part of our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Vic...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Carved and Painted Statue of St. Florian, Austria, circa 1700
Located in Dallas, TX
St. Florian (250 A.D. – 304 A.D.), was a the patron saint of firefighters, brewers, chimney sweeps, and the town of Linz, Austria. He served in the Roman army and part of his duties included organizing fire fighting brigades. He was secretly a Christian and became famous for miraculously saving a town from being destroyed by fire; after he prayed and threw a single bucket of water on the blaze, it was extinguished.
This beautifully carved and painted statue dates to approximately the end of the 1600s or early 1700s. It clearly depicts St. Florian with a bucket in hand and a flag in the other. At his feet, is a miniature building...
Category
Early 18th Century Austrian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood, Wood
19th Century Needlepoint Tallit Bag, Jerualem
Located in New York, NY
An Intricate Jerusalem Textile, made in Jerusalem, 1886.
Double-sided large pouch. Wool thread embroidered on cotton net. One side has a lion and stag holding flags reading “Jerusalem” in Hebrew, which flank a crowned Ten Commandments. Titled in Hebrew “Swift as a deer, strong as a lion” (Ethics of the Fathers 5:20). “Jerusalem” is seen in large lettering, atop a pair of birds and flowers. Top scene of the reverse side is titled “Mount of Olives”, amongst a plethora of olive trees, and a cluster of buildings is titled “Chulda the Prophetess”, (where her and others tombs reside). Main scene is titled “The Western Wall”, which features the wall and outer structures with turrets and Cyprus trees. The Hebrew date of “1886” is revealed on the bottom corners. This delicate textile, incredibly vibrant in color after 130 years of being created, is a masterful, exceedingly rare work of art produced in Jerusalem by an unknown woman --- likely quite young, a teenager --- as a gift to an unknown individual. Too complex to be a “tourist trinket”, as we know of one other similarly-made textile that is in the collection of the Israel Museum, and is dated 1876: see the book “Jewish Folk Art: From Biblical Days to Modern Times”, page 122. A clue to where perhaps this was made is in the depiction of the lion and stag holding flags, as they are identical to those featured on the crest of Moses Montefiore. In the 19th century, Montefiore gave enormous sums of money to purchase land for Jewish settlements and establish schools in Palestine. This textile most likely hailed from a school for girls funded by Montefiore, and was made as either a gift for Montefiore himself, or another wealthy donor. As to the actual purpose of this textile, since it is in the form of a large pouch, its intended purpose might have been to hold a tallit (prayer...
Category
1880s Israeli Antique Religious Items
Materials
Textile
Bronze Aspergillum, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Hyssop. Bronze, 18th century.
Swab made of bronze, forming the usual circular part, followed by a shaft decorated with moldings, which separate a tubular part from another with a b...
Category
18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
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
Set of Three Mesquite Wood Crosses Found in Zacatecas, circa 1900
Located in Guadalajra, Jal
Set of three mesquite wood crosses with colorful indigenous fabrics, quite rare, circa 1900.
Category
Mid-19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850.
Located in Madrid, ES
Naveta. Silver in its colour. Salamanca, Spain, 1824- 1850.
With contrast marks and text.
Silver vessel in its colour with a circular, stepped base decorated with ready mouldings, ...
Category
19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Other
Contemporary Brass and Aluminum Israeli Purim Noisemaker
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Brass and Aluminum Israeli Purim Noisemaker
This noisemaker features a modern, minimalist design with a combination of metal and colored elements. The central cylindri...
Category
Early 2000s Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
Late 19th Century Carved Spanish Colonial Christ Nino Santo with Glass Eyes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Late 19th century carved baby Jesus Santos with glass eyes and custom display stand. Handmade with carved wood and gesso. Glass inset eyes. Left and r...
Category
19th Century South American Spanish Colonial Antique Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Stoup made of white stone of 1700 italian
Located in Cesena, FC
Small white stone stoup
Small stoup made of white stone.
Very beautiful circular shape enriched by the shell (symbol of the sacred).
Period: mid 1700.
Measures: diameter 18 cm; heigh...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Stone
19th Century German Pewter Passover Plate
Located in New York, NY
German Passover Pewter plate dated 1825.
The plate with raised rim engraved in Hebrew with the Order of the Seder of Passover, In center, geometric design, surrounded by Hebrew text...
Category
1820s German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Pewter
MCM Minimalist Walnut Marriage Cross
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM minimalist walnut marriage cross, circa 1960s. The piece measures 12" high x 4" wide and is in very good vintage condition. Great description of what the piece represents on the...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Religious Items
Materials
Walnut
Antique icon Jaroslav depicting the Mother of God of Life spending well, 17th c.
Located in Gorssel, GE
Monumental icon depicting the Mother of God of Life spending well (Zoodochos Pege).
Jaroslav, late 17th century.
Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm.
Category
17th Century Russian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
A 19th Century Spanish Colonial Santos Depicting The Virgin of the Apocalypse
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The naive, hand carved wood figure of The Holy Mother vanquishing the Apocalyptic Beast, showing the Holy Virgin standing over the Beast (Satan), pinning it down with her left foot o...
Category
19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint, Gesso
A Rabbi Meir Ba'al Haness Charity Container, Israel Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
A Rabbi Meir Ba'al Haness charity container from Israel circa 1920 is an artifact associated with Jewish religious devotion and charitable traditions.
Rabbi Meir Ba'al Haness, also ...
Category
1920s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Tin
18th Century Continental Polychrome Terracotta Sculpture of the Kneeling Virgin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A 17th-18th century continental painted terracotta sculpture of a kneeling Virgin in the manner of Angolo di Poli. This exquisite terracotta sculpture features a poignant depiction of the Virgin Mary. The red and blue clothes...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Religious Items
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Continental Carved Wood Tabletop Altar Crucifix
Located in Sheridan, CO
Antique French continental carved wood altar crucifix, composed of gesso and gilt, standing on an integral base. It has typical losses.
Dimensions: approx 29.25"h, 14.5"w, 4.25"d, 2...
Category
Early 20th Century French Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
A Metal Israeli Kotel Charity Container, 1910
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Metal Israeli Kotel charity container for Rabbi Meir Baal Haness from 1910 tied to Jewish religious and charitable traditions.
Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, also known as Rabbi M...
Category
1910s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Metal
17th C Stone statue of Saint Erasmus or Saint Elmo
Located in Leuven , BE
Saint Erasmus or Saint Elmo (Antioch, ca. 240 – Formia, 303) was an Italian bishop and patron saint of the sailors. His attribute was the capstan, a winch on which the anchor chains were rolled up. He died as a martyr for his faith, and his bones were transferred to Gaeta in the 9th century, where they are kept in the cathedral to this day. The electric phenomenon of Saint Elmus fire is named after Saint Erasmus and the 16th C humanist Desiderius Erasmus. Little is known with certainty about Saint Erasmus' life. However, many legends may have been passed on orally until the - no older writings are known with certainty. His birthplace was in present-day Syria. However, the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian forced him to flee to Mount Lebanon...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Religious Items
Materials
Stone
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass Hanukkah lamp, Israel, circa 1950.
Covered with beautiful original green patina, bearing in gold Hebrew letters the word: "Hanukkah".
Fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Brass
Carved and Gilded Wood Candle Stick, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Carved and gilded wood candle stick, 19th century
Measures: H: 68 cm, W: 18 cm, D: 18 cm.
Category
19th Century European Antique Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Brutalist Menorah Candelabra Cast Aluminium & Brass David Marshall Handmade
Located in Benahavis, AN
The candelabra was created by David Marshall, from sand cast aluminium and brass.
We use recycled materials all our pieces are handmade, mounted and finished in our foundry and workshop in Spain.
It is certified authentic by the Artist David Marshall with his signature.
He is insipired by nature and the landscaps making useful art with cast brass and alumium materials.
We also make bespoke designs for clients, like signage for condominums,private homes, Hotels & Restaurants , awards for Charity...
Category
2010s Spanish Brutalist Religious Items
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
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
Gesso & Gold Leaf Chandelier
Located in Round Top, TX
The best gesso and gold leaf chandelier with putti. Bought in Buenos Aires. Great patina.
Category
1930s French Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Syrian Silver and Gold Mezuzah Case
Located in New York, NY
Handmade silver and gold mezuzah case. Made in a Damascened technique, the case is inlaid with silver and gold, to create a beautiful, primitively crafted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Syrian Islamic Religious Items
Materials
Gold, Silver
18th Century German Pewter Purim Plate
Located in New York, NY
Pewter Purim dish, Germany, late 18th century.
The outer rim has wriggle-work engraving stating “and of sending portions one to another and gifts to the poor” (Esther 9:22). Interspersed between some of the words are depictions of foliage and flowers. Large
decorative star in which the very center has three interlocking fish. This dish was used for the custom of sending gifts of food to friends or neighbors during Purim. In Central Europe, nuts and candied or dried fruit were the usual treats extended. The astrological symbol of the month of Adar, in which Purim falls out on, are fish, which is why that is featured in the center.
18th century pewter Purim dishes are much more scarce than 18th century pewter Passover...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Antique Religious Items
Materials
Pewter
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
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting " The Second Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the "Second station of the cross", ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Religious Items
Materials
Canvas
Painted Aluminum Hannukah Lamp by Luigi Del Monte
Located in New York, NY
This minimalist Hanukkah lamp created in 2002 by the Italian designer Luigi Del Monte, is made of painted aluminum in a striking blue finish. The lamp’s design features a linear arra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Religious Items
Materials
Aluminum
19th Century Wooden Recliner with Door and Drawer
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century Wooden recliner with door and drawer.
Category
Late 20th Century Religious Items
Materials
Wood
16th Century Walnut Sculptures from Germany
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Very elegant sculpture reprenting a Putti (angel) from the German renaissance period -16 century
Rare sculpture in walnut of great quality with a very beau...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Religious Items
Materials
Walnut
Israeli Hand-Made Silver Spice Box
Located in New York, NY
This late 20th-century Israeli silver spice box showcases a handcrafted aesthetic by a local silversmith, though the maker’s signature on the base is partially illegible. The rectang...
Category
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Religious Items
Materials
Silver
An Olivewood Dreidel, Jerusalem Circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
An Olivewood Dreidel made for the Kollel Shomrei HaChomot in Jerusalem Circa 1920.
Kollel Shomrei HaChomot is a financial charity institute set up to support the community of Hungar...
Category
1920s Israeli Vintage Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Olive
Early 20th Century Austrian Wooden Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Judaica Charity box, made in Austria, circa 1920.
Printed with a scene of the Western Wall, inscribed in Hebrew “Land of Israel / Western Wall / Rabbi Meir...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Bezalel Jerusalem Shabbat Tray
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Bezalel Jerusalem wooden tray inlaid with Jerusalem stone and mother of pearl.
The large tray is carved with the Seven Species on its...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Folk Art Religious Items
Materials
Marble
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.