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Georgian Mahogany Gothic Style Tall Case Clock with Moon Phase Dial
Located in Milford, NH
to two weights and pendulum bob, flanked by triple corner columns on a bracket base. Includes a waist
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Late 18th Century English Gothic Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal, Brass

19th Century Roullet Decamp Growling Dog
Located in London, GB
that appears to be aged. The growling mechanism works and sound fine, but the head does not bob up and
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

A Very Fine Carved Staff by Sikiré Kambiré (1896 - 1963)
Located in London, GB
‘Bober’ were used by the elders of the Lobi peoples, both supporting the spirit and allowing the
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Early 20th Century Burkinabe Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood

Italian Grand Tour Columns As Lamps
Located in Tampa, FL
. These have been redone with three bob fixtures and are working.
Category

1820s Italian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Marble

Mid 19th Century Swedish Mora Longcase Clock With Date Display, Circa 1850
Located in Greven, DE
iron pendulum bob and the hand-painted sheet iron dial are also typical of this origin. The striking
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Bobbers

Materials

Birch

Antique Master Craftsman s Retirement Box, English, Keepsake Case, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Fascinating, unmarked plaque to the lid, with a mitre square, trowel and plumb bob motif Lid opens to the
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Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

English 1870s Oil on Board Newfoundland Dog Painting after Sir Edwin Landseer
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Atlanta, GA
charms us with its lovely colors and subject. The Landseer painting featured "Bob", a dog that was found
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Late 19th Century English Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Mid-19th Century Seth Thomas Ogee Shelf Clock
Located in Atlanta, GA
brass time-and-strike movement, driven by original cast iron weights and a brass pendulum bob, ensuring
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Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

Antique French Tortoiseshell Brass Inlaid Boulle Ormolu 8 Day Clock Paris 1880
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Portland, OR
brass bob & the winding key is present, the clock chimes the hours on a mellow sounding gong and be
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass, Ormolu

Sunny Afternoon , Paris, Grande Chaumière, AIC, Chicago Woman Impressionist
By Pauline Palmer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
; Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers of the U.S.: Colonial to 2002, Bob Creps
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1910s Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

6" Tall Art Deco Nude Female Flapper Bronze Sculpture on Green Onyx Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
. Her bob style is pulled back, emphasizing the smooth lines of her neck and face. Her undergarments are
Category

1920s American Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Bronze

Unusual Art Deco Opal Flapper Cameo
Located in New York, NY
young woman is expertly carved in a wonderful opal with a flower in her short bob with delicate beaded
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Opal, 14k Gold

Portrait of a Gentleman in a Bowler Hat - British late 19th century art
Located in Hagley, England
hat, also known as a billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (USA), is a hard felt hat with a
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1880s Realist Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oil

Amsterdam’s Elegant Herengracht: Historic Canal Scene, circa 1870
Located in Langweer, NL
period dresses, and elegant boats bobbing in the current. Its creation in the 1870s coincided with a
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

Antique Georgian Scottish Orkney Island Tall Case 8 day Grandfather Clock 1810
Located in Portland, OR
a brass bob, the original door key is present, the door is flanked by ribbed quartered columns and
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1810s Scottish Georgian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Portrait of a 1920 s Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
dress and long beads. She has an elegant 1920's short bob hair style and a confident expression. The
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1920s Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oil

French Directoire Bronze Skeleton Clock
Located in Rome, IT
true nine rod compensated pendulum, complete with the temperature gauge and large bob as well as the
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1790s French Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Ormolu

1930s Regency Style Mahogany Tiered Tea Table with Ball Claw Feet
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1930s Regency Style Mahogany Tiered Tea Table with Ball Claw Feet and a combination of bobbing
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Early 20th Century American Regency Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Chinese Chalcedony “Peanut and Jujube” Snuff Bottle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
similar examples see: Bob C. Stevens, The Collectors Book of Snuff Bottles, 1976, p.135 fig.479 19th
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Bobbers

Materials

Agate

Unusually Large Swedish Antique Brown Pine Baroque Chair
Located in Kramfors, SE
functional. Possibly one of the decorative bobs at the top is later.
Category

Late 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Bobbers

Materials

Pine

Antique Victorian Walnut Case Vienna Wall Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
hands, Roman numerals and original pendulum in a walnut and ebonised case with bobbing turned columns
Category

Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Glass, Walnut

German Tinplate Clockwork Wind Up Toy By Ernest Paul Lehman "Quack Quack" C 1903
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
bob up and down as mama pulls them forward. Very few examples are intact---legs usually absent and
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Bobbers

Materials

Tin

62" Antique 1890 Austrian 3 Weight Highly Carved Vienna Regulator Wall Clock
Located in Danville, CA
ebonized rod and brass bob. Condition: case in an original finish and with original door glass, original
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

French Skeleton Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
with bun feet. Cherubs head pendulum bob, enamel dial with blue Roman numerals and original gilded
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Antique 18ct Gold Oval Signet Ring Hand Carved Shoulders Hallmarked Chester 1916
Located in Brighton, GB
carved shoulders. Inside the ring is engraved “Bob From Gerty Aug 17 1917”. Face of the ring measures
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Early 20th Century English Antique Bobbers

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold

Aphrodite; Ancient Manners by Pierre Louÿs, illustrated by Clara Tice
Located in Middletown, NY
Greenwich village to bob her hair. Tice also created a cartoon strip and posters, and she is included in the
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Early 20th Century American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paper

American antique ceramic glass ornamental aquarium Weller Loranger, early 1900s
By Weller Pottery
Located in MIlano, IT
Weller Pottery" by Sharon and Bob Huxford published by Collectors Books in 1979, page 153. The glass bowl
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Ceramic, Glass

Antique Georgian Long Case Grandfather Clock Higgs Evans London Spanish Market
By Robert and Peter Higgs of London
Located in Portland, OR
recent hour, the clock with the original weights & brass bob pendulum, winding key is also present. The
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1770s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Ormolu

Large Antique Chinese Blue Flambé Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in Tampa, FL
perforated wooden carved cap. Has two places for bob’s and a finial. The cord has a dimmer it is very good
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1820s Chinese Antique Bobbers

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 1940 s Stiffel Urn Table Lamps
Located in Norton, MA
grasscloth shades having gold threading. Tested in good working condition (light bobs are not included).  
Category

19th Century American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Marble, Brass

Georgian Small Ebonised Bracket Clock, Haley Milner, London
Located in Norwich, GB
holdfast. Original brass bob pendulum, the backplate also signed Haley & Milner, London. C.1805 Watchmakers
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Early 1800s English Antique Bobbers

Materials

Fruitwood

Rosewood Portico Regulator Mantel Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
circular brass bob. C.1840 Pierre-Simon Gounouilhou (1779-1847) was born in France and moved to Geneva
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1840s Swiss Antique Bobbers

Materials

Rosewood

Victorian Walnut and Ebony Vienna Regulator Wall Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
escapement striking the hours and halves on a coiled gong. Original grid iron pendulum with large brass bob
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1890s Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Walnut

Antique large double singing bird-in-cage, by Bontems
Located in London, GB
, turning heads and bobbing tailfeathers in perfect synchronicity. The perched bird, on polished brass T
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Early 1900s French Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Silver boat censer. Spain, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
discoidal base and a short shaft with a central bob. The body is decorated by chiseling, with oval
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Bobbers

Materials

Silver

Family Group
By George Morland
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bob, of dramatic memory, to which was attached a short, thick tail, not unlike a painter's brush." His
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1790s English School Antique Bobbers

Materials

Ink

Antique Rolland Books in French Language
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Fromentin) - Petit Bob (GyP) - Voyage autour de mon jardin (Alphonse Karr) - Sans famille (Hector Malot
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Late 19th Century French Other Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

Antique Rolland Books in French Language
Antique Rolland Books in French Language
$427 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Bourjois "Mon Parfum" Advertisement Print - 1920s Art Deco Elegance
Located in Hamburg, DE
features a lady adorned in the fashionable Art Deco style of the 1920s, boasting a chic bob haircut and an
Category

1920s Antique Bobbers

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

An Extremely Fine Ormolu Portico Mystery Clock
By Breguet a Paris
Located in Amersham, GB
examples made in wood or marble. The clock is housed in a cast and chased ormolu case that forms the ‘bob
Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Ormolu

Black Forest Wall Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
gong. Original cast weights and brass bob pendulum, circa 1890.    
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19th Century German Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood

19th Century Louis XV Style Guilt Bronze Tole Bouillotte Lamp and Candle Holders
Located in Norton, MA
(light bobs are not included). Tested in good working condition.
Category

19th Century French Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

"Fish and Seaweed", Unique Art Deco Vase by Fevola for Lachenal, 1920s
By Jean-Jacques Lachenal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
-Jacques Lachenal depicts a group of fish around all sides, weaving and bobbing among twisting lengths of
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Ceramic

Mahogany Inlaid English Fusee Drop Dial Wall Clock by Carter of Warrington
Located in Norwich, GB
day Fusee movement with engraved pendulum bob depicting a duck and rural scene showing through the
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1850s English Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Original Gustav Dentzel Carousel Horse
By Dentzel Carousel Company
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bob Fraser. It was eventually sold to Jeremy Ets-Hokin (a millionaire developer) in 1971 and torn down
Category

Early 20th Century German Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

19th Century Cut Crystal Brass Trimmed Baccarat Style Lamp
By Baccarat
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
a further brass base which is decorated on each corner with a crystal 'bob'. On top of the column is
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Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Bobbers

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Rare 1870s E. Howard Marble Train Station Bank Municipal Clock Vintage Antique
By E. Howard Co.
Located in Hyattsville, MD
with damascened pendulum bob.
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1870s North American Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Carrara Marble

Edwardian Walnut Weight Driven Grandmother Clock
Located in Norwich, GB
, lead weights and original brass covered bob pendulum, striking the hours on a large bell, circa 1910.     
Category

1910s English Edwardian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Walnut

Antique Tibetan Buddhist Monastery Copper DungChen - Barbara J. Walters Estate
Located in Morristown, NJ
five decades, Walters won 12 Emmy awards, 11 of those while at ABC News. Bob Iger, the CEO of The
Category

Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Bobbers

Materials

Copper

Georgian Mahogany Longcase Clock By John Ross, London
Located in Norwich, GB
. Exceptional quality eight day movement with regulator style pendulum and large brass bob. The movement
Category

Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

French Nude Flapper Girl Spelter Metal Marble Bookend Pair, 1920
Located in Van Nuys, CA
, these artworks showcase the iconic style of the era: bobbed hair, beaded dresses, headbands, and a sense
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

Georgian Mahogany Longcase Clock by Mummery, Dover
By Mummery
Located in Norwich, GB
, original lead weights and brass bob pendulum. C.1830 ‘Michael Pearson’s’ informative book ‘Kent clocks
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1830s English Georgian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Hand Carved Boy and Girl Alabaster Bust Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
smiling with a bob haircut, and the boy has a toboggan cap on. Each bust features a tall pedestal carved
Category

1920s American Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Alabaster

Art Deco Oak and Mahogany Longcase Clock by Enfield
By Enfield Clock Company 1
Located in Norwich, GB
. Original chrome plated weights and wood rod pendulum with chrome plated bob, circa 1920.    
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1920s English Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oak

17th Century English Oak Gateleg Table
Located in High Point, NC
from single boards. The apron contains a single drawer on one end and is supported on hand-turned bob
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17th Century English William and Mary Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oak

George I Lacquered Longcase Clock by Peregrine Tawney, London
Located in Norwich, GB
bob with gilt and floral emblems. C.1720 Peregrine Tawney is recorded as working in London from c
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1720s English George I Antique Bobbers

Materials

Fruitwood

Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, Johann Michael Bergauer, Ante 1745
By Johann Michael Bergauer
Located in Milano, IT
a plumb-bob is attached with a hinge on the southern edge. On the reverse of the base plate a table
Category

1730s Austrian Baroque Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Antique coin-operated large double singing birds-in-cage, by Bontems
Located in London, GB
two full taxidermy birds spring to life, taking turns to open and close beaks, bob tailfeathers and
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1810s French Antique Bobbers

Materials

Gesso

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Antique Bobbers For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique bobbers is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique bobbers was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and ceramic. Antique bobbers have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Baroque antique bobbers are consistently popular styles. Many antique bobbers are appealing in their simplicity, but Royal Copenhagen, Bob Cut and Christian Thomsen produced popular antique bobbers that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Bobbers?

Antique bobbers can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,197, while the lowest priced sells for $55 and the highest can go for as much as $9,800.