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Isaac Pearson Reading PA Walnut Tall Clock with Rare Jacob Kunsman Case, C 1845
Located in Milford, NH
bob and two lead weights. Dimensions: 99.5 in H x 20 in W x 11.25 in D.
Category

1840s American Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

George III Mahogany Longcase Clock by Stephen Hurst, Liverpool
Located in Norwich, GB
pendulum bob. c.1810 Brian Loomes authoritative book ‘Watchmakers and clockmakers of the world’ lists
Category

1810s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

George III Mahogany Bell Top Bracket Clock by Paul Rimbault, London
By Paul Rimbault
Located in Norwich, GB
Fusee movement with original verge escapement regulated by a short bob pendulum striking the hours on a
Category

1770s English Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Thomas Pringle Mahogany Case 8-Day Tall Clock, Dalkeith, Scotland, circa 1830’s
Located in Milford, NH
pendulum bob and two lead weights, supported by a molded base with bracket feet. The clock has a brass
Category

1830s Scottish Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Antique Horse Painting "Standing Grey Horse, Facing Right" Georg Wolf dated 1907
Located in SANTA FE, NM
canvas Signed and dated 1907 lower right 27 x 19 (35 x 27 frame) inches With it's bobbed tail cut short
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Bobbers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Manhattan Municipal Building
By Chester B. Price
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil and annotated "imp" lower right; Dedicated lower left: "To Bob Nisbet from
Category

1910s Antique Bobbers

Materials

Drypoint

A German 19th Century Louis XVI Style Burr Walnut Bechstein Concert Grand Piano
By Bechstein Piano Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
recording of the music of Chopin and Beethoven, Dinu Lipatti used a Bechstein piano. Bob Dylan played a
Category

19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Bobbers

Materials

Bronze

Original Vintage 1922 Motor Car Racing Poster Armangue Trophy Tarragona Spain
By A. Garcia
Located in London, GB
Moto Club of Catalonia organised the Armangué Trophy from 1921-1923. Printed by T.G Bobes. Barcelona
Category

1920s Spanish Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

19th Century French Champlevé Enamel Clock Set
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, Sussex
the pendulum bob, the clock has an eight day duration and chimes on the hour and half hour. The two
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bobbers

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

George III Bracket Clock by Christopher Bullock, London
Located in Norwich, GB
day double Fusee movement with original verge escapement regulated by a short bob pendulum striking
Category

1760s English Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Couture 1927-1934 ElsaSchiaparelli Paris MakerSigned FurFeltSilk Grey Cloche Hat
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
, which helped make the Art-Deco bob and slicked Eton-crop popular. With its fur content, this hat was
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Bobbers

Small Mahogany English Fusee Dial Clock by J.Allen, Norwich
By James Allen
Located in Norwich, GB
movement with substantial brass rectangular plates, anchor escapement and original brass lenticular bob
Category

1910s British Edwardian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

George II Ebonised English Bracket Clock by Thomas Wagstaffe, London
Located in Norwich, GB
bob pendulum striking the hours on a silvered bell, with strike / silent facility. The backplate
Category

1760s English George II Antique Bobbers

Materials

Fruitwood

Fortuna Freiburg Wall Clock with Brass Elements, circa 1885-1886
Located in Opole, PL
enameled. The pendulum bob is brass. Moreover, the mechanism is functional, after a horological service
Category

Late 19th Century German Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole J.B. Priestley, Stated First Edition, 1929
Located in valatie, NY
, to his old friend, an Oxford scholar Bob Newlands, as he leaves on a journey to Farthing Hall, He was
Category

1920s American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

Early 19th Century Portrait of the Marsh Family Twins, by Arrowsmith, circa 1830
Located in Nantucket, MA
parents did boldly break away with these daring short bobs. Perhaps they were the "bohemians" of their day
Category

Early 19th Century English Empire Antique Bobbers

Materials

Canvas

George III Mahogany Bell Top Bracket Clock With Verge Escapement by H.Thomas
By Henry Thomas
Located in Norwich, GB
day double fusee movement with fine wheelwork and original verge escapement regulated by a short bob
Category

1760s British George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

George III Oak Cased Thirty Hour Longcase Clock by Francis Whitton, Norwell
Located in Norwich, GB
swinging brass ‘bob’ pendulum. The casework is typical of central England. The movement is also typical
Category

1740s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oak

John Leroux, London. Twin Fusee Balloon Clock
By John Leroux
Located in Amersham, GB
to the rectangular plates and anchor escapement regulated by a long bob pendulum with an effective
Category

18th Century English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Voltaire s Candide, Illustrated by Clara Tice
Located in Middletown, NY
bob her hair. Tice also created a cartoon strip and posters, and she is included in the New York Dada
Category

1920s American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

George I Longcase Clock by William Holloway, London
Located in Norwich, GB
brass covered weights and brass pendulum with lenticular brass bob, C.1720 ‘Watchmakers and
Category

1720s British Georgian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Silver-Gilt, Guilloche Turquoise Enamel Timepiece Alarm Clock Singing Bird
Located in London, GB
beak, bobbing tailfeather, flapping both wings and turning whole body from side-to-side in perfect
Category

1920s Swiss Antique Bobbers

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Mahogany Regulator Longcase Clock of Month Duration
Located in Norwich, GB
. Wood rod pendulum with large brass bob and rating nut. C.1840. Epicyclic or planetary gearing is
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Small Georgian Longcase Domestic Regulator by John Byard, London
Located in Norwich, GB
pendulum with engraved regulation nut and large brass bob. The elegant restrained case with shallow
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1790s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Hand Painted Book Slide / Bookends Dog, After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Bath, GB
condition. The dog in the painting is meant to be "Bob", a dog that was found in a shipwreck off the
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Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Bobbers

17th century etching black and white seascape scene boat waves ocean clouds sky
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Milwaukee, WI
behind the group of bobbing ships. Despite the turmoil depicted, the formal elements of the scene are
Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Bobbers

Materials

Etching

Renaissance 16thCentury Ultramarine Angel GiltFiligree CrystalMedallion Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
hair is arranged like a bob, which was a popular Italian style for men depicted in paintings until the
Category

16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Bobbers

Materials

Crystal, Silver, Enamel, Copper, Gold

Antique Bird Print of the Spotted Redshank by Sepp Nozeman, 1797
By Cornelius Nozeman, M. Houttuyn, J.C. Sepp
Located in Langweer, NL
, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific erythropus is from Ancient Greek eruthros
Category

Late 18th Century Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

Regency Round Dial Wall Clock by Thwaites and Reed, London
Located in Norwich, GB
substantial brass plates and anchor escapement, original heavy brass bob pendulum. The front plate of the
Category

19th Century British Regency Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

Fine George III 18th Century Period Mahogany Longcase Clock by Tomas Fowle
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
large bob. The dial engraved: Thomas Fowle, East Grinstead. It should be noted that the clock is
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Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Bobbers

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Italian Sterling Silver Madonna, circa 1830
Located in Milano, IT
at the M&G Museum of Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, where it came to rest after
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1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Bobbers

Materials

Sterling Silver, Brass

Antique Bird Print of the Common Redshank by Sepp Nozeman, 1797
Located in Langweer, NL
based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by
Category

18th Century Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

"La Tempete (The Tempest)" an Etching
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Milwaukee, WI
behind the group of bobbing ships. Despite the turmoil depicted, the formal elements of the scene are
Category

Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Bobbers

Materials

Etching

George III Oak Cased Longcase Clock by Philip Avenell, Farnham
Located in Norwich, GB
’ steel hands, pendulum bob and lead weights. Eight day movement of fine quality striking and repeating
Category

1770s English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oak

Winter Farmyard, 18th Century Oil on Canvas, Figures in Snow Landscape
By George Morland
Located in Prato, IT
according to his own taste, resembled a snowball, after the model of Tippey Bob, of dramatic memory, to
Category

Late 18th Century English Antique Bobbers

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Eagle Weathervane, ca 1852-1870, Waltham Massachusetts
Located in York County, PA
development Fund, Annual Report, 1979). According to American folk art expert Bob Bishop and co-author
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

17th Century Hague Clock Signed by Pieter Visbagh, circa 1675
By A. Petersen Co.
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
the pendulum bob. The sides of the backcock are richly pierced and engraved. The striking train is
Category

17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Bobbers

Materials

Ebony, Olive

Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Entitled "Veronica" by Josef Lorenzl
By Josef Lorenzl
Located in London, GB
intricacy or attention to detail and most of his figures wore their hair in the boyish bob which was
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Early 20th C Cold-Painted Austrian Bronze Entitled "Garland Dancer" by Lorenzl
By Josef Lorenzl
Located in London, GB
hair in the boyish bob which was fashionable at the time, making these simplistic and stylish figurines
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Early 20th C Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze Entitled "The Harvest" by J Lorenzl
By Josef Lorenzl
Located in London, GB
hair in the boyish bob which was fashionable at the time, making these simplistic and stylish figurines
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Little Owl – Hand-Colored Dutch Bird Print by Sepp Nozeman, 1770
Located in Langweer, NL
during the day, perching in full view and bobbing its head when alarmed. Although not native to Britain
Category

Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Bobbers

Materials

Paper

Antique American Art Deco Sterling Silver 3-Piece Baby Set
By H.R. Morss Co. 1, R. Blackinton Co.
Located in New York, NY
have straights sides; plate has plain and deep well. Bobbed and ringleted girls lean against stacks of
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Sterling Silver

Silver Gilt and Full Radial Guilloche Enamel Singing Bird Box with Original Key
Located in London, GB
wings, opening and closing metal beak, bobbing tailfeather and turning entire body from side-to-side
Category

1920s Austrian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Vintage American Bob Sled
Located in Bedford, NY
Vintage American bob sled in a natural color with some vintage red and deep blue. Printing reads
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19th Century American Primitive Antique Bobbers

Materials

Fir

Theater Poster: Gladys And Bob Well
By Leon Pousthomis
Located in Solebury, PA
French theater poster by illustrator Leon Auguste Pousthomis Cesaire ( Leon Pousthomis) (Paris, 1881 – 1916) known for his sheet music covers as well as his posters.
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Early 20th Century French Antique Bobbers

Louis XVI Settee Sofa in Bob Collins Linen
Located in New York, NY
Painted Louis XVI settee with tapered and carved legs with rosettes. Newly upholstered in Bob
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood

Victorian Novelty Silver Plumb Bob or Peg Spinning Top Vinaigrette, circa 1873
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare Victorian novelty silver Vinaigrette made in the form of a Plumb Bob or a child's Spinning
Category

1870s English Victorian Antique Bobbers

Materials

Silver

Native American Beeswax Sculpture by Francisco Vargas Sr. from Bob Hope Estate
By Francisco Vargas Sr.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
came from the recent sale of the estate of entertainer Bob Hope. The work is incredibly detailed
Category

1880s American Native American Antique Bobbers

Materials

Other

Pair of 18th Century Italian Brass Prickets Sticks from Estate of Bob Hope
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of 18th century Italian brass prickets sticks from Estate of Bob Hope.
Category

18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

French Empire maple and gilt 4-column clock by B.L. Petit a Paris
Located in HAARLEM, NL
escapement with a grid from steel and bronze with lovely imposing pendulum bob. The enamel dial with roman nr
Category

Early 19th Century French Antique Bobbers

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Art-Deco Sculpture, Girl in a hoop, 1930 by Giuseppe Leonardi (Leonardene Co)
By Leonardene Company, Giuseppe Leonardi
Located in Wien, AT
London, England. It reflects the body cult of the 20s and 30s, short haircuts (bob) and the desired
Category

1920s English Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Metal

Louis XVI grey marble mantel clock by Cellier
By Cellier A Paris
Located in HAARLEM, NL
fire-guilded, sun-burst pendulum bob is typical of the Louis XVI period.
Category

18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Bobbers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Art Deco Statuette of Young Girl, 1920s
Located in Austin, TX
through the water, her curly bob tied down under a floral kerchief. The statuette is made of plaster
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Bobbers

Materials

Plaster

Pair of Late 19th Century French Slipper Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Bob Collins glazed chintz.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bobbers

Materials

Wood

19th C. Oak Bobbin Turned Chair
Located in BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY
Unusual Oak Turned Chair with unusual recessed seat with bobbed border around seat
Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Bobbers

Materials

Oak

Antique Hook and Spike Wall Clock Thomas Baxter Condereton
By Thomas Baxter
Located in Wakefield, GB
Condereton. It has a bob pendulum and single weight. The works are very dusty and dirty so will require a
Category

Late 18th Century English George III Antique Bobbers

Materials

Brass

Good French Morbier Iron and Brass Wall Regulator, circa 1860
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, maintaining power and heavy grid iron pendulum with brass bob, placed on a heavy cast iron bracket.
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Bobbers

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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.