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George I Lacquered Longcase Clock by Peregrine Tawney, London
Located in Norwich, GB
centre with silvered seconds dial and calendar aperture. Silvered raised boss to the arch signed ‘Pere
Category

1720s English George I Antique Boss

Materials

Fruitwood

19th Century Genre Scene Oil on Canvas Attributed to Thomas Webster
Located in Chicago, IL
adorned by corner and center rocaille cartouches with floral bosses and inner running foliate ornament
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Boss

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Empire Revival Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Pendant Chandelier, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
by swan motifs and foliate bosses flanked by anthemion. The chandelier is dressed all over with
Category

Early 20th Century French Empire Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

French Landscape Tapestry Probably Beauvais, circa 1750 7 3 x 9 3
Located in New York, NY
l’oeil gilt picture frame with corner bosses and low relief “carving”. The weave is quite Fine and is
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18th Century French Antique Boss

Materials

Wool

Exceptional Pair of Andirons
By Ernest Gimson
Located in Greenwich, CT
bosses applied to and iron backing, the shaft having similar applied pierced decoration, all of very fine
Category

Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Boss

Materials

Brass, Iron

A Rare Renaissance Walnut Cabinet With Its Freestanding Carved Columns
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
centered by a boss surrounded by beautiful undulating foliage strapworks. Each one of them displays another
Category

16th Century European Renaissance Antique Boss

Materials

Wood, Walnut

19th Century Grand Tour Marble Top Table with Base attributed to Trotter
By William Trotter
Located in London, GB
column, carved with stiff leaf foliates: the marble circular top decorated with a central circular boss
Category

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Boss

Materials

Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble, Breccia Marble, Porphyry

Georgian Mahogany Longcase Clock by Stephen Mears, Hempnall
Located in Norwich, GB
silvered boss in the arch ‘Stephen Mears, Hempnall’. Substantial eight day weight driven movement of
Category

1780s English Antique Boss

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian HOME SERVICE HELMET of the WELSH REGIMENT
Located in TEYJAT, FR
and gilded brass mounts including devisable spike, lions head bosses and leather bound chin scales
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Late 19th Century British Antique Boss

Materials

Felt, Cork

Louis XVI Ormolu Cartel Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
and a central fruiting and foliate boss, and the dial signed Robin.
Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

Pair of American Bronze Figural and Ball Top Flame Finial Andirons, N.Y. C. 1880
By Sterling Bronze Co.
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American bronze and brass ball top andirons with hand chased beading, bossing, foliage, and
Category

1880s American American Empire Antique Boss

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Wrought Iron

Louis XVI Style Cut-Glass Ten-Light Tent and Bag Chandelier, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
a basket beneath terminating in a gilt-bronze foliate boss suspending a faceted cut ball.  
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

Decorative French Amboyna and Gilt Bronze Center Table
Located in London, GB
central circular boss; the frieze having a single blind drawer inset with a mythological scene of putti
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

A Very Fine Set of Persian Chiselled Armour
Located in London, GB
-Damascus’ with an offset edge and four shield bosses. Chiselled hunting decoration with calligraphic
Category

Late 18th Century Persian Antique Boss

Materials

Gold, Brass, Steel, Iron

Thai Sandstone Carving of the Head of A Buddha Image
Located in Point Richmond, CA
as the hairline surrounding the face, 6 rows of round boss hair curls to the domed usnisa covered in
Category

15th Century and Earlier Thai Other Antique Boss

Materials

Sandstone

Bullfight
By Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(American, 1865 - 1929), and from 1914 to 1916 at the Independent School with Homer Boss (American, 1882
Category

1920s American Modern Antique Boss

Materials

Lithograph

Meiji Period Bell Casket by the Nogowa Foundary
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
dragon amongst roiling clouds and spume-flecked waves, the shoulders with fields of shakudo bosses
Category

1880s Japanese Antique Boss

Materials

Metal

Small Georgian Mahogany Longcase Clock by John Paine, Brentford
Located in Norwich, GB
arch on a silvered boss, original finely cut ‘blued’ steel hands. Fine quality eight day movement
Category

1770s English Georgian Antique Boss

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century English Mahogany Writing Bookcase with Cabinet
Located in London, GB
, and below the ogee stepped cornice, ring turned bosses adorn the fascia. Bramah locks are fitted
Category

19th Century English Regency Antique Boss

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Mahogany, Marble and Ormolu-Mounted Writing Table
Located in London, GB
elliptical central boss, and dressed in the quadrants with floral ormolu mounts; the apron housing two oak
Category

19th Century British Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Carrara Marble, Ormolu

American Empire Period Gilt and Painted Wood Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
bosses with button centers. The gilding is in matte and burnished work and the painted parts are done in
Category

Early 19th Century American American Empire Antique Boss

Materials

Mirror, Wood

19th Century Cast Iron and Specimen Marble Topped Console Table
Located in Hudson, NY
iron base incorporates acanthus leaf casting and large boss rossets at the ends of the cross stretcher
Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Boss

Materials

Marble, Iron

English Oak Gothic Style Curule Armchairs Attributed to A.W.N. Pugin, circa 1830
By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Located in Kinderhook, NY
stretchered curule bases with round ebonized bosses. The design, and possibly the production of these chairs
Category

Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Boss

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Magdalen College, Oxford engraving by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan
By Pieter Van Der Aa
Located in London, GB
with carvings and pinnacles and has carved bosses in its vault. Chaplain's Quad runs along the side of
Category

Early 18th Century Realist Antique Boss

Materials

Engraving

English 19th Century Carved Oak Wine Cooler in the Graeco-Roman Style
Located in London, GB
running studded bosses in the upper reserve. The hinged cover with a carved Greek key motif, further
Category

19th Century English Greco Roman Antique Boss

Materials

Oak

Art Nouveau WMF Silver Plate Tea and Coffee Service Designed by Albert Mayer
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Albert Mayer
Located in Austin, TX
interrupted by tear drop shaped shield bosses. The fitted lids topped by a stylized "Tree of Life" finial
Category

Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Boss

Materials

Silver Plate

19th Century Bureau Plat with Floral and Blue Porcelain Plaques
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in London, GB
symmetrical gilt bronze boss studded frames, chased and with a sand form ground. The serpentine top framed
Category

19th Century English Louis XV Antique Boss

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Late Qing Dynasty Chinese Carved Bamboo and Woven Rush Lockable Wedding Basket.
Located in Hudson, NY
with brass engraved bosses and mounts. The lid has an especially nice relief carved and incised panel
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Boss

Materials

Bamboo, Rush

Antique Napoleon III Period Oak and Silvered Bronze Tobacco Cabinet by Diehl
By Charles-Guillaume Diehl
Located in London, GB
articulated by silvered bronze pierced bosses. Four tapering square legs, with turned tops, raise the
Category

Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

Aesthetic Movement Antique Chimneypiece in Pencil Statuary Marble
Located in London, GB
Verde Marble bosses. The gently arched opening is bordered with stylised athemion detail. English, circa
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Boss

Materials

Statuary Marble

19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Sevres Porcelain Garniture De Cheminée
By Henry Dasson
Located in London, GB
breakfront plinth base has a running boss pattern, with paterae at the intersterces, and rectangular plaques
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
pieces on all corners, and a brass centerpiece on each board, all with brass bosses. [4], 410; [106] ll
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16th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Boss

Materials

Wood, Paper

Late 19th century color lithograph poster woman winter dress black red text
By George Reiter Brill
Located in Milwaukee, WI
also trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts and Cusachs and Boss. He was a member of the
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Antique Boss

Materials

Lithograph

American Neo-Classical Bronze Hemispherical Martele Ceiling Fixture
Located in Montreal, QC
is reminiscent of an ancient shield, with central boss and a broad flange at the rim. It is suspended
Category

Late 19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

Baccarat Crystal Exceptional Chandelier, France, Early 19th Century
By Baccarat
Located in Rome, IT
bosses. Looking carefully at the chandelier we notice the enormous quantity of completely ground elements
Category

Early 19th Century French Antique Boss

Materials

Crystal, Brass

George IV Carved Goncalo Alves Library or Sofa Table
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in London, GB
double ended tapering ring turned central stretcher, with ring bosses. The ceinture, with paterae tablets
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Boss

Materials

Wood

Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding The Biccherna Aesthetic Siena Tuscany
By Icilio Federico Joni
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
an arabesque frame. In each corner there is a hemispherical brass boss. The whole piece has been
Category

Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Boss

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel

Painted Wood Tavolette Book Cover Binding The Biccherna Aesthetic Siena Tuscany
By Icilio Federico Joni
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
an arabesque frame. In each corner there is a hemispherical brass boss. The whole piece has been
Category

Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Boss

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Tempera, Wood Panel

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse In Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
rump is adorned with elaborated tassels and the straps are accented with multiples florets and bosses
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Boss

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
florets and bosses in high relief. Decorated with dotted and circles patterns. The surface is treated
Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Boss

Materials

Earthenware, Clay, Paint

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Cut Rock Crystal and Ormolu Lamps
Located in New York, NY
frame the lower stem, enriched with floral bosses and chased detailing. The shafts are composed of
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Rock Crystal, Bronze

Georgian Walnut Tall Case Clock by Thomas Smith of Norwich
Located in Greenwich, CT
arched hood having molded cornice, the brass dial with engraved boss reading "Tho’s Smith - Norwich" the
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Boss

Materials

Brass

Renaissance Manor Antique Victorian Cast Iron and Bronze Hooded Fire Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Fire company, Yeovil, Somerset. Shell shaped side panels with bronze stylised flower head bosses to
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1880s English Victorian Antique Boss

Materials

Iron

Period Baroque Painted and Gilt Italian Table From the Estate of Cynthia Phipps
Located in Hudson, NY
gilded bosses (for structural details and to asses age please see image 13 showing the aging and
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Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Boss

Materials

Wood

19th Century Oriental Bronze Japanese Kagami Handled Mirror
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
boss in a “Y” shaped formation In addition there is a set of three stylised flowers, karahana mon. With
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

Assembled Chinese Late Yuan / Early Ming Dynasty Bronze Garniture
Located in Austin, TX
opening to a cupped mouth. The foot and mouth both decorated with a band of spiral bosses. The body
Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

Antique Baguès French Louis XVI St Gilt Bronze and Cut Rock Crystal Chandelier
By Maison Baguès
Located in New York, NY
adorned with crystal flowers and pendulums, while the lower portion culminates in a central boss enriched
Category

1920s French Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Rock Crystal, Bronze

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
laborers of the city, this was a place of great freedom and possibility. There were no bosses! Anyone
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Boss

Materials

Oil, Board

Spectacular Antique Italian Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Figural Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
relief. The lower section terminates in a rounded boss with a small pendant finial, completing the form
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Boss

Materials

Bronze

Lovely George III circa 1780 Double Sided Walnut Partner Desk Original Handles
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
people to share the same desk, either in a legal context or for the boss and their assistant. The desk
Category

1780s English George III Antique Boss

Materials

Ostrich Leather, Walnut

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
laborers of the city, this was a place of great freedom and possibility. There were no bosses! Anyone
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Boss

Materials

Oil, Board

19th century color lithograph nature figure winter scene trees snow river
By Currier Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles
Category

1860s Other Art Style Antique Boss

Materials

Lithograph

Large Renaissance Manner Antique Cast Iron and Bronze Hooded Fire Basket Grate
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Nautilus Fire Company of Yeovil, Somerset. The side Tendril floral decoration with flower head bosses to
Category

1880s English Victorian Antique Boss

Materials

Iron

Monumental D’Argental Paul Nicolas Cameo Landscape Vase
By D’argental glass
Located in Dallas, TX
definitely showing with former boss; Emile Galle, with this piece that he was attempting to surpass the Daum
Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Boss

Materials

Art Glass

Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal 24-Arm Chandelier
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
frosted glass boss with a faceted crystal pendant centers the lower portion. The structure consists of
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boss

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Lil Watches Her Step!, Liberty Magazine Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Liberty magazine, published November 5, 1927. Lil takes out her shorthand book as her boss approaches
Category

1920s Antique Boss

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Baccarat Crystal Exceptional Chandelier, France, Early 19th Century
By Baccarat
Located in Rome, IT
bosses. Looking carefully at the chandelier we notice the enormous quantity of completely ground elements
Category

Early 19th Century French Antique Boss

Materials

Crystal, Brass

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Antique Boss For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique boss for your home. An antique boss — often made from wood, bronze and metal — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without an antique boss — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique boss, those designed in Baroque, Regency and Arts and Crafts styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique boss over the years, but those crafted by Ramsden Carr are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Boss?

Prices for an antique boss start at $178 and top out at $6,755 with the average selling for $1,858.