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18th century Polychrome and Giltwood Angel from the ambit of Franz Ignaz Gunther
Located in Leesburg, VA
of the upper section of a tall church altar in Bavaria where such angelic sculptures frequently
Category
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Italian Church Carved Gilt Polychrome Tabernacle Altar Niche
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent large rare and most impressive Italian baldachin tabernacle altar niche / altarpiece
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Enamel
Pair of altar candlesticks, church candlesticks - gilded bronze - 17th / 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful Pair of candlesticks / Church candlesticks / Altar candlesticks in gilded and
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Bronze
$715 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Baroque Gold Gilt Bronze Altar Church Candlestick Candelabra Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Baroque Style Distressed Gold Gilt Bronze 3 Arm Altar Church Candlestick Candelabras
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Bronze
18th/19th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Polychrome Wood Santo Altar Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive antique Spanish Colonial hand carved polychromed wood Santo Catholic church altar
Category
Late 18th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Church Altars
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
St. Alban
s Abbey Church, High Altar screen /// Robert Clutterbuck Hertford Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Clutterbuck (English, 1772-1831)
Title: "St. Alban's Abbey Church, High Altar screen
Category
1810s Old Masters Antique Church Altars
Materials
Engraving, Intaglio
Rare Antique Religious Italian Catholic Church Carta Gloria Altar Card Frame Set
Located in Forney, TX
cream painted pine "Carta Gloria" altar card frames.
Italy, 19th century, commissioned by/for the Roman
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Church Altars
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
2 Antique French Silver Plate Church Temple Altar Pricket Candlesticks Holder
Located in Dayton, OH
Two antique French Louis XVI style silverplate mantel or floor prickets / candlesticks / candle holders featuring a tall reeded column with trophy urn form pedestal base.
Dimensions...
Category
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Antique Church Altars
Materials
Metal
$720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Very Rare 19th Century Italian Trompe L
oeil Panels
Located in London, GB
hanging in situ) however we believe them to have originally been used as church altar board panels.
Size
Category
1850s Italian Early Victorian Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wrought Iron
$8,810 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Victorian Gothic Revival Ecclesiastical Altar Table Attrib Pugin
Located in Forney, TX
A rare grand Victorian Gothic religious church altar attributed to A.W.N Pugin (1812-1852)
Hand
Category
19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood, Pine
Mid-18th Century Italian Polychrome
Gesso Santos Figure (Female Saint)
Located in Lincoln, GB
in use, they were placed on church altars or in private devotional settings. The articulated arms
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Large 18th Century Spanish Colonial Santos Torchère
Located in Forney, TX
An impressive Spanish Colonial santos figure church altar stick (candle holder), handcrafted in
Category
18th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Church Altars
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Paint
Gilded Bronze Church Candelabra, Opaline and Brass Ornamentation
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
these still stand in Catholic churches, often at the altar or in small niches or alcoves around the
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Church Altars
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Neogothic Altar Torchère Candlestick Set w/ Architectural Element
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorate your mantlepiece, altar, church, or chapel with these large ornate candlesticks. The candlesticks
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Church Altars
Materials
Brass
Pair Large Antique Italian Giltwood Altar Candlesticks—Dramatic gold, circa 1840
Located in Saint Helena, CA
candlesticks graced the altar of an Italian church or monastery. These altar candlesticks lit the evening
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Church Altars
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Baroque altar candlestick in gilded wood, Italy or Portugal, circa 1720–1740
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
furnishings from that period.
Such pieces would originally have flanked church or chapel altars.
Private
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Baroque Period Carta Gloria Altar Card Giltwood Mirror
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive, large scale, museum exhibition quality Baroque period Italian Catholic church
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Pair Altar Candle Holders Lanterns Table Lamps Decorative Lights Rustic Objects
Located in West Hollywood, CA
on a hand carved painted round wood base. To sit originally on an altar in a church.
They have each
Category
19th Century European Antique Church Altars
Materials
Metal
$7,120 Sale Price / set
20% Off
18th Century White and Gold Baroque Stand
Located in Hastings, GB
18th century, German, these would originally have displayed the statues of the saints within the altar
Category
1760s German Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Set Of 6 Large Lacquered And Gilded Wooden Candlesticks, Early 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
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Placed on the floor or on altars in churches or private chapels, which they illuminated and decorated
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Set Of 6 Large Lacquered And Gilded Wooden Candlesticks, Early 19th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
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Placed on the floor or on altars in churches or private chapels, which they illuminated and decorated
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting Catholic Saint 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
-votos and retablos are often placed above the altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Church Altars
Materials
Metal, Tin
Pair of 18th Century Italian Baroque Cherub Corner Carvings, c. 1750–1780
Located in Antwerp, BE
emotional duality in architectural sculpture.
Designed for corner placement within a church interior
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Antique Coronation of Mary Religious Chromolithograph with Gold, c. 1900
Located in Langweer, NL
for churches, schools, and private home altars. The multilingual caption along the lower margin
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Church Altars
Materials
Paper
Antique Continental Ecclesiastical Embroidered Textile, 17th–18th Century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century. Originally part of a church vestment or altar frontal, the piece is worked in couched
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wool, Silk, Velvet, Wood
$3,400 Sale Price
29% Off
Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Santo Niño de Atocha 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings made in the form of religious pictures/images
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Church Altars
Materials
Metal, Tin
18th Century Baroque Hanging Giltwood Cherub
Located in Antwerp, BE
solid wood, the figure was originally designed to be suspended, most likely as part of a church interior
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Giltwood
2 Flower Lamps 19th Century South German, Electrified, Baroque, Sheet Metal
Located in Epfach, DE
was in a church for altar decoration.
The painted base is out of wood.
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Sheet Metal
Antique French Candelabra or Alter Ornament, circa 1890-Boat Shaped
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
, often at the altar or in small alcoves around the church.
Made of patinated bronze and brass, with a
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Church Altars
Materials
Brass
Antique Hand-engraved Brass Candleholder with Lions Feet
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Heavy hand-engraved tri-stand altar or church candlestick on lions feet. It was made in Scandinavia
Category
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Late Victorian Antique Church Altars
Materials
Brass
"Joseph the Jew in Prison"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
skillful rendering of figures, particularly in church frescoes and altar paintings. His style reflects the
Category
18th Century Realist Antique Church Altars
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of 18th Century Italian Gilded and Hand-Carved Angel Sconces
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
altar in a church.
Each is unique in its own right and perfectly preserved. The scones were hand-forged
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Church Altars
Materials
Metal, Wire, Gold Leaf
Saint Anthony Of Padua With The Infant Jesus – Polychrome Wood Sculpture, 18th C
Located in Bilzen, BE
regional Alpine workshop in Tyrol, active in producing small-scale devotional figures for home altars and
Category
18th Century Austrian Rococo Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Antique European Forged Wrought Iron Floor Standing Candle Holder Candelabra
Located in Forney, TX
and use.
Keywords:
Torchiere torch candle stand candlestick church altarstick altar stick pricket
Category
18th Century European Medieval Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of "Holy Family" CandleHolders attr. to P.Poussielgue-Rusand, France, c1880
By Poussielgue-Rusand
Located in PARIS, FR
for his liturgical objects (chalices, ciboriums, patens, monstrances, etc.) and church bronzes (altar
Category
1880s French Medieval Antique Church Altars
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
$7,441 Sale Price / set
20% Off
18th Century Italian Pietra Dura Multi-Marble
Specimen Table-Top/Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
had already established a demand for elaborate marble and hardstone decoration, as churches
Category
1780s Italian Classical Roman Antique Church Altars
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marb...
$74,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Italian Religious Banner Mary Our Lady Sorrows Oleograph Wall Tapestry
Located in Forney, TX
areas of the world, from a Catholic altar, church architectural salvage, temple guardian sculpture
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Metal
Pair of Niches, Pinewood, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
construction of altars in the churches, being possible that they present them niches were in an altar stood out
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Pine
Antique Print with Four Views of Ambon by Valentijn
1726
By F. Valentijn
Located in Langweer, NL
, the old Dutch Church, the new Dutch Church and an altar. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Church Altars
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century French Empire Period Giltwood Candlesticks or Prickets
Located in Fayetteville, AR
altar of a church. They were hand-carved and exquisitely gilded on only one side as a means of economy
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Church Altars
Materials
Giltwood
Angel or Archangel, Metal, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
for churches and for personal altars, alone holding lamps or censers or forming part of some
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Church Altars
Materials
Metal, Other
Circle of Pierpaolo and Jacobello Dalle Masegne (Venice, late 14th century)
Located in Bruxelles, BE
-1392) for the main altar of the Church of San Francesco in Bologna. This altarpiece, in turn, found its
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Gothic Antique Church Altars
Materials
Marble
Pair of Large Antique French Chinoiserie Brass Candlesticks in Pagoda Style
Located in COLMAR, FR
candlestick could possibly have been made for altar/church use. Made out of brass alloy, they weigh an
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Church Altars
Materials
Brass
Antique Print with Four Views of Ambon, Indonesia, 1726
Located in Langweer, NL
, the old Dutch Church, the new Dutch Church and an altar. This print originates from 'Oud en Nieuw Oost
Category
18th Century Antique Church Altars
Materials
Paper
$419 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Candelabra Rococo Sterling Silver Candlesticks Venice pair
By Charles Nicolas Odiot, Gorham, Paul Storr, Barbour Silver Co., Paul de Lamerie
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
2 Italian 18th century solid silver candlesticks altar Church candlesticks
Style: Rococo, Italian
Category
18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Church Altars
Materials
Silver
Portrait of Languid Girl in Blue Camisole 18th century Italian Rococo Master
Located in Stockholm, SE
Annunciation (1738) for the main altar for the church of the Annunziata in Guastalla. After the death of Rotari
Category
Mid-18th Century Realist Antique Church Altars
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Pair of Reliefs, Grotesque or Candelieri, Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
part of an altar in a church even if it is not decorated with a religious theme (note that the theme of
Category
16th Century European Renaissance Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wool
Antique Italian Grand Neoclassical Roman Carrara Rosso Solid Marble Table
Located in Forney, TX
taste, with nods to Holy Roman Empire church tabernacle stands and altar tables, a most impressive work
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Church Altars
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Devotional Pendant, Oil on Aventurine, Gold, Enamel, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
would recall works such as the painting of the main altar of the Church of San Lorenzo de Huesca, for
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Other
First Half of the 18th Century Putti Pair of Sculptures in Gilded Wood
Located in Milan, IT
San Gaetano, very similar to the present. Of him as plasterer remain the angels of the side altars of
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
Madonna and child with angels, circle of Joos Van Cleve, 16th c. Antwerp school
By Joos van Cleve
Located in PARIS, FR
participated in the painting of the panels of the high altar of the church of St. Nicholas in the town of
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antique Church Altars
Materials
Oak, Oil
Baptism of Christ
Located in New York, NY
documentation of his authorship of the high altar of the church of San Quirico in the village of Cappanori, near
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Antique Church Altars
Materials
Tempera, Wood Panel
Large Silvered
Gilt Bronze Gothic Revival Sanctuary Lamp with Angels in Prayer
Located in Lisse, NL
radiate certainly is worthy of a church altar piece like this. The three gilt angels holding the scrolls
Category
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Church Altars
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Church Altar Relief in Carved Wood "Mystic Lamb" 1800 - 1820
Located in Karlsruhe, DE
Church altar relief in carved wood.
Theme: Mystic Lamb.
Year: 1800 - 1820.
Condition: Very
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Giltwood Altar Candlestick
Located in Firenze, IT
Antique Italian giltwood church altar candlestick,
mid-1700s.
Beautiful original condition
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Baroque Style Wood Altar Candlestick
Located in Firenze, IT
Antique Italian wood church altar candlestick.
Late 1700s.
Beautiful original antique condition
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Altar Candlesticks
Located in Frisco, TX
Antique Italian gilt wood church altar candlesticks, mid-1700s. Beautiful original condition
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars
Materials
Giltwood
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Antique Church Altars For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique church altars for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique church altars was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. Antique church altars have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique church altars bearing Baroque or Arts and Crafts hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique church altars over the years, but those made by Luis Martinez Vargas Machuca are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Church Altars?
Antique church altars can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,092, while the lowest priced sells for $375 and the highest can go for as much as $14,500.
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- 1stDibs ExpertJune 30, 2023The side altars in a church are called side-altars or bye-altars. In some cases, these secondary altars are inside chapels, but they can also be positioned against or near walls or within bays at the front of the sanctuary. On 1stDibs, find a collection of altars from some of the world’s top sellers.
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