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18th Century Italian Giltwood Altar Candlestick
Located in Firenze, IT
Antique Italian giltwood church altar candlestick, mid-1700s. Beautiful original condition
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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
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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
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of Silver Leaf Italian Prickets
Located in Savannah, GA
Tall silver leaf on gesso church altar sticks.
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19th Century Italian Antique Church Altars

Materials

Silver Leaf

Pair of 19th Century Silvered Metal Altar Candlesticks
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
5.91 x 5.91 inches) These church altar candlesticks are in excellent condition considering their age
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19th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Metal

Pair of Brass-Plated Figured Altarsticks
Located in Houston, TX
Unusual French church altar candlesticks of monks supporting torcheres. Figures are wrapped in a
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Late 19th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Brass

Pair of Reliefs in Marble Représenting the Virgin Mary and Christ after GIRARDON
By François Girardon
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
church. The works of the high altar were then molded in terracotta in 1707 to adorn the church of Saint
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18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Church Altars

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Marble

Perfect Gift - Church of St. Helena Bethlehem
By David Roberts
Located in New York, NY
altar. Located in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, Palestine, the church was originally commissioned in 327
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1840s Realist Antique Church Altars

Materials

Lithograph

Pair of “return from Egypt” torch holders , attributed to Agostino Fantastici
Located in Walkertshofen, BY
Giuseppe, where a new chapel was created, on the church of San Leonardo, on the altar of the church of
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19th Century Italian Empire Antique Church Altars

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Wood, Mahogany

Study of a Draped Woman
By Ercole Setti
Located in New York, NY
Ercole Setti painted the altar of the Church of St. Peter in Modena. The Este gallery in Modena has
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18th Century and Earlier Antique Church Altars

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Pen

Carved Alabaster Bust of the Madonna, Italian, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
often be placed on side-altars in churches, alongside devotional paintings or reliquary busts. The
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Church Altars

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Alabaster

French Church Altar Candle Stand
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French Metal Church Altar Candle Stand, c. 1850
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19th Century Antique Church Altars

Materials

Metal

French 19th Century Crucifix from a Church Altar
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French tall brass crucifix from a church altar, wonderful detailing, dimensional cross on tripod
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19th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Brass

Antique Bronze Giltwood Church Altar Candlesticks
Located in Sheridan, CO
Two stunning antique Continental church altar candlesticks, late 19th c. Set includes; 1) Bronze
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Late 19th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Bronze

Late 16th Century Painting Wood Church Altar
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare collector's item ! Antique church altar from the late 16th century painted wood. On the front
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16th Century Italian Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Antique Brass French Church Altar Candlestick Table Lamp with Puttis
Located in Lincoln, GB
French antique brass church altar candle holder candlestick lamp with monastery puttis wired for
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Early 20th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Brass

Antique Wood Brass Church Altar Bell Snuffer Candle Lighter Pole
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 1900s arts and crafts wood and brass handled, extra long church/altar candle lighter and bell
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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Church Altars

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Brass

19th C Hand Painted Wooden Ecclesiastical Church Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
19th Century Hand Painted Wooden Church Altar Vase Beautiful uniquely shaped altar vase from
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19th Century German Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of Wrought Iron Gold Spanish Church Altar Gates
Located in Hastings, GB
A glorious pair of large, hand forged wrought iron Church Altar Gates, Spain circa 1900. These
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Early 1900s Spanish Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wrought Iron

19th Century American Neo-Gothic Oak Church Altar Temple Lectern Book Stand
Located in Forney, TX
A monumental antique Victorian Gothic Revival carved oak church altar / synagogue lectern / book
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19th Century North American Gothic Revival Antique Church Altars

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Oak

19th Century hand crafted model of a church altar diorama
Located in London, GB
19th Century hand crafted model of a church altar diorama An important 19th Century paper over
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1870s Unknown Early Victorian Antique Church Altars

Materials

Pine

French Early 18th Century Church Altar Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Wooden church alter with mirror is very old and from the late 1700s to early 1800s. Broken pediment
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18th Century French Antique Church Altars

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Mercury Glass, Hardwood

Antique Victorian Neo Gothic Oak High Tall Church Altar triptych + 1865
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful, antique Victorian period era Neo Gothic Triptych Holy Altar in solid oak and acquired
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1860s North American Gothic Revival Antique Church Altars

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Oak

Antique French Scagliola Faux-Marble Catholic Church Altar Shelf, Early 20th C.
Located in Bristol, GB
for displaying religious icons from a French Catholic church. Hand-painted with faux-marble and faux
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Early 20th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood, Paint

18th Century Sunburst with Sacred Heart Center Originally in a Church Altar
Located in Round Top, TX
Wood carved and gilded gold sunburst with carved relief of sacred heart in the center from Portugal.
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18th Century Portuguese Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of 19th Century Gothic Revival Gilt Bronze Altar Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning pair of European Gothic Revival candlesticks from a church altar, made of gilt bronze
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19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Church Altars

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Carved Oak Altar Wall Hanging Gothic Architectural Church Mantel
Located in Shreveport, LA
Direct from France, an original French church altar hanging, sourced with all the other interior
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Antique Church Altars

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Oak

Early 17th Century Wood Carved Polychrome Element from European Altar
Located in Round Top, TX
originally from a church altar either Portuguese or Spanish. In Image 5, you can see the remnants of paint
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17th Century Spanish Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Antique French Carved Oak Altar Hall Table Sofa Foyer Gothic Chapel Church 1900s
Located in Shreveport, LA
Direct from France, an original French church altar table, sourced with all the other interior
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Antique Church Altars

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Oak

Carved Giltwood Jeweled Crown Altar Fragment
Located in Nashville, TN
Highly decorative and difficult to find. Probably from a church altar setting, the crown from Mary
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

19th Century Coffee Table with Bluestone Altar Top
Located in Casteren, NL
This coffee table is one of a kind and very special! The top is made from an church altar. You can
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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Church Altars

19th Century Italian Neo Classical Carved Wooden Vase with a Bouquet
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful neo classical giltwood vase with bouquet which once adorned a church altar France, circa
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of Large 18th Century Italian Giltwood Baroque Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and very beautiful giltwood ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

18th C Tall Gold Baroque Altar Pricket Candlestick
Located in Hastings, GB
A remarkable 18th century German Baroque church altar candlestick, carved wood and gilded gesso
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1760s German Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of Large 19th Century Italian Giltwood Baroque Style Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and very beautiful giltwood ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar. Italy
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of French Late 19th Century Silver Plate Altar Candlesticks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A magnificent pair of 19th century silver plate candlesticks from Catholic Church altar in France
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19th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Silver Plate

Pair of 19th Century Italian Hand-Carved Wooden Gold Leaf Altar Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
Italy, circa 1850. The tall candlesticks, resting on three paw feet, were originally on a church altar
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Church Altars

Materials

Giltwood

Italian Pair of 19th Century Brass Flower Urns
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
arranged in a very symmetrical composition, popular on church altars in the mid 1800's - very rare.
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19th Century Italian Antique Church Altars

18th Century Italian Mecca Alter Base with Coral, Tangerine Crystals, and Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian painted and mecca gilded church altar base with a coral head and tangerine
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Church Altars

Materials

Coral, Rock Crystal

Pair of Large 18th Century Italian Giltwood Baroque Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and very beautiful giltwood ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of Large 18th Century Italian Giltwood Baroque Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and very beautiful giltwood ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of Large 18th Century Italian Giltwood Baroque Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and very beautiful giltwood ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Collection of 3 Large 18th Century Italian Giltwood Baroque Ornaments
Located in Buisson, FR
church altar. Original period pieces, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered small losses and old repairs
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

18th Century Venetian Baroque Polychrome Carved Altar Candlestick
Located in Forney, TX
A Baroque period hand carved wooden church altar stick from the second half of the 18th century
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood, Paint

Pair of 18th Century Spanish Carved Giltwood Candlestick Torchere
Located in Madrid, ES
surely part of the church altar trousseau, in gilded wood and hand-carved with remains of polychrome
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1790s Spanish Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of 17th Century Carved and Polychromed Portuguese Columns
Located in Madrid, ES
of a church altar, so in the back they present those cavities, to be able to attach them to a larger
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Mid-17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Pair of Cold Painted 19th Century Terracotta Angels in Original Paint
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Pair of Late 19th Century Cold Painted Terracotta angels. Most likely crafted for church altars
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Late 19th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of 17th Century Carved and Polychromed Wood Portuguese Columns
Located in Madrid, ES
of a church altar, so in the back they present those cavities, to be able to attach them to a larger
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Mid-17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Spanish Colonial Mexico Polychrome Santo Altar Figure
Located in Forney, TX
examples available, including church altars, altarpiece panels, tabernacle, reliquary, retablo icons
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Early 19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Floral Milk Glass Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
was originally made for a Church Altar. Suspended from three stylized chains is an incense burning cup
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19th Century French Antique Church Altars

Materials

Brass

Pair of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Altar Candlesticks
Located in Dallas, TX
giltwood columns, indicating that they once graced a church altar. Altar candlesticks of this era typically
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18th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Church Altars

Materials

Metal, Iron

Antique Spanish Colonial Silver Santo Crown
Located in Forney, TX
church altar figure, having a cross finial, pierced arches with foliate motif and finely engraved
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19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Church Altars

Materials

Silver

Antique Spanish Colonial Santo Crown Of Thorns
Located in Forney, TX
of a church altar figure, likely intended for a Santo Nino or Christ figure, depicting woven crown of
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Early 20th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Church Altars

Materials

Metal

Monumental Antique Italian Religious Altar Frontal Tapestry Panel
Located in Forney, TX
An impressive Italian church altar frontal panel, aquired from the estate of the iconic American
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Early 20th Century Antique Church Altars

Materials

Fabric, Velvet, Wood

Set of three 19th Century Pugin style Gothic Revival Altar or Hall Chairs
By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Located in Glasgow, GB
A super set of three Pugin style Gothic Revival church altar or celebrant’s chairs in oak and of
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19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Church Altars

Materials

Leather, Faux Leather, Oak

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Altar Cruet Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
to the More family, however there may be other family variants. Condition This antique church altar
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1840s British Victorian Antique Church Altars

Materials

Sterling Silver

Large 18th Century Italian Woodcarved Altar, Church Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful hand-carved wooden altarpiece with two stunning angel heads. Great color and size, Italy, circa 1800. Weathered with traces of original color.
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Church Altars

Materials

Wood

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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.
Questions About Antique Church Altars
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 30, 2023
    The 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.