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Stunning Loetz Crete Formosa Glass Seashell Vase in green and blue1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A Loetz Crete Formose seashell vase in green with blue highlights; an effect designed to look like
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Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

LOETZ Austria Papillon crete iridescent blown glass vase. Austria, 1900s
By Loetz Glass
Located in Torino, IT
Vaso in vetro soffiato iridescente LOETZ Austria Papillon crete. ORIGINE Klostermühle PERIODO
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Crete

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Large Antique Organic Form Loetz Crete Rusticana Art Glass Vase, circa 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A well-scaled Loetz Crete Rusticana pattern art glass vase with a green iridescent finish. Its
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Loetz Crete Formosa vase with metalware showing Poiseiden Under the Waves 1902
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
A Loetz Crete Formose wrythen gourd shaped vase in green with blue highlights an effect designed to
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Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Large Antique Art Nouveau Period Loetz Green Crete Pampas Pattern Art Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
green Crete Pampas decoration. Measures: Height ca. 13 3/4 in. Items purchased from David Sterner
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Vase Loetz Widow Klostermuehle Bohemia Art Nouveau Decor Crete PG 6893 made 1900
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
), circa 1900 Decor: Crete Phaenomen (Phänomen) Genre 6893 It is a most remarkable Loetz Art Nouveau
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Glass

19th Century Loetz Glass Vase Crete Papillon by Koloman Moser, CZ circa 1899
By Koloman Moser, Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
/ artist/ Koloman Moser (1868 - 1918) especially for E. Bakalowits. The remarkable so-called "Crete
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1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Blown Glass

Scarce Antique Map of Greece, the Aegean, Crete and part of Asia Minor
Located in Langweer, NL
scarce map of the Greek Islands, the Aegean, Crete and part of Asia Minor. Published circa 1680
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Late 17th Century Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Greece and Crete, Rhodus and A Part of Asia Minor , ca. 1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique engraved map of Greece. Title: "GRÆCIÆ ANTIQUÆ Tabula Nova". Year: c. 1730. Coloured engraved map by G. Delisle of Greece and Part of the Aegean. Condition is good. Sm...
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1720s Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

17th Century Embroidered Altar Cloth Framed Textile Art Cornucopia a pair
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Amalthea, which Zeus suckled in Crete. In gratitude, Zeus placed her in the sky as a constellation and her
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17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Crete

Materials

Metallic Thread

Greece, Antique map, 1854
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Map of Greece with an inset map of Candia (Crete). 350mm by 435mm (sheet) The map is loose and
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19th Century Naturalistic Antique Crete

Materials

Engraving

Antique Map of Greece by N. Visscher, circa 1680
Located in Langweer, NL
Greece with the Greek Islands, Crete, part of Asia Minor and the Aegean Sea.
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Late 17th Century Antique Crete

Antique Hand Colored Map of Greece, 1697
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Antique Map of Ancient Greece or Hellas Greciae. It also include Crete. Title: Hellas Seu
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1690s Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Antique Map of Greece and the Greek islands by Lapie, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
including Crete. This map originates from 'Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne (..)' by Pierre
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Mid-19th Century Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

19th Century Alabaster Biedermeier Sculpture of Europa and the Bull
Located in Miami Beach, FL
took that opportunity and ran to the sea and swam, with her on his back, to the island of Crete. He
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19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Crete

Materials

Alabaster

Italian Marble Sculpture The Sleeping Ariadne 19th century Grand Tour
Located in Rome, IT
beloved sculptures of antiquity, representing Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete, sleeping on
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19th Century Academic Antique Crete

Materials

Alabaster

Gilded Bronze Heads of Bacchus and Ariadne on Marble Columns
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Athenian hero Theseus, snuck onto the island of Crete in order to slay the vicious Minotaur. With the help
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Late 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Crete

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bohemian Loetz Art Deco Cobalt Papillon Footed Glass Vase c1920
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
made in candia, crete, cobalt, dark blue, opal, orange, ruby or yellow ground, each marvered with
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1920s Czech Art Deco Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

17th century Italian Old Master painting - Europa and the bull - mythology
Located in Aartselaar, BE
, the bull rode into the sea and carried her to Crete, where he revealed his real identity. Europa
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Crete

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bohemian Loetz Art Nouveau Cobalt Papillon Glass Vase c1898
By Loetz Glass
Located in Worcester Park, GB
-quite usual for this kind of design Papillon was made in candia, crete, cobalt, dark blue, opal, orange
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1890s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Old Map of Turkey in Europe, incl Romania, Servia, Montenegro Bulgaria, 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
Romania, Servia, Montenegro and Bulgaria. With inset maps of the Bosphorus, Constantinople and Crete
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1880s Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Pair of Cast Stone Artcrete Co. Garden Benches from Glencoe Mansion, 1920s
By Artcrete Co.
Located in Hamburg, PA
, feet, and whimsical expressions. The Art Crete Company benches are stamped "ARTCRETE - Stone" and are
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1920s American Gothic Revival Antique Crete

Materials

Cast Stone

Painting Dutch school 18th Marine Turkish ship Gibraltar fortress Van de VELDE
Located in PARIS, FR
Souda in Crete. Here it is the forteress of Gibraltar.
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Late 18th Century Baroque Antique Crete

Materials

Oil

1910-1919 Bakelite Expedition Burroughs Wellcome Co London Medicine Bottles
Located in Haarlem, NL
powders. Tekst labels with directions: Tabloid: Potassium bicarbonate (empty) Crete Aromat Copio
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Early 1900s British Antique Crete

Materials

Bakelite

19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Griffon Carved Walnut Hexagonal Table
Located in Encinitas, CA
, Crete, and St Mark's Basilica in Venice. A symbol of divine power and guardian of universal treasures
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Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Crete

Materials

Walnut

Late 19th Century Italian Majolica Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
Minos of Crete. She helped the Greek hero, Theseus, escape from her father’s labyrinth, but he soon
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Crete

Materials

Majolica

Pair of Gilt Bronze Louis XV Style Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
in the Rocaille style, with patterns of swirls, waves and crêtes de coq. Work from the late 19th
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19th Century Louis XV Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

17th Century St. Nicholas Sculpture Polychrome Carved Wood
Located in Milan, IT
of impetus he would have slapped Arius. . The writings of Andrew of Crete and John Damascene would
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17th Century Italian Antique Crete

Materials

Wood

Whimsical White Glazed Porcelain Group of Four Putti Playing with a Goat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, so the kid had to hide. Rhea hid him on the island of Crete in the cave of Mount Ida. The goat
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Early 1900s European Classical Greek Antique Crete

Materials

Porcelain

Baroque Roman sculptor - 17th century alabaster sculpture - Hercules Cretan Bull
Located in Varmo, IT
magnificent white animal given by the god Poseidon to Minos, king of Crete. Minos, however, refused to
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Mid-17th Century Baroque Antique Crete

Materials

Alabaster

Antique Map of Greece from Ortelius s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1595
Located in Langweer, NL
Hellenistic culture. 4. **Crete (Creta)** - The largest island in Greece, which was the center of the Minoan
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16th Century Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Europe and the Bull - Large 19th Century Symbolist Art Nouveau Oil Painting
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
her off to the island of Crete. The painting in signed by the artist and authenticated with the
Category

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Oil

Princess Ariadne Guido Reni Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
By Guido Reni (Bologna, 1575 - 1642)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
. - 1649) The Princess of Crete Ariadne on the island of Naxos With the expertise of Prof. Emilio Negro
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Crete

Materials

Oil

Scarce Ancient Roman Carnelian Intaglio of NIKE and Warriors in 21k Gold Signet
Located in London, GB
adornment since 1800 BC in Bronze Age Crete. Carnelian does not stick to hot wax, which meant that they were
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Crete

Materials

Carnelian, 22k Gold

18th Century Mythological Guido Reni Follower Painting
By Guido Reni
Located in Roma, IT
cleaned and it has some small restorations. Ariadne fell in love with Theseus when he came to Crete to
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Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Crete

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Antique Louis XV Revival Carved Giltwood Console Pier Table, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
material. Breccia was used for column bases in the Minoan palace of Knossos on Crete in about 1800 BC
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1870s Louis XV Antique Crete

Materials

Marble

Mainland Greece Islands: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
, Mykonos, Santorini, Crete and Ephesus in western Turkey, site of one of the largest archeological
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Crete

Materials

Engraving

French Bronze Ariadne After Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Newark, England
Cretan princess and the daughter of King Minos of Crete. Ariadne was known for aiding Theseus escape the
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

Historical Map of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean by Delisle - 1780
Located in Langweer, NL
islands of Crete (Isle de Candie) and Cyprus (Isle de Chypre). The map also covers a substantial portion
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1780s Antique Crete

Materials

Paper

Ancient Late Roman Gold Ring Double Carnelian Intaglio Twin Ring 1st - 3rd c.
Located in London, GB
used in adornment since 1800 BC in Bronze Age Crete. Carnelian does not stick to hot wax, which meant
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Crete

Materials

Carnelian, Gold

Antique Pair Italian Bronze Busts Dionysus and Ariadne by Clodion 18th Century
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in London, GB
daughter of King Minos of Krete (Crete), assisted Theseus in his quest to slay the Minotauros (Minotaur
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1790s Italian Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

Marquis de Chamilly by Jacob Ferdinand Voet (1639 –1689), circa 1687, Paris, Fra
Located in PARIS, FR
Crete in 1668 during the siege of Candia and distinguished himself in the Dutch War in 1675 by the
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Late 17th Century Old Masters Antique Crete

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jardineres from Crete
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jardineres from Crete 2 available
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19th Century Greek Antique Crete

Materials

Terracotta

Greek Crete Olive Jar
Located in Fairhope, AL
This is a Greek olive jar from the island of Crete. It has a white patina due to the jars being
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19th Century Greek Antique Crete

19th Century Crete Olive Jar
Located in Fairhope, AL
This is a fine example of a Crete olive jar from the island of Crete. It dates to the mid 1800's
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19th Century Greek Antique Crete

19th Century Crete Olive Jar
Located in Fairhope, AL
This is a very nice Crete olive jar. It has a fantastic patina. I actually received a large
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Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Crete

19th Century Crete Olive Jar
Located in Fairhope, AL
I have a large selection of Crete white washed olive jars from the 19th century that have a very
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19th Century Greek Antique Crete

19th Century Whitewashed Crete Olive Jar
Located in Fairhope, AL
This is a great looking Crete olive jar that is whitewashed. It was typical in villages of Crete
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Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Crete

Art Nouveau Loetz Crete Papillon Ball Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Beautiful Art Nouveau Loetz Crete (green glass) Papillon (butterfly wing) ball shaped vase with tri
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1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Pair 19th Century Small Crete Olive Jars
Located in Fairhope, AL
This is a very rare pair of small Crete olive jars that date to the 19th Century. They are
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Mid-19th Century Greek Antique Crete

Loetz Art Nouveau Crete Green Ciselé Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Stunning Loetz Crete (green) Ciselé vase in a great shape - Ciselé was one of Loetz's earliest
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1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Art Glass

Loetz Crete Papillon Vase with Chrome Mounts
By Loetz Glass
Located in London, GB
Tall and elegant Loetz Crete papillon vase with original and stylish chrome mounts in the style of
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Crete

Materials

Chrome

Cobalt Blue Crete Papillon Miniature Vase by Johann Loetz Witwe
By Johann Lötz Witwe
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Nice and rare miniature vase by Loetz (Lœtz) from around 1900 with polished rim. Crete Papillon
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Crete

Materials

Glass

Greek olive jar
Located in Houston, TX
Olive jar from the island of Crete
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19th Century Greek Antique Crete

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Louis XVI Style Armchairs, Pair
Located in Summerland, CA
upholstered in blue and Crete damask. Sumptuously comfortable with down filled cushions. In excellent
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1880s French Antique Crete

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Meissen porcelain group ‘Europa and the Bull’, c. 1870.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
sea, and carried her to Crete, where he revealed himself. Europa became the first Queen of Crete and
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1870s German Classical Roman Antique Crete

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Busts of Bacchus and Ariadne
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
the daughter of King Minos of Crete; raised on brass socles with black slate stepped and moulded
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1860s Italian Classical Greek Antique Crete

Materials

Bronze

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Antique Crete For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique crete you’re looking for at 1stDibs. An antique crete — often made from glass, art glass and paper — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the antique crete you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique crete made by Art Nouveau designers — as well as those associated with Baroque — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique crete that is appealing in its simplicity, but Loetz Glass, Johann Lötz Witwe and Daum produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Crete?

Prices for an antique crete start at $135 and top out at $55,810 with the average selling for $895.