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French Art Nouveau bronze by Franz Rosse 1893
Located in Berlin, DE
A late 19th-century French bronze sculpture titled "Fairy with Butterfly" by Franz Rosse (1858-1900
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1890s Jugendstil Antique Fairy

Materials

Bronze

Leonetto Cappiello Maurin Quina French Aperitif Advertisement Poster 1906 Framed
By Leonetto Cappiello
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
aesthetic nod to la fée verte, the famed “green fairy” associated with absinthe during the Belle Époque
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Early 20th Century French Antique Fairy

Materials

Paper

From Folklore to Disney: Tenggren’s 1919 Scene with Boy and Ceremonial Horn
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Stockholm, SE
, the scene reflects the artist’s early fascination with Nordic folklore and fairy-tale imagery. The
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1910s Realist Antique Fairy

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Antique Elizabeth Tyler Lithograph “Jack And The Beanstalk”, Framed, C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Beanstalk', dates to circa 1920. The artwork features a vibrant depiction of the classic fairy tale
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Early 20th Century Antique Fairy

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Paper

The Artist Brother Staffan Kronberg Dressed as a Prince, 1911
Located in Stockholm, SE
imaginative, storybook quality to the scene, as if the young subject has stepped out of a fairy tale into
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1910s Romantic Antique Fairy

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Mixed Media, Board, Laid Paper

Early 20th Century Tall Brass Bankers Desk Lamp
Located in San Mateo, CA
Early 1900's tall brass desk lamp. Similar to the simplicity of the Fairies lamps from this period
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Fairy

Materials

Brass

Rowing Figure in an Eerie Landscape, 1929
Located in Stockholm, SE
Einar Norelius. Created for the 22nd issue of Bland tomtar och troll, the cherished annual fairy-tale
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1920s Symbolist Antique Fairy

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Julien Caussé "La Fee des Glaces" ("Ice Maiden") Sculpture
By Julien Causse
Located in New York, NY
Giantess, is transformed into an ice fairy, or Fée des Glaces. According to the tale, Skadi’s devotion to
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Fairy

Materials

Spelter

View of a Dutch Harbour, possibly imaginary
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
conventions. He gained early acclaim for his delicate "fairy paintings," a popular Victorian genre he imbued
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Mid-19th Century Antique Fairy

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Pale Green Velvet and Floral Lame Opera Coat, 1920s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
cocoon. Femme fatale vibes with woodland fairy undertones. Excellent, wearable condition. Additional
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Early 20th Century Antique Fairy

Art Nouveau vase in solid pewter with bronze patina by Louis Chalon 1910.
By Louis Chalon
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
style, creating bronzes, pewter, and decorative pieces inspired by mythology, fairy tales, and female
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Fairy

Materials

Pewter

Saint George Dragon Baldovinetti Paint 15th Century Oil on table Old master Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
contrasting colour palette, the narrative expression that skilfully renders the fairy-tale atmosphere of the
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15th Century and Earlier Antique Fairy

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Oil

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Camphor Wood Hope Chest
Located in Pomona, CA
carving works of Phoenix and Peonies on the front and raised relief carving of fairy and crane, and old
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Fairy

Materials

Wood

Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Octagonal Dana Bowl
By Daisy Makeig-Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
of pearl ground to the exterior. The octagonal panels are framed with the cobble border. 'Fairy in a
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1920s Antique Fairy

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Ceramic

Vilhelm Pedersen (1820–1859): Pen Drawing of Three Men, Italy, circa 1840
Located in Valby, 84
works. Vilhelm Pedersen is celebrated as the first illustrator of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy
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1840s Antique Fairy

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Giltwood, Paper

Hand-Blown Glass and Bakelite Absinthe Glasses, 3 pieces, France 1910s
By Travail Francais
Located in Atlanta, GA
drinking the addictive beverage called "la fée verte" (the Green Fairy). Indeed, the Absinthe beverage has
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Fairy

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Blown Glass, Bakelite

Early 19th Century Watercolour - Little Girl with Orange Cat
Located in Corsham, GB
scene carries a fairy tale quality and an intimate glimpse into a child’s quiet affection for her
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Early 19th Century Antique Fairy

Materials

Watercolor

Antique French Crystal Sconces Baccarat style 4 Light Wall candelbras Baroque
By Maison Charles, Swarovski, Cristalleries De Baccarat, Maison Baguès, Baccarat
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
. The evolution of "fairy lamps" in the mid-19th century also marked a significant moment, with the
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Fairy

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Crystal, Bronze

Pair Of Exotic Gilt And Patinated Bronze Candle Sticks
Located in Norwood, NJ
. Cherub figures with angel and fairy wings seated atop a winged dragon and crocodile holding a cornucopia
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Fairy

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Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze

Art Noveau Figural Slide Bracelet 14k Yellow Gold Diamond
Located in Bernardsville, NJ
used floral, fairy and animal motifs, especially dragonflies and butterflies. This bracelet features
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1910s Antique Fairy

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Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Art Noveau Opal Earrings 18k Yellow Gold
Located in Bernardsville, NJ
1915's. Art Noveau jewelry used a lot of nature motifs such as flowers, insects as well as fairies
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1910s Antique Fairy

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Opal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Noli Me Tangere Brueghel 17th Century Paint OIl on canvas Old master Religious
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
luminous atmosphere, immersing the scene in a soft light with fairy-tale accents. The landscape in the
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Fairy

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Oil

Liegender Weiblicher Akt Mit Kuh Und Ziege Expressionist Woodcut
By Heinrich Campendonk
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
characterized by softly flowing forms, large, calm surfaces of intense luminosity, and a lyrical, often fairy
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1910s Blue Rider Antique Fairy

Materials

Woodcut

Original Vintage Leonetto Cappiello Absinthe Gempp Pernod Poster 1903
By Leonetto Cappiello
Located in Boca Raton, FL
centuries. Nicknamed “the green fairy,” it was embraced by artists and writers such as Toulouse-Lautrec
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Early 1900s Antique Fairy

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Lithograph

Satyr, Pan and Deer - Greek mythology
Located in Miami, FL
enchanting world of fairies, witches, and magical creatures. A caption on verso reads, "They told me Pam was
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1920s Surrealist Antique Fairy

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India Ink, Board, Pencil

1890 The Nursery "Alice"
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Bath, GB
' after he saw her illustrations for 'The Fairies' by William Allingham. However, Thomson took so long
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1890s British Antique Fairy

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Paper

The Bridge of Sighs, Venice, by Walter Henry Sweet John Shapland
By John Shapland
Located in Middletown, NY
exhibits at the RA were entitled 'Fairy Led' and 'Paradise Lost'. –Calton Gallery.
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Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Fairy

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching, Engraving

Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Little Red Riding Hood Wolf Spill Vase 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural spill vase depicting fairy tale
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19th Century Victorian Antique Fairy

Materials

Porcelain

Silkwork of Irish Interest-Erin Go Bragh: Patriotic Irish Silkwork Panel
Located in Downingtown, PA
prominence suggest it could be a reference to the mythical Cait Sidhe (Fairy Cat) of Celtic folklore, often
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1860s Northern Irish Early Victorian Antique Fairy

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Silk

Late 19th C. Pair of Empire Style Candelabras
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th C. Pair of Empire Style Candelabras being held by baby Fairies. Made in France, circa
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19th Century French Antique Fairy

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Bronze

Original "Iolanthe" vintage stone lithograph vintage theater poster
Located in Spokane, WA
the operetta, hinting at the fantastical and fairy-tale elements of the story. The title "Iolanthe" is
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1920s Art Nouveau Antique Fairy

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American Marine Seascape Oil Painting Crashing Surf Atlantic Coast Maine
By Frederick Judd Waugh
Located in Portland, OR
short poem in Pamela Colman Smith’s short-lived periodical The Green Sheaf; a fairy tale in The English
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1910s Realist Antique Fairy

Materials

Oil, Panel

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Illustrated by M.V. Wheelhouse, 1925
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
her own name, Flower Fables, a collection of fairy tales, appeared in 1854. Alcott went on to publish
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1920s English Victorian Antique Fairy

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Fabric, Paper

A Young Lady
By William Edward Frost
Located in London, GB
mythological subjects, including the subgenre of fairy painting that was characteristic of Victorian art. In
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19th Century English School Antique Fairy

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Oil, Board

1901 A Midsummer Night s Dream
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
wedding disrupted by a group of mischievous fairies. Finely bound in crushed morocco with gilt decoration
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Early 1900s British Antique Fairy

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Paper

"Da Tour Boileau (Beauvais)"
By François Boucher
Located in Edinburgh, GB
details, such as the conical thatched roof and rustic bridges, add a fairy-tale quality, characteristic of
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18th Century Realist Antique Fairy

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Canvas, Oil

1912 Aesop s Fables
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Bath, GB
Wind in the Willows', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', and 'Gulliver's Travels', as well as contributing
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1910s British Antique Fairy

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Paper

“Sprookjes en Vertellingen” by H.C. Andersen in Dutch – Volume 1 and 2 - 3Y09
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This early 20th-century Dutch edition of Hans Christian Andersen's Sprookjes en Vertellingen (Fairy
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Early 20th Century French Antique Fairy

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Paper

1920s Hand Painted Tin Bin Box by Chicago Globe Soap Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
dancing Nymphs Fairies Nudes holding musically instruments.
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Antique Fairy

Materials

Sheet Metal

Austrian Oil Painting of a Dream Wedding by Zatzka
By Hans Zatzka
Located in London, GB
fantastical depictions of women. Zatzka’s works often evoke the magical realms found in fairy tales, such as
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Early 20th Century Antique Fairy

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Canvas, Oil

Princess Turandot - Phototype after Ignatius I. Nivinsky - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
century. Mixed colored phototype print.. Set design for the fairy tale Princess Turandot Includes frame
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1920s Contemporary Antique Fairy

Materials

Digital

Antique Chinese Carved Wood Door Lintel Framed in Shadow Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
. He might be Lan Caihe, one of the eight immortal fairies in Chinese folklore. The carving indicates a
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Fairy

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Wood

A Patinated Bronze Figure Of Peter Pan , By Sir George James Frampton
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
, without fanfare and without permission, so that it might appear to children that the fairies had put it in
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1910s English Antique Fairy

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Bronze

Antique French Children Books 1936 Set of 3
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
. "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Fairy

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Paper

Crustaceans Marine Invertebrates Print: Crab, Lobster, Horseshoe Crab - 1867
Located in Langweer, NL
polyphemus) 18. Fairy shrimp (Anostraca species) 19. Copepod (Copepoda species) 20. Ostracod (Ostracoda
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1860s German Antique Fairy

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Paper

Japanese Antiques 4th Head Torii Kiyotada Silk color scroll Momotaro Ukiyo-e
Located in Niiza, JP
, monkeys, and pheasants around the dog It is interesting that the composition is based on Momotaro (a fairy
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19th Century Japanese Antique Fairy

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Silk, Paper

Titania
Located in Wien, 9
fairies from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Rendered in the exquisite Art Nouveau style, this
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Early 20th Century Jugendstil Antique Fairy

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Japanese Antique Wood Bench, Primitive Wooden Chair, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
a fairy tale, as if a child is sitting in the shade of a tree in the grassland. The seat is
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Fairy

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Wood

Embroidered Silk Folk Art Depicting Black Child, Red Riding Hood 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century silk embroidered art work. Depicting children and fairy tales. It is very rare for
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18th Century Antique Fairy

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Fabric, Silk

Embroidered Silk Folk Art Depicting Black Child, Red Riding Hood 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century silk embroidered art work. Depicting children and fairy tales. It is very rare for
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18th Century Antique Fairy

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Fabric, Silk

Embroidered Silk Folk Art Depicting Black Child, Red Riding Hood 18th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
18th century silk embroidered art work. Depicting children and fairy tales. It is very rare for
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18th Century Antique Fairy

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Silk

Festive Children s Carnival Ball – “Kinderball zur Faschingszeit”, ca.1895
Located in Langweer, NL
: children dressed as clowns, fairies, and miniature aristocrats whirl across the floor, their colorful
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1890s Antique Fairy

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Paper

Wedgwood Flame Fairyland Lustre Imperial Bowl
By Wedgwood
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
a sunset sky, flame ground. Mother of pearl ground to the interior, with fairies, elves, imps
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1920s Antique Fairy

Materials

Pottery

19th Century English Parian Group Of Sir Walter Scott By Copeland Signed J.Steel
By Copeland
Located in Dublin, IE
, drama, and fairy tales and romances. He had a remarkably retentive memory and astonished visitors by his
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Fairy

Materials

Porcelain

Portrait PS251 Beauty and the Beast Dachshund Chut Les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
evoke fantasy and fairy-tale aesthetics. Book Pages: Using text as the background could symbolize
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Early 1900s Tonalist Antique Fairy

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Gesso, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Amphora Art Nouveau Vase with Pine Cone Motif by Paul Dachsel for Kunstkeramik
By Kunstkeramik Paul Dachsel, Paul Dachsel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
colors and folded, flat, and soft-edged shapes, giving his work a fairy-tale quality. Dachsel’s ceramic
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Fairy

Materials

Earthenware

Ruth Milles French Art Deco Terracotta Statue, "Suzanne" Breton Character, 1927
By Ruth Milles
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
, depicting children and characters from fairy tales made by her. She spent the summers in the fishing village
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Fairy

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Terracotta

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Antique Fairy For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique fairy available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, paper and ceramic, every antique fairy was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique fairy, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique fairy bearing Art Nouveau, Neoclassical or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique fairy that is appealing in its simplicity, but Paul Hey, Royal Copenhagen and Fairies produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Fairy?

The average selling price for an antique fairy at 1stDibs is $2,100, while they’re typically $98 on the low end and $51,722 for the highest priced.