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Antique Gilt Bronze
Glass Gothic Revival Pendant Light with Chimera Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Small size, early 1900s Gothic Revival light fixture.
In architecture, a chimera or grotesque is
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Hollandia Regenerata - Rare Original Illustrated Pamphlet - 1795
By David Hess
Located in Roma, IT
committee in a grotesque and caricatural way.
Based on Hess’drawings, the woodcuts were probably realized by
Category
1790s Antique Grotesque
Materials
Paper
Renaissance Cabinet form Lyon
France
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
leaves, spokes of heart, putti and grotesques.
These motifs can be seen on cabinet-makers’ and wood
Category
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque
Materials
Walnut
Large Pair of Magenta Ground Vienna Porcelain Exhibition Vases, circa 1900
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
winged female masks to the sides and grotesque masks to the shoulders. The spreading necks decorated with
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Grotesque
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Painted Wood Empire Folding Screen in Gilt Bronze Frame
Located in Firenze, IT
, flowers, putti, grotesque and symbolic animals inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman mythology. These
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Grotesque
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Elkington Antique Silver Plated Charger by Morel-Ladeuil
By Léonard Morel-Ladeuil
Located in London, GB
colonnaded interior, within a florally decorated border with a Grotesque bust to the top and two dragons to
Category
Late 19th Century English Classical Greek Antique Grotesque
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
crowned angel.
The third pair inspired by the fantastical Flemish grotesque tradition popularised by
Category
19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque
Materials
Wood, Pine
Capture of a strange town - Etching by James Ensor - 1888
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
his sources of ispiration was his family’s souvenir emporium that sold grotesque carnival masks
Category
1880s Modern Antique Grotesque
Materials
Etching
Assassinat - Etching by James Ensor - 1888
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
figures in grotesque masks inspired by the ones sold in his mother's gift shop for Ostend's annual
Category
1880s Surrealist Antique Grotesque
Materials
Etching
18th Century French Verdure Tapestry ( 9
8" x 10
4" - 295 x 315 )
Located in New York, NY
have grotesque masks as further ornaments. These cartouches show either micro-verdure landscapes or
Category
1780s French Antique Grotesque
Materials
Wool
La Gourmandise - Etching by James Ensor - 1904
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
Fighting over a Hanged Man (1891) feature figures in grotesque masks inspired by the ones sold in his
Category
Early 1900s Surrealist Antique Grotesque
Materials
Etching
Le Roi Peste (The Plague Kings) - Etching by James Ensor - 1895
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
) feature figures in grotesque masks inspired by the ones sold in his mother's gift shop for Ostend's annual
Category
1890s Surrealist Antique Grotesque
Materials
Etching
Important Renaissance Medical Box Spanish or Italian Workshop, Around 1550
Located in Madrid, ES
in a profusion of grotesque, pictorial, and heraldic decorative elements. This casket incorporates
Category
16th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Grotesque
Materials
Wood
Secretaire "À Abattant" Signed Hyppolyte-Edme Pretot, Paris, 19th Century
By Hippolyte-Edme Pretot
Located in Madrid, ES
. The corners of the furniture, in addition, count on classicistic dolphins and grotesques of children
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Grotesque
Materials
Bronze
Rare Renaissance Dresser with Marquetry and Pastiglia, from Alsace
France
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
in a large grotesque, from which the white-cream colour sparkles on the walnut background.
The
Category
Early 17th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque
Materials
Walnut
Hunting Scene - Original Etching by Antonio Tempesta - Early 17th Century
By Antonio Tempesta
Located in Roma, IT
of the ceilings of the Uffizi Gallery on the east side, executed with grotesque drawings. When he
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Antique Grotesque
Materials
Etching
Drawing of a captive woman
By Henry Fuseli
Located in London, GB
'. The idea of a grotesque old woman, hooded and with angular nose and projecting chin seen in profile
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Grotesque
Materials
Chalk
Roman Gilt Wood
Sienna Marble Topped Console Table
Located in Hudson, NY
flower heads and stylized acanthus leaves play while the knees are carved with grotesque heads issuing
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Grotesque
Materials
Marble
Very Rare and Important 16th C. French Renaissance Cabinet or Dressoir, ca. 1580
By Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau
Located in Miami Beach, FL
, putti, and a grotesque mask. Incredibly, the cabinet retains nearly all of its original period elements
Category
18th Century and Earlier French Renaissance Antique Grotesque
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$17,600 Sale Price
37% Off
Pair of Giltwood Mirrors with Porcelain, Rococo, 18th Century
By Matthias Lock
Located in Madrid, ES
, volutes and other elements. The elaborate decoration of the wall mirrors is based on grotesques in the
Category
18th Century European Rococo Antique Grotesque
Materials
Other
Émile Hébert, the Wanderer, Belle Époque Patinated Bronze Sculpture, circa 1880s
By Pierre-Eugène-Émile Hébert
Located in New York, NY
the Maiden" treatment, Hugo-esque play on beauty and the grotesque, fluid, sinuous forms, and rippling
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Grotesque
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Neoclassical Bronze Dore Candelabra Att. to Thomire
Located in Sheffield, MA
pair of Sèvres vases with Raphaelesque grotesques in violet on a white ground, made in 1782 were
Category
19th Century French Antique Grotesque
The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
for one grotesque figure, who, beginning to wake, shields his eyes from the light and looks on with a
Category
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Antique Grotesque
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Continental German Terra-Cotta Mask
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German (late 19th Cent) sculpted terra-cotta master mask mold of a smiling Grotesque
Category
19th Century German Other Antique Grotesque
Materials
Marble
Continental German Terra-Cotta Mask
Located in Queens, NY
Grotesque face with deep laugh lines displayed on a square black marble base stand (part of a 39 piece
Category
19th Century German Other Antique Grotesque
Materials
Marble
19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Walnut Carved Sideboard, Set of 2
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
grotesque figures carved in the wood of typical Renaissance and Gothic style. The sideboards also have a
Category
1890s Italian Renaissance Antique Grotesque
Materials
Walnut
$18,987 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Martin Brothers Grotesque
By Martin Brothers
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Rare Martin Brothers Grotesque spoonwarmer modelled as a wide-mouthed baby bird with snout in
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque
Materials
Pottery
$34,231
Terra Cotta Grotesque
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Glazed terra cotta grotesque
AA# 61276
Circa: 1915
Condition: Age Consistent
Material: terra
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque
Materials
Terracotta
Steuben Grotesque Glass Bowl
By Frederick Carder Steuben
Located in Nashville, TN
Early 20th century grotesque glass bowl by Frederick Carder Steuben.
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Grotesque
Materials
Glass
French "Grotesque" Inkwell/Censure
Located in San Francisco, CA
Cast brass grotesque Inkwell/Censure
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Grotesque
Materials
Brass
Martin Brothers Vase decorated with Grotesques
By Martin Brothers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Unusual Martin Brothers Vase decorated with Four Grotesque Fantastic creatures amongst flowers and
Category
19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque
Martin Brothers Gourd Vase Decorated with Grotesque Fish
By Martin Brothers
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Unusual Martin Brothers Gourd Vase decorated in relief with Grotesque Fish and Eel
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Grotesque
Pair of French Bronze Grotesque Figural Wall Brackets
Located in Washington, DC
A pair of French bronze grotesque figural wall brackets. One is smiling and holding a musical
Category
Late 19th Century French Brutalist Antique Grotesque
Materials
Bronze
A Large Lobed Earthenware Bowl With Grotesque Decorations
Located in New York, NY
A large lobed Roman bowl with grotesque designs based on those of the frescos of Ancona and Pesaro
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Grotesque
Grotesque Statuette in bronze, Greece, IV century BC
Located in Paris, FR
Grotesque nude statuette, wearing only a bonnet and a necklace. The figure is seen contorting its
Category
15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Grotesque
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Grotesque Figure Screw-Nutcracker for Walnuts
Located in Paris, FR
grotesque figure of a man s head with merry face on one side and a gasp with a screw on the other side to
Category
Early 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Grotesque
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Gothic Limestone Beaked Grotesques, English, circa 1450
Located in Matlock, Derbyshire
Mid-15th century pair of medieval, Gothic limestone beaked grotesques, English, circa 1450.
The
Category
15th Century and Earlier British Gothic Antique Grotesque
Materials
Limestone
Moustiers
France
, 18th Century, Plate Earthenware with Grotesque Fantasy
By A. Clerissy
Located in Paris, FR
Earthenware plate decorated in shades of green of grotesque fantasy animals on four terraces
Category
1740s French Louis XV Antique Grotesque
Materials
Faience
19th Century Cast of Italian Renaissance Grotesque by Bambaia
Located in New York, NY
A Striking Vertical Plaster Cast of An Italian Renaissance Grotesque Depicting A Panoply of Arms
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Grotesque
Materials
Iron
Victorian Alba China Ceramic Hand-painted Pedestals in Grotesque Style
Located in Rego Park, NY
Victorian period hand-painted ceramic pedestals in grotesque style with horned satyr heads at the
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Grotesque
Materials
Ceramic
Vase in Polychrome Ceramic with Grotesque Decoration, Italy, circa 1913
Located in Lugano, Ticino
, polychrome decoration with grotesques.
On the front, the decoration is enriched by a medallion, with a
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Grotesque
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Game Table with Grotesque Marquetry and Accessories
Located in Brussels, BE
beautiful composition in the grotesque style.
The tablet slides sideways to access the inside drawer and it
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Grotesque
Materials
Kingwood
Wells Fargo Building Painted Cast Iron Winged Mountain Lion Grotesque, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
sheep motif grotesque (aka gargoyle) believed to be from a Wells Fargo bank building in San Francisco
Category
Early 1900s American Beaux Arts Antique Grotesque
Materials
Iron
Rare Roman Baroque Carved and Giltwood Mirror, with a Grotesque Head, 1700
Located in Paris, FR
grotesque head, circa 1700-1720.
Category
1710s Italian Baroque Antique Grotesque
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Martin Brothers Vase
By Martin Brothers
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
5095
Martin Brothers vase decorated with grotesque and comical fish, crabs, eel and squid.
Small
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque
Materials
Pottery
$8,215
French Carved Gothic Revival Oak
Leather Chair Ca 19th Century
Located in Bonita Springs, FL
chair’s striking design is further enhanced by carved grotesque figures, a signature of Gothic
Category
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque
Materials
Leather, Oak
Martin Brothers Miniature Jug
By Martin Brothers
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Martin Brothers Miniature Jug decorated with Grotesque Fish
Undated but Circa 1900
Provenance
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque
Materials
Pottery
19th century Hand carved Oak Florentine Neo Renaissance Sgabello Fragment Italy
Located in Antwerpen, BE
from Italy. This remarkable piece features a central grotesque figure and rests on intricately carved
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque
Materials
Oak
Rare Italian Renaissance Walnut Study and Desk – 1900
Located in HÉRIC, FR
, this desk rests on eight legs sculpted with rosettes and decorated with grotesque faces at the top. On
Category
Early 20th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque
Materials
Walnut
Martin Brothers Large Fish Vase
By Martin Brothers
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
5287
Substantial Martin Brothers Vase decorated with a swamp river scape with grotesque fish. The
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque
Materials
Pottery
17th Century, Charles I, Carved
Inlaid Oak Chest, England, Circa 1640
Located in Leominster, GB
, below a guilloche flower-filled design top rail set between two grotesque carved heads, the base rail
Category
17th Century British Jacobean Antique Grotesque
Materials
Oak
Antique French Cast Iron Garden Fountain Pump, circa 1810
Located in Lectoure, Occitanie
Antique French cast iron garden fountain pump with grotesque mascarons, circa 1810.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Grotesque
Materials
Iron
Vase
Located in Mississauga, ON
A 1920s Steuben green "Grotesque" glass vase/bowl with flared lip.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Grotesque
$450
Very Rare Genuese Chandelier
Located in Walkertshofen, Bavaria
Important and very rare Genuese carved and gilded chandelier with grotesque masks and fine crystal
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Grotesque
Materials
Wood
$24,446
Early Walter Bosse Figure Ceramic Art Deco Putti Goldscheider Augarten 1930
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
had a grotesque touch, lips, eyes, fingers showed an almost childish joy about details. His studies
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Grotesque
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian 19th Century American Jardiniere Planter on Pedestal
Located in New York, NY
plants. Top is decorated with foliate motifs. Pedestal is cast with four detailed grotesques. Both the
Category
19th Century North American Victorian Antique Grotesque
Materials
Iron
An Austro-Hungarian Late 17th-Early 18th Century Palisander Cabinet on Stand
Located in Armadale, Victoria
pendant gilt grass grotesques framing a putto grotesques raised on a coffer, above a double Doric columns
Category
Late 17th Century Hungarian Baroque Antique Grotesque
Materials
Brass
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Antique Grotesque For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique grotesque for your home. An antique grotesque — often made from metal, wood and ceramic — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique grotesque — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique grotesque, designed in the Art Nouveau, Folk Art or Baroque style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique grotesque over the years, but those crafted by Martin Brothers, A. Clerissy and Burmantofts Pottery are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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