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Souvenirs Grotesques - Original Lithograph and Pochoir by F. Bouchot - 1835
By Frederic Bouchot
Located in Roma, IT
draftsman Frédéric Bouchot (1798- 1865). Plate 10, from the series Souvenirs Grotesques, Dupin and C.ie
Category

1830s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Antique Italian/French Gothic Grotesque Gargoyle Cherubs Brass Door Knocker
Located in San Diego, CA
featuring two cherubs and a grotesque gargoyle. Wonderful patina and can be polished if desired. Works great
Category

Mid-19th Century Swiss Antique Grotesque

Materials

Brass

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Dish, Grotesque Style, Delange, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Dish, Grotesque Style, Delange, 1869 Large-format antique
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

An Interesting Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal “Grotesque” Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Interesting Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Twenty Six Light “Grotesque” Chandelier
Category

Early 20th Century French Gothic Antique Grotesque

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu, Bronze

Antique Gold Stick Pin Featuring Classical Grotesque Mask, English, c.1880
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Gold Stick Pin Featuring Classical Grotesque Mask, English, c.1880 A fine-quality antique
Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Grotesque

Materials

Gold

Unique Large Size Antique Alabaster Chandelier / Pendant Light Grotesque Masks
Located in Lisse, NL
points in the form of grotesque mask sculptures with a crown of feathers are the perfect finish to this
Category

Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque

Materials

Alabaster, Brass, Bronze

17th Century Ceiling Ornament – Baroque Interior Panel with Grotesques, ca.1869
Located in Langweer, NL
17th Century Ceiling Ornament – Baroque Interior Panel with Grotesques, Plate LXXX This elegant
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

18th Century French Ceiling Design – Neoclassical Fresco and Grotesques, Plate X
Located in Langweer, NL
18th Century French Ceiling Design – Neoclassical Fresco and Grotesques, Plate XC This elegant
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Mark V Marshall Doulton Lambeth Art Nouveau Gothic Grotesque Mask Vase
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and stunning Doulton Lambeth Art Nouveau vase decorated with gothic styled grotesque masks
Category

Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Grotesque

Materials

Stoneware

Large Scale Original Antique Grand Tour Print- Grotesque Masks. Rome, 1776
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image of classical Roman masks Copper-plate engravings Published by Monaldini, Rome, 1776 Good quality wove paper Free shipping  
Category

1770s Italian Classical Roman Antique Grotesque

Materials

Plaster

Japanese Netsuke – Grotesque Mask, Edo To Early Meiji Period (circa 1820–1880)
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Japanese Netsuke – Grotesque Mask, Edo To Early Meiji Period (circa 1820–1880)" A finely carved
Category

19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

Renaissance grotesque in the shape of a half-moon - France, 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Large grotesque in the shape of a half-moon On a posterior cement base Limestone France, 17th
Category

17th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Limestone

Art Nouveau Metalwork Vase with Grotesque Creatures by Maria Longworth Storer
By Maria Longworth Storer
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category

1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Grotesque

Materials

Tin, Copper

Victorian Coral Stickpin of Figural Face in the Motif of the Grotesque
Located in Baltimore, MD
We love our wonderfully esoteric Grotesque man (or "other") crafted by a talented unknown carver in
Category

1880s British Victorian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Coral, 15k Gold

Pair Of 20th Century Victorian Solid Silver Grotesque Inkwells, London c.1880
By Daniel Charles Houle
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian pair of solid silver inkwells, crafted in a grotesque style
Category

19th Century British Other Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silver

19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Pair Of Grotesque Salts, London c.1880
By Louis Dee
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver pair of novelty grotesque salts. Expertly cast and
Category

19th Century British Other Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silver

Iron Lidded Finial with Classical Grotesque Cartouches in the Style of Adam
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
by two grotesque portrait cartouches.  
Category

Early 20th Century English Adam Style Antique Grotesque

Materials

Iron

Grotesque Profile of Man with High Hat - Engravin after Rembrandt - 19th Century
By Charles Amand Durand
Located in Roma, IT
Grotesque Profile of Man with High Hat is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles
Category

19th Century Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Engraving

The Inappetent Owl - Grotesque Scene with Owl and Swan - Late 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two masterpieces by the Master of the Fertility of the Egg, nearly impossible to find in homogeneous pairs on the private market, both in terms of style and dimensions. They represen...
Category

Late 17th Century Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Canvas, Oil

17th Century, Pair of Italian Ink Drawings on Paper with Studies for Grotesques
Located in IT
17th century, pair of ink drawings on paper with studies for grotesques, friezes and helmets
Category

17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Flowers Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy Still-life Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Master of the Grotesque Vase (active in Rome and Naples in the first quarter of the 17th century
Category

17th Century Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Oil

A Pair of Grand Tour Griotte Marble and Bronze Cassolettes After Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very finely cast French Napoleon III bronze garland festooned cassolettes with grotesque mask
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Grotesque

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

Cap. Cardoni and Maramao - Etching by Jacques Callot - 1621/22
By Jacques Callot
Located in Roma, IT
This etching is part of Balli di Sfessania, Jacques Callot’s celebrated series depicting grotesque
Category

1620s Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Etching

Italian 16th/ 17th Century Folk Art Forged Iron Coat of Arms
Located in Buisson, FR
castle's and on the top a grotesque head. This beautiful period piece is made out of forged iron and comes
Category

16th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Grotesque

Materials

Iron

Antique Victorian Renaissance Revival Oak Library Hall Figural Arm Throne Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Renaissance Revival styling with grotesque face formed finials over a curved back, 'C' scrolled arms, a saddle
Category

19th Century American Victorian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Oak

Two very similar pietra dura and ormolu photograph frames on easels
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
by floral scrolls, one centred on a grotesque mask and the other on a palmette, with the original A
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ormolu

Large polychrome majolica vase, Italy, Mid-19th Century
Located in Prato, IT
scenes and grotesque faces embossed to the sides on each handle. Similar vases are kept in museums around
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Maiolica

Grimaces Pl. 2 – Female Emotions, Satirical Lithograph, Circa 1823
Located in Langweer, NL
. Boilly balances caricature with empathy, creating figures that are expressive without becoming grotesque
Category

1820s British Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Grimaces Pl. 2 – Boilly Study of Female Emotions, Physiognomic Satire, ca.1823
Located in Langweer, NL
. Boilly balances caricature with empathy, creating figures that are expressive without becoming grotesque
Category

1820s British Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Pasquariello Truonno and Meo Squaquara - Etching by Jacques Callot - 1621/22
By Jacques Callot
Located in Roma, IT
, depicting two grotesque comic figures engaged in an exaggerated dance or mock duel. Identified by their
Category

1620s Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Etching

17th Century Emilian Chest of Drawers, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
featuring scrolling foliage, cartouches, grotesques, and classical motifs—rather than the exuberant gilding
Category

17th Century Italian Rustic Antique Grotesque

Materials

Iron

Ancient Roman Marble Frieze Fragment
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the grotesque, disk-shaped death masks of older gorgoneia. Akin to the Medusa Rondanini, which appears
Category

15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble

19th century carved gothic revival oak mirrored buffet sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
with carved grotesques and carved birds acting as handles. Each pedestal door decorated with applied
Category

Mid-19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Mirror, Oak

Marble Helmet - France, 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
, adorned with a grotesque mask, exemplifies the 17th-century fascination with antique-inspired martial
Category

17th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble

Great Council of Angels in Republican Paradise - 1930 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Conseil des Anges au Paradis Républicain presents a grotesque caricature of the political elite gathered
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Grotesque

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache

19th C. Napoleon III Tortoiseshell Boulle Marquetry Commode, Gilt Bronze Details
By André-Charles Boulle, Nicolas Sageot
Located in Madrid, ES
three highly decorative doors with panels of intricate inlaid Bérainesque grotesques, following the
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Set of Four 19th Century Renaissance Revival Carved Chairs with Cane Seats
By Charles Rohlfs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
historicist revival period. The tall, architectural backs are deeply carved with classical and grotesque
Category

Late 18th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Oak

Important Late 17th-Century German Baroque Ohrensessel in Oak
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
boldly sculpted crest rail, carved with a dramatic grotesque mask framed by swirling foliage, a motif
Category

Late 17th Century German Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Oak

Wall Clock in Carved Wood and Hardstone – 19th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
frames. Flanking each side, two grotesque hybrid creatures with bat-like wings and expressive faces
Category

19th Century Japonisme Antique Grotesque

Materials

Agate, Bronze, Enamel

Early 19th century Flemish carved walnut side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
brass handle, flanked either side by grotesques. Standing on barley twist legs and stretchers
Category

Early 19th Century Belgian Rococo Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Walnut

18th Century, Pair of Italian Neoclassical Grisaille Tempera on Paper Paintings
Located in IT
grotesques, characteristic of neoclassicism, grisaille paintings, or with the use of the color of white and
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Pair of Gien Renaissance Revival Faience Pitchers, 19th Century
By Gien
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
intricate grotesque decorations, fantastical creatures, winged putti and scrolling motifs inspired by 16th
Category

19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Paint

Antique Venetian Murano Art Glass Bowl Centerpiece Gold Enamelled Blue Baroque
By Artisti Barovier
Located in Palm Beach, FL
often included mythological scenes, allegories, and grotesque motifs, and was created by a highly
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Gold Leaf

19th Century French Silver Vermeil Flatware Dessert Set for Six, 18 Pieces
Located in Madrid, ES
, slightly grotesque satyr mask motif and warm vermeil gold tone, carries an interesting and informative set
Category

19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Vermeil, Silver

Set of two monumental vases, ceramics, Johann Maresch, historicism 1870s Austria
By Johann Maresch
Located in Wien, AT
Renaissance and antique forms, including grotesques, cornucopias, and lion paws. Typical historicist designs
Category

1870s Austrian Belle Époque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Bleached Walnut Commode With Inlay
Located in Carmine, TX
drawer fronts are decorated with inlaid grotesques, framed by a thin, alternating inlaid banding. The top
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Grotesque

Materials

Satinwood, Walnut

Victorian Renaissance Revival Rocking Chair, in Carlucci by JAB Anstoetz Velvet
Located in Rolling Hills Estates, CA
features dramatic scrollwork, grotesque lion masks, and a symmetrical architectural base that merge Gothic
Category

Mid-19th Century Unknown Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

L Homme sans Passeport Devant le Capitaine Ispravnik
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
figures, the hesitant gestures, and the somber background evoke both the grotesque humor and existential
Category

1920s Surrealist Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper, Etching

17th Century by Pietro della Vecchia Old man in a coat trimmed with fur
Located in Milano, Lombardia
grotesques. During his career he also worked as an art restorer, as an art expert, and he even did expert
Category

17th Century Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Victorian Diamond 14 Karat Yellow Gold Antique God Of Wind Cufflinks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
deeply grooved God of Wind grotesques with scrolling foliates Bezel set with old European cut diamonds in
Category

Early 1900s Victorian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Une Table Indiscrète - Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1853
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
grotesque scene in which , a woman with Neapolitan chantan manners screams and scandalized by the gossip of
Category

1850s Modern Antique Grotesque

Materials

Lithograph

Antique 14ct and 20ct Gold Stick Pin – Classical Mask Motif c.1880
Located in Worcester, GB
pin featuring a dramatic classical mask or grotesque head finely cast in 20ct gold, mounted on a hand
Category

Late 19th Century European Antique Grotesque

Materials

Gold

17th Century Spanish Carved Polychrome Mirror with Cherubs and Eagles
Located in Dallas, TX
sculptures depicting angels, griffins, grotesques, and eagles. Each figure is hand-carved in solid wood and
Category

Late 17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Mercury Glass, Oak

Marc Chagall, The Inn, from Nicolas Gogol, Dead Souls, 1923-1927
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
interior of the roadside inn as a theatrical space filled with grotesque humor, social observation, and
Category

1920s Expressionist Antique Grotesque

Materials

Etching

Antique Renaissance Sideboard 19th Century French Buffet
Located in Buxton, GB
, deep patina with exceptionally detailed work throughout. The ​Lions' heads (or grotesque masks
Category

19th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Walnut

Renaissance Ornament Print – “Por la Gracia de Dios” with Cherubs Scrollwork
Located in Langweer, NL
cartouche framed by intricate grotesques, elaborate scrolls, and vibrant color flourishes. Lithographed by
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Large Samson Porcelain and Ormolu Covered Urn in the Meissen Style, Late 19th C
By Edmé Samson, Meissen Porcelain, Samson Cie
Located in Atlanta, GA
piercings encircles the shoulder, while the handles terminate in expressive grotesque masks suspending
Category

Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

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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.

How Much is a Antique Grotesque?

Prices for an antique grotesque can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $56 and can go as high as $300,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,655.