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Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Cloisonne Censer Ding Lidded Incense Burner 1870
Located in Portland, OR
from the mouths of grotesques, the censer is set upon the original carved hardwood stand, the interior
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1870s Chinese Qing Antique Grotesque

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Fruit Dishes
By Walker Hall
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
incorporates a protruding handpiece, ornamented with an embossed grotesque mask design. These exceptional
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Sterling Silver

MID-19th CENTURY EBONIZED WOOD COFFEE TABLE WITH INLAYS
Located in Firenze, FI
top is distinguished by fillets and carved details that recall vegetal and grotesque motifs, inspired
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Harewood

Christ on the Cold Stone – After Jan Gossaert (Mabuse)
Located in Stockholm, SE
, mocking figures lean in—each rendered with individualized, almost grotesque features—enhancing the
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16th Century Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Ensemble de salon en bois sculpté – Circa 1880
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
patiné, finement sculpté de masques grotesques, comprenant : Un canapé Une paire de fauteuils à dossier
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1880s British Colonial Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

Monumental George Sharp for J.E. Caldwell Co. Classical Coin Silver Ladle
By George Sharp, J.E. Caldwell Co.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
introspection. Her stylized appearance draws from Renaissance grotesques and ancient coin portraiture. Of
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19th Century American American Classical Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silver

Alabaster Art Deco Pendant Natural Lantern Early 20th Century France
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
by 3 bronze pieces, shaped like grotesque heads These lamps or pendant were hung to enhance and
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Grotesque

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Dual Sized Antique Portrait And Fashion Collage
Located in Bridgeport, CT
figures, grotesque faces, fashion portraits and caricatures. The black and white art are adhered to a
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19th Century Victorian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Pair of French Renaissance S-tyle Ormolu Wall Mirrors with Candelabra
Located in London, GB
set with a host of motifs, including busts, masks, and grotesques. A male face on each centres the
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19th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ormolu

Pair Bronze Busts: "The Fallen King Laughing Revolutionary, After Carpeaux
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
. His expression borders on grotesque, exaggerating the vulnerability of an infantilized monarch. This
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

Antique Reclaimed Neo-Gothic Carved Tan Marble Mantel
Located in New York, NY
delicate foliate carvings and topped with a sculpted keystone—perhaps a leafy boss or subtle grotesque
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Early 20th Century Gothic Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble

Hand Painted Terracotta Plaque, Longpark, Torquay, Basket of Flowers
Located in Cotignac, FR
dragons, some with two or three twisted handles, also other grotesque animal forms were made. Still others
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Early 20th Century Antique Grotesque

Materials

Terracotta, Oil

Study for a Hunting Scene, a red chalk sketch attributed to Karel du Jardin
Located in PARIS, FR
with picturesque characters, travelers, and shepherds, often represented in a grotesque manner, in the
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1650s Old Masters Antique Grotesque

Materials

Chalk, Ink, Laid Paper

French Gothic Revival Bronze Drapery Tiebacks, Dragon Form Rocaille Base C. 1850
By Henri Picard, Ferdinand Barbedienne, Edward F. Caldwell Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
incised, batlike wings, recalling grotesques from medieval cathedrals and bestiaries. From beneath the
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Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

Palazzo Sacchetti Walnut Cassone Inlaid Engraved Fruitwood Marquetry, 17th C
Located in London, GB
flanked by grotesques and scrolling foliage, the sides with a scrolled boss and gadrooned frieze on giant
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Walnut, Fruitwood

Pair of Italian Painted and Giltwood Stands, circa 1780
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Italian giltwood and painted stands. Each carved scrolls, borders and grotesques
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18th Century Italian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Walnut

Baroque Allegory of Fire with Underworld Imagery Demons – Optical Perspective
Located in Langweer, NL
scene is set within a monstrous red cavern, which forms a grotesque open mouth complete with blazing
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1760s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

18th Century Italian Ebonized Inlaid Collectors Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
overall with the "Berainesque" style of light arabesques and playful grotesques including rinceaux, female
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

Early 16th century. The Agony in the Garden. Southern German school.
Located in Firenze, IT
focuses on the grotesque-looking soldiers in contemporary dress (one with a striking scorpion on his
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18th Century and Earlier Northern Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood, Oil, Board

A Fine Pair of 19th Century Candelabra After Claude-Michel Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Long Island City, NY
Clodion Each vase of tapering form applied with two grotesque masks hung with laurel garlands above a
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

French Victorian Gilt Brass 12-Light Chandelier with Sculptural Green Man Motif
Located in Madrid, ES
compelling - all twelve socket arms issue forth from the mouths of twelve grotesque faces encircling the
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Brass

Antique Silk Hereke Runner Rug, Lustrous Rust with Pictorials - Rug Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
beauty. Keen eyes for detail may particularly admire a marriage of grotesque and hellenistic imagery
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1920s Turkish Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silk

Antique Enamelled Glass Decanter Glasses By J L Lobmeyr, Vienna Late 19th.C
By J.L Lobmeyr
Located in Bristol, GB
Venetian grotesques and polychrome decorative ornaments in the Renaissance style. Each piece is signed
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1870s Austrian Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Enamel

Pair of French Late 18th Century Paris Porcelain Cachepots with Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
out beautifully on the white ground. Accented with gilt details and presenting grotesque handles, this
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Grotesque

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Antique Gothic Revival Medieval / Chimera Sculpture Wall Bracket or Shelf
Located in Lisse, NL
bracket. The grotesque creature with figure is one of the best Gothic carvings you will ever see. Its
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Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Metal

Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Monks Bench – Louis XVIII Period
Located in Alton, GB
use of mythological creatures and grotesques speaks to a long-standing European tradition of warding
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Early 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Chestnut

Pair of Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Mounted Chinese Porcelain Vases
Located in Miami, US
adorned with scrolled handles that terminate in grotesque masks, showcasing the intricate craftsmanship of
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Late 17th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Porcelain

Gothic Decorative Art Prints: Stained Glass, Sculpture and Textile Motifs 1887
Located in Langweer, NL
ornament. It includes carved capitals, foliage designs, grotesques, and ecclesiastical busts, illustrating
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1880s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Italian Renaissance Stained Glass Design Print from Ornamentenschatz, 1887
Located in Langweer, NL
graces and attendants in a lush landscape, flanked by cherubs holding garlands, grotesques, caryatids
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1880s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Wiese Carnelian Intaglio Gold Cufflinks, circa 1925
By Jules Louis Wiese
Located in London, GB
archaeology to inspire him. He frequently employed grotesque beasts and gargoyles, ecclesiastic detailing and
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1920s French Greek Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Carnelian, 18k Gold

Pair Of French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
beautiful five arm sconce is centered by a richly chased and wonderfully detailed grotesque mask containing
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ormolu

An Extremely Fine Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Writing Table Attributed To Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Benington, Herts
. Whoever did design and execute these wonderful panels of grotesques, somewhat in the style of the great
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Early 19th Century English Antique Grotesque

Materials

Brass

Set of Four German Renaissance Prints by H. Dolmetsch, Ornamentenschatz, c. 1887
Located in Langweer, NL
grotesques that were used in fine German book printing and manuscript illumination. Hermann Dolmetsch (1838
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1880s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

17th Century and later carved oak overmantle
Located in Martlesham, GB
intricate carved leaf and fluted decoration, carved figures and grotesque masks flanking each panel
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1680s British Jacobean Antique Grotesque

Materials

Oak

Chest. Carved wood, metal. Spanish school, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
two grotesques facing each other or back to back, with a candlestick or central motif as the axis
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16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Metal, Other

19th Century Neo-Renaissance Cabinet Closet
Located in Berlin, DE
19th century Neo-Renaissance cabinet closet Oak, solid. Richly carved, grotesque carved, two
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19th Century German Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Oak

Italian Renaissance Decorative Prints – Architectural and Textile Designs, 1887
Located in Langweer, NL
creatures, arabesques, cherubs, masks, festoons, allegorical figures, grotesques, scrolling foliage, and
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1880s German Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Vibrant Italian Renaissance Decorative Art Plates – Original Chromolithos, 1887
Located in Langweer, NL
creatures, arabesques, cherubs, masks, festoons, allegorical figures, grotesques, scrolling foliage, and
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1880s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Large German Early 20th Century Silver Nef by Berthold Müller
By Berthold Muller
Located in London, GB
crafted aquatic scene, crowned by a grotesque mask and flanked by finely detailed lion heads. Gunports and
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Early 20th Century German Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silver

Royal Worcester Rare Set Porcelain Winged Griffin Marbled Table Salts
By Royal Worcester
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
the upper bowl. Absolutely stunning and enhanced by the characterful and grotesque griffins. Each
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1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Porcelain

Burmese Carved Horned Figure Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Burmese style (19th Century) carved and painted wall plaque of head of grotesque figure with
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19th Century Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

Original Poster John Heartfield’s Die Lehre des Wolfes political photomontage
Located in PARIS, FR
composition presents a grotesque anthropomorphic wolf, dressed in military regalia, addressing a group of farm
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Early 20th Century Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper, Linen, Lithograph

Miss Whitehead - The Bank Nun
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
grotesque magnet for lingering Romantic-era anxieties about the circulation of paper credit, financial
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19th Century Antique Grotesque

Materials

Engraving

Rare 14th Century Limestone Pinnacle from Beverley Minster
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
of 3 pieces with weathered grotesques which together stand at an impressive 2.26m tall (7’41”). It
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15th Century and Earlier English Medieval Antique Grotesque

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Pair of Late 19th Century Bronze and Griotte Uni Marble Ewers After Clodion
Located in Long Island City, NY
Each with fluted spreading neck fronted with a grotesque mask and a pair of entwined serpent handles
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19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Continental Silver Gilt Salt Cellars
Located in New Orleans, LA
bold Mannerist style, distinguished by kneeling satyrs supporting grotesque masks at the corners of
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19th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silver

Rare Pair 19 C. French Ormolu Mounted Theodore Deck Faience Porcelain Lamps
By Theodore Deck
Located in New York, NY
extend from the upper shoulders of the vases. At the base of each handle, molded grotesque mask faces are
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1870s French Chinoiserie Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ormolu

Set of 4 Antique German Renaissance Design Prints by H. Dolmetsch, c.1887
Located in Langweer, NL
features calligraphic initials, decorative borders, grotesques, birds, floral scrolls, and fantastical
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1880s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

19th Century Venetian Rococo Style Painted Cheval Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
see a centered grotesque face biting a classic ribbon bow of blooming flower vines. On the bottom, on
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

Cabinet, XVI-XVIIth century
Located in Milano, IT
according to the imagination of the time, and again from a grotesque mask. In the upper part there is
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16th Century Italian Other Antique Grotesque

Materials

Poplar, Walnut

Fine Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Seven-Light, Electrified Candelabras
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Long Island City, NY
Clodion Each as a vase cast in high relief with a procession of putti, with a pair of grotesque mask
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

An Elegant Nineteenth Century Italian Marble Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
composition made famous by the so-called 'Marlborough Gem'. Flanking the central tablet are the grotesque
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Marble

Rare circa 1908 French satirical poster - The Masonic Bedbugs
Located in PARIS, FR
, visually depicting Freemasons as grotesque bedbugs with human heads. Printed on blue paper with large
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Early 1900s Antique Grotesque

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

THOMIRE Cie, Hunting-Themed Centerpiece
By Thomire Cie.
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
, scrolls and palmettes reminiscent of Renaissance grotesques unfold, interspersed with still-life fruit
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Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

19th CenturyRenaissance Style Carved Walnut Antique Bench
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
decorations in Renaissance style with grotesque faces. Fantastic big paw feet. High and imposing backrest, the
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1880s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Walnut

Georgian Silver Basket by Peter Archambo
By Peter Archambo
Located in New Orleans, LA
the Fenwick family. The basket's body is shaped in an elegant oval form, raised on four grotesque
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18th Century English George II Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silver

Beverley Minster Rare 14th Century Limestone Pinnacle
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
grotesques which together stand at an impressive 2.26m tall (7'41"). It will make a unique feature of any
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15th Century and Earlier English Medieval Antique Grotesque

Materials

Stone, Limestone

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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.