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Untitled (Musician with clarinet)
By Paul Gavarni (Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
grotesque sides of family life and generally bear the stamp of a bitter philosophy. In 1847 he went to
Category

1840s Romantic Antique Grotesque

Materials

Watercolor

1800s Antique Renaissance Revival, Carved Display Cabinet / Vitrine
Located in Austin, TX
crest, dual glazed doors, over two drawers, rising on grotesque mask scrolled supports, ending on paw
Category

19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

Minton Majolica Renaissance Revival Jug or Pitcher
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
figures with dogs. (Diana, the huntress on one side.) Grotesque mask to the front. Coloration: Green, blue
Category

1870s English Victorian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Majolica

Neo-Renaissance Angel Ewer 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
caryatid "pouto" (angel of love) ends in a grotesque head. On the opposite side of the ewer, an angel
Category

19th Century Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

Hand Carved Antique Adirondack Table Stand circa 1870s-1890
Located in Peabody, MA
Forest manner with scrolling leaves, red roses and a wonderfully toothy lion grotesque. Table top
Category

Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood, Birch

Peste Dessous Peste Dessus Peste Partout!-Original Etching by James Ensor-1900s
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
souvenir emporium that sold grotesque carnival masks). Harsh colors and thick layers distinguish his style
Category

Early 1900s Modern Antique Grotesque

Materials

Etching

Pair of Regence Style Four-Light Candelabra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
grotesque masks issuing three acanthus and vine wrapped scrolling branches terminating in baluster turned
Category

19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Max Ernst Christmas Card 1938 Signed Modern Mixed Media Collage and Drawing
By Max Ernst
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
. Ernst's work often featured ironic juxtapositions of grotesque elements with Cubist and Expressionist
Category

19th Century Unknown Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Antique Sterling Silver Glass Claret Jug Topazio Portugal
Located in Marbella, ES
spout with superb quality detail all around the sides and a grotesque mask on the handle. The Cut
Category

Early 20th Century Portuguese Antique Grotesque

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese porcelain Cooler / Planter / Jar - Rose family - 19th - Qing China
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
grotesques with lion heads and coats of arms. This very beautiful cooler is oval in shape with a scalloped
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Grotesque

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Faience Candelabrum – Antique Decorative Arts Lithograph, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
depicting an elaborate Italian faience candelabrum in grotesque style. This remarkable piece, once in the
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Italian Faience Vasque – Antique Decorative Arts Lithograph, Stockholm 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
lithograph depicting a monumental Italian faience vasque in the grotesque style, preserved in the collection
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

19th Century Tuscan Italian Renaissance Polychrome Painted Buffet Cupboard
Located in Forney, TX
feature inset panels with beautiful medieval Florence hand painted whimsical flags capped by grotesque
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood, Paint

19th Century English Gilt Gesso Console Table in the Early Georgian Style
Located in London, GB
shell, and having an opposed running Vitruvian scrolls: the corners decorated with grotesque masks, with
Category

19th Century English Georgian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Gesso

Georg Fortner Upright Piano Mahogany High Relief Carvings by Julius Bechler
Located in Leeds, GB
candlesticks. Entire cabinet features carved flowers, foliage, musical instruments and grotesque heads on each
Category

Late 19th Century German Antique Grotesque

Materials

Mahogany

French Set of 12 Henri II cane dining room chairs - Renaissance - 19th - France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
, foliage, grotesques and bas-relief medallions with mythological scenes or portraits cover the facades and
Category

19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood, Oak

French 19th Century Empire Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Firenze, IT
a wonderfully patinated powder blue/cerulean light blue background color and features grotesque
Category

19th Century French Empire Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Salière – Nationalmuseum Stockholm, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
lithograph depicting a richly ornamented Italian faience salière (salt cellar) in the grotesque style
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Italian Faience Hunting Gourde – Antique Decorative Arts Lithograph, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
lithograph depicting a richly decorated Italian faience 'gourde de chasse' (hunting flask) in grotesque style
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Racinet, Auguste, L Ornement Polychrome, Renaissance Set of 4 Firmin-Didot Paris
By Auguste Racinet
Located in New York, NY
L'Ornement Polychrome published by Firmin-Didot 1869-1873 and 1885-1887. Architectural elements, grotesques
Category

19th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Oil on Leather Three Panel Room Divider
Located in Forney, TX
hand painted with fantastical classical design depicting grotesque arabesque motif including putti
Category

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paint

Father Wind Spinning Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
seasons. Father Wind is depicted as a Grotesque to to ward off evil and as a reminder of the separation of
Category

Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood, Oak

19th Century Pair of Napoleon III Andirons in Patinated Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
intertwining dragons and grotesque masks, circa 1880. Dimension: W 13 in, D 13in, H 72.8in. Dimension: L
Category

Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

Chair Stool Hall Sgabello Pair 16 Century Venetian Renaissance Carved Sculpture
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
, Venetian, walnut, sgabelli backstools. The crestings depict a grotesque masque supported by a pair of putti
Category

16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Grotesque

Materials

Walnut

Rare Antique Lithograph – Italian Faience Aiguière, Rothschild Collection, 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
-format color lithograph presents a richly decorated Italian faience 'aiguière' (ewer) in the grotesque
Category

Mid-19th Century French Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Vier Schmetterlinge - Etching by Richard Muller - 1899
By Richard Müller
Located in Roma, IT
, Surrealism has a key role in his artworks, many of his artworks representing Grotesque and erotic scene, also
Category

1890s Symbolist Antique Grotesque

Materials

Etching

19th Century French Gothic Revival Andirons Mounted As Table Lamps - A Pair
Located in Forney, TX
, featuring turned column with two pierced reticulated balls, grotesque lion mask with door knocker ring
Category

19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Joseph Reinemann Jugendstil Pewter Novelty Bird Desk Inkwell, Germany c1902
By Martin Brothers, Arts and Crafts Company, Robert Wallace Martin
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
, Munich, a Jugendstil silvered pewter novelty desk inkwell in the form of a grotesque bird, with red
Category

Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Grotesque

Materials

Pewter

Charles Harleux 1895 Paris Art Nouveau Pair of Candlestick in Sterling Silver
By Charles Harleux
Located in Miami, FL
are one of a kind and has been designed in the art nouveau and grotesque styles, depicting organic
Category

Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Grotesque

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Mid 19th Century Irish Mahogany Carved Wall Mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
, with similar carved grotesque masques in profile at sides of frame.
Category

1830s Irish George IV Antique Grotesque

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Italian Cantagalli Maiolica Large Plate with family noble emblem, Late 19th C.
By Cantagalli
Located in CH
is enriched with fantastical Grotesque decoration on a cobalt-blue field, executed in the refined
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ceramic, Maiolica

Pair of Antique Porcelain Vase-Form Lamps with Floral Decoration
Located in London, GB
side are a pair of grotesque bearded Classical masks, and a celadon glaze is applied to the neck and
Category

19th Century European Rococo Antique Grotesque

Materials

Brass

Plate Imperial Viennese Porcelain Manufactory dated 1816
By Viennese Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
Located in Vienna, AT
areas are decorated with so-said Grotesque (Italian: GROTTESCHI) pattern. - Material is PORCELAIN
Category

19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Grotesque

Materials

Porcelain

Spanish Bronze Brazier, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
, topped with grotesque masks of synthetic features. The container is flattened and staggered, with a clear
Category

18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

Das Grosse Tier II - Etching by Richard Muller - 1919
By Richard Müller
Located in Roma, IT
representing Grotesque and erotic scene, also demonstrating his bizarre visions towards society and war, Many
Category

1910s Symbolist Antique Grotesque

Materials

Etching

Victorian Angelskin Coral Brooch
Located in New York, NY
grotesque figures. Beautifully hand carved with the pink coral tones centered down the profiles. Very well
Category

1870s Italian Victorian Antique Grotesque

Materials

Coral, Sterling Silver

Set of Four Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Antique Wall Lights
Located in London, GB
bronze and mounted with a contrasting gilt bronze grotesque mask. From the open mouth of the ormolu mask
Category

Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Crown Doulton Lambeth Floral Painted Trumpet Vase With Griffins
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
blooms on trailing leafy stems with gilded trailing stems around the lower body. Four grotesque Griffin
Category

1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Grotesque

Materials

Stoneware

A German Anti-Semitic Beer Stein, Circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
ears. The final imagery on the beer stein is two scenes. On one side the Jews are grotesquely depicted
Category

1890s German Antique Grotesque

Materials

Pewter

German Rococo Silver Gilt Coffee Pot, Nuremberg, 17th-18th century
Located in Miami Beach, FL
mannerist detailing including lobes, garlands, grotesque masques, scrolls, and rocaille. Magnification
Category

17th Century German Rococo Antique Grotesque

Materials

Vermeil, Silver

Large Japanese Meiji Bronze Lidded Urn, 19th Century
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
plinth base with tongue and grotesque head formed legs with dragon handles and a flat cover with a large
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

Christian Art and Portraits - Original Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christian grotesque art at the top, through short and soft strokes, details of the artworks are perfectly
Category

19th Century Antique Grotesque

Materials

Lithograph

19th Century Regency Carved Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
centred grotesque mask flanked with scrolling foliate.
Category

Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Grotesque

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

19th Century Italian Venetian Neoclassical White Figural Centerpiece Dwarfs
By Este Ceramiche
Located in Milano, MI
grotesque and festoons pattern. It comes from a private collection of a Milanese family. Good age
Category

Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ceramic

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Bronze Figure by Christian Daniel Rauch
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
century. The elaborate pedestal with theatrical grotesque masks on the corners and fine chiseled reliefs
Category

1830s German Romantic Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

Louis XV Style White Carrara Marble Figural Fireplace
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
and a grotesque mask, centred by a cartouche carved with the coat of arms of a Spanish noble House
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Antique Grotesque

Materials

Carrara Marble

Antique 17th century Dutch Bellarmine Jug - Baardmankruik - Bartmann jug Rare!
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
progressively debased and notably grotesque". Distribution and use The coat of arms of Frechen includes a
Category

17th Century Dutch Ming Antique Grotesque

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century, Italian Polychrome Paper Painted Centerpiece
Located in IT
, within a lozenge, there are grotesque drawings. The metal edging is chiseled in the corners with
Category

19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Grotesque

Materials

Paper

Pair of large porcelain vases with "Valentine blue" background
Located in Paris, FR
decorated with garlands of flowers, in a grotesque style and the neck of each vase is also enhanced with
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Republic Period Cloisonné Bowl, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
panels containing grotesque masks. The rounded and heavily made bowl stands on a narrow rounded foot with
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Grotesque

Materials

Enamel

Zsolnay Hungarian Floral Reticulated Porcelain Vase with Cobalt Blue Panels
By Zsolnay
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
applied with scrolling grotesque dragon head handles to either side. The vase is richly hand painted in
Category

1890s Hungarian Art Nouveau Antique Grotesque

Materials

Porcelain

Gilt Heavy Bronze Repousse Rectangular Jewelry/Decorative Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
the sides, there are other cherubs holding a cartouche decorated with scrolls, shells and a grotesque
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Bronze

English fairground panel
Located in London, GB
century fairground rounders panel/frieze, depicting a screaming grotesque being, attributed to Orton
Category

19th Century British Folk Art Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood

Pair of Gilt Bronze Table Candelabra by Ferdinand Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
bodies with twin scrolling handles and centred by a grotesque mask, surmounted by the upward facing light
Category

Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Grotesque

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Large Antique 18th Century Moustiers Style French Faience Soup Tureen
By Moustier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
from the workshop of Clermont-Ferrand. With grotesque mask handles and the original lid. Measures
Category

18th Century French Baroque Antique Grotesque

Materials

Faience

1800s Antique Renaissance Revival Carved Walnut, Figural, W/Crest Sideboard!!
Located in Austin, TX
caryatid supports, all rising on grotesque mask feet, evidence of old woodworm damage throughout
Category

19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Grotesque

Materials

Wood, Walnut

A Louis XV Statuary Marble Rococo Chimneypiece with Highly Unusual Grotto Work
Located in London, GB
grotesque beneath the frieze, snarling into the fire. From either side of the tablet a fluting tendril is
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Grotesque

Materials

Statuary Marble

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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.