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1930s Solid Brass Glass Cut and Lead Crystal Arrow Pendulums Table Lamp
Located in Germantown, MD
crystal prisms and spear/arrow pendulums. Comes with original harp and solid brass finial. Lamp is 6
Category

Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Harps

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Italian Gold Gilt Brass Sheaf of Wheat Desk or Table Lamp After Maison Baguès
By Maison Baguès
Located in New York, NY
and brass finial. Dimensions: 25.5" Height to top of finial. 22.63" Height to top of harp. 16
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Mid-19th Century Brass Oil Lamps Converted to Table Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
" high to the sockets Wired and ready to illuminate No shades, no harps.
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Manierre Dawson (American, 1887-1969) Abstract oil painting on canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, 1971, p. 354; Davidson, Abraham. Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935. New York: Harper and Row
Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Paint

English Renaissance Style Pictorial Mahogany and Iron Highboy Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
front 2 doors and sides with two harp-shaped legs with a wrought iron stretcher and iron hardware.
Category

Late 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Harps

Materials

Iron

George II Salver Made in London by William Peaston, 1752
By William Peaston
Located in London, GB
1783, Mary, who married Richard Harper Esq and Sarah, who married Sir Lister Holt of Aston. William
Category

18th Century English George II Antique Harps

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Pair of Charles X Ormolu and Bronze Candelabra Lamps
Located in New York, NY
included. Height to socket is 20" - height can be adjusted with different harps.
Category

1830s French Empire Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Set of Six Neoclassical Chairs, Germany, 1800-1810
Located in Belmont, MA
Unique set of six Neoclassical chairs, Germany 1800-1810, cherrywood. Beautiful harp motif on the
Category

Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Cherry

Single English Rosewood Floor Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A single, circa 1920s English rosewood and bronze floor lamp with adjustable harp.    
Category

1920s English Antique Harps

Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Crystal Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This extremely fine quality French fixture has a harp form central section hung with cut crystal
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

In the Parlor with a Book
By Elizabeth Shippen Green
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Initialed Lower Right Story illustration for “Endymion Uncut” by Arthur Stanwood Pier, Harper
Category

Early 1900s Antique Harps

Materials

Charcoal, Board

Edwardian French 18kt Opal + Diamond Dangle Earrings
Located in Narberth, PA
motion. The earrings are secured by a golden ear harp. A unique and intriguing pair of dangling earrings
Category

Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Harps

Materials

Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Pair of French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Cherub Statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
upon an ormolu book while playing a delicate harp. The other stands with an ormolu fiddle.
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Royal Worcester Candlestick Lamps
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair of Royal Worcester porcelain candlesticks of a children made into lamps with harps and finials
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Harps

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 19th Century Bronze Musicians, 49cm high
Located in Brighton, Sussex
musicians, the boy holding a harp, entitled ' The Grace of God' and the girl holding a mandolin entitled
Category

19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Golden Autumn, Adirondacks
By Paul Bernard King
Located in Milford, NH
Harper’s magazines, and went on to become well known for his portraits, landscapes, rural scenes, and
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of E. F. Caldwell Co. Dore Bronze Mtd. Carved Rose Quartz Enamel Lamps
By Edward F. Caldwell Co.
Located in New York, NY
. On the bottom of each is a stamped "C" in a diamond. The total Height including Harp and Shades would
Category

Early 1900s American Louis XVI Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Patinated Bronze Study of a Musician by Marcel Debut
By Marcel Debut
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality late 19th Century French patinated bronze musician playing a Harp. Signed
Category

Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Victorian Porcelain Seed-Pearl Gold Brooch
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
a porcelain painting of a child of the forest playing his harp. Length: 2.5 inches
Category

Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Harps

Materials

Natural Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

18th c. Walnut Refectory Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Harp Leg Walnut Table
Category

18th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Harps

Materials

Walnut

Oriental Porcelain Celadon Glazed Painted Vase Mounted as a Lamp 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
. no harp or shade.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Harps

Materials

Celadon

Pair of French Gilt Wood Gesso Four Arm Foliage Mirror Wall Sconces, C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
, four scrolled acanthus medallion arms, flanking harp mirrors, and valences with rope tassels. Early
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1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Harps

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Allegorical Gilt Bronze Clock Depiction Clio, the Muse of History and Music
By Louis-Charles Boileau
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Music. Clio is shown here sitting on the clock plinth playing her harp. To the left of the clock dial
Category

Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Bouillotte Lamp, France, circa 1800
Located in Delft, NL
has a gold painted scene with a flower vase between garlands and a harp with laurel leaves. The
Category

Early 18th Century French Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Irish sterling silver wine jug, Weir sons company Dublin, 1917
By Weir Sons Dublin
Located in Gorssel, GE
used by Weir Sons since 1872 Harp crowned – Purity mark for sterling silver Hibernia mark
Category

1910s Irish Antique Harps

Materials

Silver

Antique Print of the Priscilla Winning the Atlantic Club Regatta, 1886
Located in Langweer, NL
originates from 'Harper's Weekly. Journal of Civilization'. Boat print.
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

German or Austrian Fruitwood Deco Table Lamp
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Sharon, CT
rewiring. 15.5" to top of harp.
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Harps

Materials

Wood

Single Chinese Langyao Hong Oxblood Red Porcelain Vase, Wired as a Lamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
globular form, on a wooden base, with a brass fixture. Shade available separately. 33" H (with harp
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Late 19th C., Pair of Japanese Satsuma Vase Table Lamps with Warrior Figures
Located in Morristown, NJ
harp, has an overall attractive appearance. Decorated on a white background with gold, blue, yellow and
Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Harps

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Swedish Late Gustavian, Early Empire Giltwood Trumeau Form Mirror, circa 1810
Located in Kinderhook, NY
having acanthus leaf ogee cornice surmounting frieze with radiating lyre (harp) design centered between
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Harps

Materials

Glass, Giltwood

1837 Mitchell s "Tourist s Pocket Map of the State of Virginia" by J.H. Young
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
settlements of pre-Civil War Virginia. Only four railroads are shown at this time: Winchester to Harper
Category

1830s American Antique Harps

Materials

Paper

A Merry Christmas original wood engraving by Thomas Nast 1880
By (After) Thomas Cole
Located in Paonia, CO
3rd, 1880 Harper’s Weekly. It is in very good condition and signed in the plate.
Category

1880s Other Art Style Antique Harps

Materials

Woodcut

Black and Gold Eagle Console Table, Sweden circa 1830
Located in Round Top, TX
Dramatic eagle head carving in shape of harp form the base of this Neoclassical console table from
Category

Mid-19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Wood, Paint

Émile-Louis Picault, a French Orientalist Bronze of Queen Esther
By Émile Louis Picault
Located in Brighton, Sussex
costume, holding a musical harp. Measures: 75 cm(29") Signed E. Picualt.
Category

19th Century French Romantic Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

18th C. Walnut Refectory Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
Walnut Refectory table with Iron Stretcher and Harp Legs
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Harps

Materials

Walnut

Fine Antique French Neoclassical Style Gilt and Patinated Bronze Desk Lamp
By Gagneau Paris
Located in New York, NY
embellished harp and finely chiseled Victory Wreath finial. Attributed to Maison Gagneau Paris. We sold a
Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Walter MacFarlane Co English Cast Iron Royal Coat Of Arms Shield 61"
By Walter MacFarlane Co
Located in Dayton, OH
lion rampant, Scotland’s royal symbol. In the lower left is a harp which represents Ireland
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Harps

Materials

Iron

White Porcelain Leg Table Lamps with Shades
Located in Brooklyn, NY
brushed nickel necks and brass sockets, harps and finials. The lamps are newly wired with gray cloth cord
Category

Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800
Located in Portland, OR
playing a harp. This remarkable printed textile is period to Washington's death & dated 1800", a rare
Category

1790s Federal Antique Harps

Materials

Silk

An Impressive Pair of 19th Century Orientalist Spelter Figures, After A. Waagen
By Max Arthur Waagen
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
drum being held aloft, and the female figure shown cradling a harp on her shoulder, her hair flung back
Category

Late 19th Century French Other Antique Harps

Materials

Spelter

Pair of French 19th Century Neoclassical Bronze and Red Marble Lamps
Located in Shippensburg, PA
cord and are ready to place. A very fine acquisition. Measurements: 35 3/4" H (including harp) x 6 1
Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Marble, Bronze, Ormolu

Early 20th Century Faux Bois "Fountain" Table Lamp WITHOUT shade
Located in Wainscott, NY
/piece has been fabricated into a modern day lamp. Lamp is set up for a harp which will hold a lamp shade
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Harps

Materials

Stone

Antique White Marble Mantle Fireplace, Brass Profiles, 19th Century, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
villa in Italy, full Umbertino style, with a pediment carved with a harp and musical symbols, very rich
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Antique Harps

Materials

Carrara Marble

The Suspected Suffragette
By Elizabeth Shippen Green
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. 53 Literature: Robert E. Vernede, "The Outrage at Port Allington", Harper's Monthly, December 1913
Category

1910s Antique Harps

Materials

Charcoal, Board, Pencil

The Itinerant Fiddler
By Arthur Burdett Frost
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, probably Harper's Weekly magazine, 1890.
Category

1890s Antique Harps

Materials

Watercolor

Pocket Watch, Deroches Brothers, Gilded Metal, Enamels, Etc. P Late 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
(two ladies, with a score on a music stand and one of them playing a harp). The white dial features
Category

Late 18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Harps

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Other

Pair Napoleon III Period Glazed Faience Table Lamps with Bronze Bases
Located in Dallas, TX
new harps and silk shades, each has been newly electrified by an expert electrician for the perfect
Category

1870s French Napoleon III Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

Battle of the Big Hole, Magazine Cover
By Rufus Zogbaum
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. Zogbaum/ 95' bottom right Size: 18 x 13 3/4 in. Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, New York
Category

1890s Antique Harps

Materials

Gouache, Laid Paper

Pair of Italian Terracotta Oil Jars Adapted as Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
of bases not including bulb fitting or harp is 12.75". Can be sold individually Shades are not
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Harps

Materials

Terracotta

Vintage Black and Gold Toned Metal Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
without shade. Height measurement below includes harp. Fully electrified for U.S. use.  
Category

Early 20th Century American Baroque Antique Harps

Materials

Metal

English Mahogany Stick Barometer Signed T. Taylor London
Located in Savannah, GA
and calibrated by Julian Gibbard, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, with documentation. See measurements
Category

Early 1800s English George III Antique Harps

Materials

Brass

French Bronze and Brass Torchiere, Early 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
fittings, incorporating a reeded, hour-glass-form harp, raised on splayed legs. Stock ID: D1393
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Satsuma Urn Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
included. Circa 1860s Measures: 30.5 height x 9 in diameter (height includes harp).
Category

Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Harps

Materials

Bronze

1888 George Elbert Burr Southwest Desert Landscape Drawing, Morning Near Arizona
By George Elbert Burr
Located in Denver, CO
illustrator for Scribner’s, Harper’s, and The Observer, Burr dedicated his career to capturing the American
Category

1880s American Impressionist Antique Harps

Materials

Color Pencil

David Webb Cocktail Ring In 18kt Platinum And 40.44 Cts Star Sapphire Diamonds
By David Webb
Located in Miami, FL
his wife. Diana Vreeland, a noted columnist and editor of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, was often seen
Category

1920s American Modernist Antique Harps

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Star Sapphire, Gold, 18...

Japanese Lacquer Writing Box, Suzuribako, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
a koto, a thirteen stringed harp or zither. The flush fitting lid, inrobuta, of tapered shape and
Category

18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Harps

Materials

Gold, Silver, Copper

THE GREAT FAIR GIVEN AT THE CITY ASSEMBLY ROOMS, NEW YORK, DECEMBER, 1861
By Winslow Homer
Located in Portland, ME
AID OF THE CITY POOR. Wood engraving after a drawing by Homer, published in Harper's Magazine December
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Harps

Materials

Engraving

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Antique Harps For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique harps available for sale. Each of these unique antique harps was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. There are all kinds of antique harps available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique harps bearing Victorian or Art Nouveau hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Tiffany Studios, Robert Harper and Sébastien Érard each produced beautiful antique harps that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique Harps?

Prices for antique harps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique harps begin at $1 and can go as high as $179,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,328.
Questions About Antique Harps
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Early harps have a few different names. Lyre harp or simply lyre is a very common term used for harps that appeared in ancient Sumeria and Phoenicia. There were also diatonic harps, Renaissance harps, triple strung harps, both single and double action pedal harps and chromatic harps. Shop a collection of properly vetted antique harps from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.