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“The Fisherman’s Cottage”
By Frederick Cozzens
Located in Southampton, NY
. His preferred medium was watercolor, and he began his career as an illustrator working for Harpers
Category
1920s Academic Antique Harps
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
“India, 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal studies, still lifes
Category
1910s Academic Antique Harps
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$703 Sale Price
24% Off
Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony How Many Eggs? After Winslow Homer wood engraving
By Winslow Homer
Located in Paonia, CO
Raid On A Sand-Swallow Colony " How Many Eggs?" is an original wood engraving from Harper
Category
1870s Antique Harps
Materials
Woodcut
“Tsingtao, China 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper’s with animal
Category
1910s Academic Antique Harps
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$700 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Giltwood Cartel Wall Clock by Gustav Becker
Located in Norwich, GB
with swag decoration, turned finials, surmounted by a harp with starburst decoration below the dial
Category
1890s German Victorian Antique Harps
Materials
Giltwood
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Marquerite" Signed P. Dubois
By Paul Dubois
Located in Long Island City, NY
bronze depicting a beautiful woman playing the harp.
Paul Dubois was born on the 18 July 1829 in
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
Print of Musical Instruments and Other Items of Java by Hurter
circa 1830
Located in Langweer, NL
chopsticks; b: coins; c: Tjenella (slippers); d: Chinese violin; e: bow; f, g: Garinding (Jew's harp made of
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Harps
Materials
Paper
$237 Sale Price
20% Off
Neo Classical, Renaissance Revival Cast Bronze 1920s Table Lamp
Located in Lomita, CA
emblems, the circular foot has stylized egg and dart decoration. The brass harp is original, and so is the
Category
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
$399 Sale Price
63% Off
Rena Rosenthal, Madonna
Child, Art Deco Wood
Metal Sculpture, ca. 1920’s
By Rena Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
principally for her exclusive retail shop (regular advertisements were seen in House & Garden and Harpers
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Harps
Materials
Metal
Family Escape
By Charles E. Chambers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
of the flood” Story illustration: “The Understudy”, author: Johnson Morton, Harper’s Monthly, August
Category
1910s Antique Harps
Materials
Oil, Board
Louis XVI Style Cylinder Bureau, By François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
centred by a gilt-bronze foliate framed oval decorated with floral marquetry and a harp and books
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Harps
Materials
Ormolu
Original Hand-Colored Bird Print of the Superb Lyrebird of Australia (male)
Located in Langweer, NL
, which, in the male, resemble a lyre or harp shape. These intricate plumes, combined with the bird's
Category
1840s Antique Harps
Materials
Paper
$123 Sale Price
20% Off
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Charleston, SC
Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and resting
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze, Wire
17th Century, The Martyrdom of the Four Crowned Saints by Giuliano Dinarelli
By Carlo Piacenza
Located in IT
depicted is to be identified with that of Apollo Citaredo, distinguished by the harp and the mantel
Category
Mid-17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Harps
Materials
Canvas
18th century Georgian Sterling Silver Irish Sauce Boat
Located in Savannah, GA
graceful handle. Marked with the symbol of Ireland and the harp fineness symbol. The makers first initial
Category
1770s Irish Georgian Antique Harps
Materials
Sterling Silver
Man looking into Window
By Everett Shinn
Located in Miami, FL
Original Magazine Illustration for a magazine like Harper's, Vanity Fair, Life, Look, and Judge
Category
1910s American Realist Antique Harps
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Gouache, Pencil, Watercolor
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Masken (Masks)
— German Expressionism, Bauhaus
By Lyonel Feininger
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
(Harper’s Round Table) and Germany (Fliegende Blätter), his innovative creations bringing him great success
Category
1920s Bauhaus Antique Harps
Materials
Woodcut
Large 19th Century French Gilt Bronze Figural Mantel Clock
Located in Tarzana, CA
wearing a toga sitting amidst broken columns as she is looking up while holding an angel harp.
Circa
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
Moorish Mughal Indo Persian Islamic Brass Table Lamp
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
lidded urn mounted as a table lamp.
The Arabian Islamic brass table lamp with the harp that has an
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Moorish Antique Harps
Materials
Brass
Cattle By Pond At Dusk, Mid-19th Century Tonalist Landscape by William Keith
By William Keith
Located in Soquel, CA
a wood engraver in 1856 working for "Harper's" magazine. In 1858 (or 1859) he visited California for
Category
1890s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Harps
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
$2,887 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Victorian 18 Karat Gold and Garnet Earrings, Ca. 1820-1850
Located in Rotterdam, NL
design reminds me of the lyre harp and set with beautiful faceted garnets. Which have different cut
Category
Early 19th Century European Early Victorian Antique Harps
Materials
Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th, Circular Ormolu Bronze French Centerpiece with Mirror
Located in IT
cm, 11 cm the highest point (harps)
This splendid French centerpiece has a round base covered by a
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
The Melancholic Minstrel: A Musical Performer
s Attire, Published in 1847
Located in Langweer, NL
harp, an emblem of the minstrel's craft, with its strings and soundbox detailed in the lithograph. The
Category
1840s Antique Harps
Materials
Paper
$170 Sale Price
20% Off
Large French Art Deco Patinated and Gilt Bronze Seven-Light Figural Wall Sconce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
impressive harp-shaped frame with the light-arms in the form of lilies, crowned with a gilt-bronze scrolled
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
$7,850 Sale Price
34% Off
19th Century English Sheraton Bookcase Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
, circa 1820, having a unique gilt bronze lion's head and harp accented cornice atop two glazed doors with
Category
Early 19th Century Sheraton Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Da - Da I
— German Expressionism, Rare
By Lyonel Feininger
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
both in the US (Harper’s Round Table) and Germany (Fliegende Blätter), his innovative creations
Category
1920s Bauhaus Antique Harps
Materials
Woodcut
19th Century Bronze and Crystal Candelabra
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
scrolled bronze resembling a harp, bearing an aged patina. This candelabra is wired and is in good working
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Harps
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Bucks County Winter Landscape
By Paul Bernard King
Located in Milford, NH
illustrator for Life and Harper’s magazines, and went on to become well known for his portraits, landscapes
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Harps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women - Woodcut Print - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
, Harper's Magazine. Hemiplegic by the end of his life, he produced a few prints made with his left hand.
Category
1850s Modern Antique Harps
Materials
Woodcut
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
and the Animals."
The harp-playing Orpheus sits centrally in front of a tree whose trunk bifurcates
Category
17th Century Baroque Antique Harps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stony Brook
By Paul Bernard King
Located in Milford, NH
Life and Harper’s magazines, and went on to become well known for his portraits, landscapes, rural
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Harps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Darting Gun Toggle Iron Harpoon, Marked Macy, for Bark Sunbeam
Located in Nantucket, MA
for six weeks to obtain first-hand experience for a Harper’s Monthly Magazine article on whaling. His
Category
1860s American Other Antique Harps
Materials
Steel
Child in Prayer Cover of Good Housekeeping Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
work was featured in many national magazines, such as Ladies' Home Journal, Collier's, Harper
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Harps
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache
Gentleman with his Three Children by 18th Century English Artist John Opie
By John Opie
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
him playing musical instruments, the daughter with her harp and son playing the flute. A third child
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Harps
Materials
Canvas
Large 19th century marble sculpture,
The Love Boat
Located in Tarzana, CA
. Three children playing musical instruments (violin, flute and angel harp), one cherub rows the swan
Category
19th Century Antique Harps
Materials
Marble
Pair French 19th Century Napoleon III Empire Style Gilt-Bronze Urn Table Lamps
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Los Angeles, CA
style wreaths and harps. (Now converted to table lamps - electrified). Both lamps fitted with recent
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
$14,850 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Wonderful Victorian Pyrite Necklace
Located in New York, NY
", it is mounted in graduated oval settings with "Irish harp" motif centerpiece.
Pyrite is a fragile
Category
Late 19th Century Irish Late Victorian Antique Harps
Materials
Quartz, Gilt Metal
French Bronze Orientalist Figure by Georges Charles Coudray
Located in Tarzana, CA
figure of an Orientalist Woman Playing Harp with Sphinx Head.
Signed: Coudray AP
with seal of Societe
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
The Confab
By John George Brown
Located in Fort Washington, PA
of Artists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. February, 1883.
LITERATURE: HARPER'S WEEKLY, volume XXVII
Category
1880s Realist Antique Harps
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Large Cast Iron Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
By Walter MacFarlane
Co
Located in London, GB
England and Wales, a rampant lion is symbolic of Scotland and a golden harp represents Ireland. The design
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Late Victorian Antique Harps
Materials
Iron
Dory Fishermen
By Frederick Cozzens
Located in New York, NY
preferred medium was watercolor, and he began his career as an illustrator working for Harpers Weekly, the
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Harps
Materials
Watercolor
Lovely Musically Inspired French Walnut Étagère Bookcase Whatnot Bergere Rattan
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
top back look like musical harps, this is a very good looking and well made piece
We have cleaned
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Harps
Materials
Walnut
Diamond Enamel Antique Eagle Brooch
Located in New York, NY
collection of Madeleine Albright, "Read My Pins", published by Harper Collins, 2009.
Category
1890s Unknown Antique Harps
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum
Late 19th century color cityscape Milwaukee trees figures lake churches
By Theodore R. Davis
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"View of the City of Milwaukee" from "Harper's Weekly" is an original hand-colored wood engraving
Category
1880s Other Art Style Antique Harps
Materials
Engraving
Napoleon III Pedestal Clock “Parquet Regulator” after Jean-Henri Riesener, 1734
Located in Berlin, DE
a harp (Apollo Reference) the cherubs are underlined by pearls, scrolls of Acanthus Leaves and
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
Still Life with Fruits
By Reginald Bathurst Birch
Located in Hillsborough, NC
educated in Britain, Birch moved to New York to work as an illustrator for magazines such as Harpers and
Category
1910s Antique Harps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
"Sampling Chocolates, " Quintessential Art Deco Drawing with Blindfolded Flapper
By John Held Jr.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
for some of the finest magazines of the day, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar
Category
1920s American Art Deco Antique Harps
Materials
Paper
Antique Victorian Heritage Green Leather Chesterfield Tufted Bench / Footstool
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
is almost musical, its looks like a Biedermeier harp on the sides.
Condition wise, there will be
Category
Late 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Harps
Materials
Leather, Beech
Rare Set of Six Dram Mugs Made in London in 1871 by Richard Sibley
Located in London, GB
sides are also decorated with reeding and each has a plain harp shaped handle. The interior displays
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Harps
Materials
Silver
Fine Carved and Ebonized Bar Cabinet
Located in Milano, IT
harp in her hand, thus representing the musicians who entertained the populace, while the other is
Category
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Harps
Materials
Metal, Brass
$8,069 Sale Price
20% Off
Pottery and Porcelain of All Times, First Edition
By William C. Prime 1
Located in valatie, NY
Pottery and porcelain of All Times and Nations by Wm. Prime. NY: Harper and Bro., 1878. First
Category
19th Century American Antique Harps
Materials
Paper
The Martian original art nouveau 1897 lithograph
By Edward Penfield
Located in Spokane, WA
year and a half after Penfield began a series of monthly images for Harper's, his work was heralded by
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Harps
Materials
Lithograph
$863 Sale Price
24% Off
Baby
s First Christmas
By Rose Cecil O
Neill
Located in Fort Washington, PA
G. Hayes, published in Harper's Bazar, December 1910.
The artwork is also reproduced within
Category
1910s Antique Harps
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Musique de Harpe - Etching by C. Bang - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
XX Century, this burin depicts a standing figure with a harp in the hand; symilar to a contemporary
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Harps
Materials
Etching
French Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Putti Clock
By Jules Allard et Fils
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
, possibly Schubert. The additional plaques show flowers in gilded borders, and a cherub playing a harp. The
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Harps
Materials
Bronze
Pair Tall Pale Grey french Opaline Lamps
Located in Westport, CT
,exceptional
Size Is 6" base 34"-40" depending on harp,could reach higher with finials
Category
Early 20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Harps
Materials
Brass
$5,900 / set
Sofa from the Mid-19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
is crowned with a solid carving with a motif of flowers and a harp.
Presented sofa is original, in
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Harps
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$1,186 Sale Price
20% Off
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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
- What are ancient harps called?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Early 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.
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