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Antique Porcher French Porcelain Bidet
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
invention of bidet, but historians agree that they first appeared in the 17th century in France as the
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Early 20th Century French Edwardian Antique Inventions

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Pewter Jardinière by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is unknown, it
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Jean-Antoine Lepine Rose Gold Ruby Cylinder French Pocket Watch, circa 1780
Located in Long Beach, CA
renowned for many inventions in science and watchmaking. In addition he was Abraham-Louis Breguet's teacher
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Late 18th Century French Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Rose Gold

Candlesticks made by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Bronze Bowl by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s
By GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Just Andersen
Located in Malmö, SE
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

Discometal Matchstick Box by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Hammered Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Just Andersen, a pair of bowls / candle holders in Disko Metal, Danish Grace
By Just Andersen
Located in Stockholm, SE
bronze and his own invention namned after the bay where is grew up in Greenland called Disko. Disko metal
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Pewter Candle Holders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is unknown, it
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Antique Victorian Corinthian Column Silver Plated Table Lamp 19th Century
Located in London, GB
describes Roman practice in a practical fashion. He gives some tales about the invention of each of the
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1870s English Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Silver

Captain Mazin Rides, and the Marquis Gives the Lesson /// Equestrian Horse Art
By William Cavendish
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
the Lesson" (Plate 17, Page 76) Portfolio: Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les Chevaux (New
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1730s Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio

Scarce early set (6) Bentwood Bistro/Cafe Chairs. by Michael Thonet
By Michael Thonet
Located in Buffalo, NY
QUALITY, Hand delivery avail to nEW yOrk City or anywhere en route from Buffalo NY With the invention of
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1860s Czech Vienna Secession Antique Inventions

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany, Bentwood

Pewter Candle Sconces by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
. Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Maxwell Boot Jack
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
founded in 1750, in Worcester, initially being a spur maker. 1814 saw the invention of the 'Spur Box' by
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Late 19th Century British Antique Inventions

Materials

Mahogany

Dual-Pipe Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Bronze Candleholders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

Monumental Bronze Candleholders by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
. Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

Circa 1900 Architectural Roman Revival Tin Livery Garage Pediment
Located in Dekalb, IL
building in Clinton, Wisconsin. The building was originally a livery, and with the invention of the
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Early 1900s American Antique Inventions

Materials

Tin

Pewter Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Original Antique Engraving: Duke of Newcastle Instructing Horse Dressage, 1743
Located in Langweer, NL
Plate 17 from "La Methode et Invention nouvelle de Dresser les Chevaux" portrays William Cavendish
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1740s French Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Antique Pollard Oak Three Crystal Decanter Tantalus Dry Bar Humidor 19th Century
Located in London, GB
British Engineers for engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science
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1880s English Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Silver

Substantial Letter Opener by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze

19th C. French Yellow Terracotta Confit Pot
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
19th century, this vessel was used to conserve food – mainly meats in fat – before the invention of
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19th Century French Antique Inventions

Materials

Earthenware, Terracotta

Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)
Located in PARIS, FR
and mythological scenes, specializing in the invention of turbaned male heads, both in painting and
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1760s Old Masters Antique Inventions

Materials

Chalk, Laid Paper

Exceptional Rocking Chair by Thonet
By Thonet, Michael Thonet
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
collector’s item. Michael Thonet (1796-1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of
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Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Inventions

Materials

Bentwood

Tall Diskometal Table Lamp by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Pewter Vases by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Hammered Pewter Candelabras by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Wedgwood Bentley Black Basalt Inkstand
By Wedgwood Bentley
Located in New Orleans, LA
inventions. The set is comprised of two canisters, both held within an intriguing double stand. One is
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18th Century English Other Antique Inventions

Materials

Ceramic

Pewter Candelabras by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

The Electric Light – Mr. Edison in His Laboratory, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
transformative moment, making it a significant visual record of one of the most important inventions of the 19th
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1880s Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
printed and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the
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1840s Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Hermes Mercury God Blue Jasper Cameo Intaglio Pendant Necklace Gold Victorian
Located in New York, NY
associated with luck, shepherds, athletes, and merchants. He was the patron of invention, art, literature
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19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

Pewter Casket by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Polyphon Autochange Disk Music Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
the invention of the gramophone, making these works of musical art rare and highly desired.
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Late 19th Century German Other Antique Inventions

Materials

Brass

Antique Victoran Coromandel Three Crystal Decanter Tantalus Games 19th Century
Located in London, GB
inventions are on display in the Science Museum in London. You can find one of his original toilets still
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1870s Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Chinese Antique Cache 98 Bamboo Wood Calligraphy Slips, Collectors Find
Located in South Burlington, VT
during the Han dynasty and excavated examples have been found in abundance. Subsequently, the invention
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Inventions

Materials

Wood

Old Print of William Cavendish, First Duke of Newcastle, on Horseback, ca.1740
Located in Langweer, NL
New Method and Extraordinary Invention to Dress Horses (Methode et Invention Nouvelle de Dresser Les
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1740s Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Edison’s Phonograph at the Crystal Palace and Transatlantic Messaging, 1888
Located in Langweer, NL
the most significant inventions of the 19th century.
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1880s Antique Inventions

Materials

Paper

Art Deco Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1920s
By Just Andersen, Just Andersen, GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget
Located in Malmö, SE
to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

16th Century Parnassus Biagio Pupini called Biagio delle Lame Muses Oil on Panel
Located in Sanremo, IT
the enormous luck of Raphael's inventions in the years following his death: in fact it is clearly
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16th Century Italian School Antique Inventions

Materials

Oil, Panel

Door handles in the form of keys by Alexandre Fiche of Paris
Located in London, GB
applicable to locks of all kinds”. Fichet's inventions are mentioned in two novels by Jules Verne; César
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Early 20th Century French Antique Inventions

Materials

Brass

Pair of Pewter Art Deco Candlesticks by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1930s
By Just Andersen, Svenskt Tenn, GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget
Located in Malmö, SE
to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise
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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Guillaume le Conquérant rapporté après sa mort à l église de Boscherville
By Jean Louis Andre Theodore Gericault
Located in Fairlawn, OH
integrated scrupulous preliminary studies with inspired invention, no matter the subject. He evolved a
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1820s Romantic Antique Inventions

Materials

Lithograph

Original The Tanks are Coming! Hold the Tanks! vintage World War One poster.
Located in Spokane, WA
States to show Americans the newest invention. This is a fantastic historic poster of one of the
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1910s American Realist Antique Inventions

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Blonde Oak Tantalus 3 Decanter Dry Bar Games Compendium 19th Century
Located in London, GB
engineering excellence and many of his inventions are on display in the Science Museum in London. You can find
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Crystal, Silver Plate, Brass

Baroque Style Oil Portrait, The Laughing Cavalier, Follower of Frans Hals
Located in Cotignac, FR
of the most brilliant of all Baroque portraits". The title is an invention of the Victorian public
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19th Century Baroque Antique Inventions

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Empire Johnson Hartig Libertine Yellow Modern Toile Chaise
Located in Houston, TX
, soulful irreverence that his legions of fans adore for its drop-dead chic. The genius of invention has
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19th Century American American Empire Antique Inventions

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Pedestal Pewter Bowl by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy. While the precise composition of this alloy is unknown, it
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Pewter

Early Diskometal Table Lamps by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
. Andersen was renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and
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1920s Danish Art Deco Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Ivory Gull /// Ornithology Bird Audubon Seascape Beach Ocean Shorebird Shell
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
-colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Employing a new invention, the camera lucida, the images were
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1840s Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Dual-Pipe Discometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
renowned for his hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

King of Hearts Card Box designed by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
hallmark contribution to modern Danish design with the invention and utilizing of the Disko metal alloy
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1920s Danish Antique Inventions

Materials

Metal

Viennese Antique Gold Emerald Ruby and Pearl Clock, Probably by Carl Wurm c1830
Located in London, GB
because of the invention in the construction of so-called equilibrium hand clocks. In the Imperial Royal
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1830s Austrian Early Victorian Antique Inventions

Materials

Emerald, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Pearl, Gold

Glazed Oxblood Vase by Hermann Seger for KPM
Located in Montreal, QC
KPM’s proficiency in designing moulds and working with colours. Among his many inventions, Seger
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1890s German Antique Inventions

Materials

Porcelain

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Antique Inventions For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique inventions available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique inventions — often made from metal, wood and fabric — can elevate any home. Antique inventions have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique inventions are generally popular furniture pieces, but Victorian, Baroque and neoclassical styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Antique inventions have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by The Stenotype Co., Christofle and George Hunzinger are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Inventions?

Antique inventions can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $3,401, while the lowest priced sells for $98 and the highest can go for as much as $295,000.