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Antique American Hardwood Candlesticks, Original Bobeches, circa 1900
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique American pair of hardwood candlesticks - lathe turned - original metal bobeches - original
Category

Late 19th Century American Federal Antique Lathes

Materials

Metal

Rustic Swedish Herb Turned Bowl with Makers Brand
Located in Houston, TX
Rustic Swedish herb turned bowl with maker's brands. Incised line markings from lathe run counter
Category

Late 19th Century Swedish Primitive Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

Antique Olive Wood Bowl Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This antique vide poche bowl was made with a lathe from olive wood during the late 1800's. It is in
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Late 19th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Lathes

Materials

Olive

Antique Olive Wood Bowl Italy
Antique Olive Wood Bowl Italy
$427 Sale Price
28% Off
Mochaware Pitcher with "Trees" Made England, Circa 1870
Located in Katonah, NY
instability. Rickard explains the process: Instead of leaving the pot on the lathe, the turner removed the pot
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Lathes

Materials

Pottery

Rare 18th c. Lobster Pot Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
wood continuous arm over deeply saddled elm seat and standing on pole lathe turned legs, bearing
Category

1790s English Antique Lathes

Materials

Elm

19th Century French Oak Dining Chairs, Set of Four
Located in High Point, NC
staple. Charming dowel rod pegs, notched seat backs, and delicately lathed legs add a tasteful dash of
Category

19th Century French Country Antique Lathes

Materials

Oak

Antique Scandinavian Pine Canister, Treen Ware, Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique lathe turned - treen ware - pine wood canister/covered box - lovely aged patina with
Category

Early 20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Antique Lathes

Materials

Pine

A large pair of English 18th century yew wood treen vases, circa 1760
Located in Central England, GB
woodman’s pole lathe in native well figured yew wood. They have been made in two sections joined just above
Category

Mid-18th Century English George III Antique Lathes

Materials

Yew

18th Century Wedgwood Tricolor Jasper Ware Pegasus Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in Asheville, NC
lathe-turned. The pale blue cloud on which the white jasper figure of the horse rests appears to have
Category

1780s English Neoclassical Antique Lathes

Materials

Stoneware

Italian Wooden Church Candlesticks in the Shape of a Torch Holder
Located in Prato, Tuscany
piece of wood rotates with the aid of the lathe, while the craftsman uses special tools called "gouges
Category

Mid-19th Century Italian Medieval Antique Lathes

Materials

Bronze

Original ‘Ball Rack’ with Lignum Vitae Bowling Balls, Made to Order
Located in Sagaponack, NY
vitae; (heartwood) lathe turned bowling balls.
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Lathes

Materials

Oak

Antique pair of mid 19th century Raj period Indian ceremonial bowls circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
. They are made from dense red hardwood turned by hand on a simple pole lathe and then intricately brass
Category

19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Lathes

Materials

Brass

Pitcairn Island Wooden Vase
Located in Greenwich, CT
descendant of Fletcher Christian - leader of the Mutiny on the Bounty. The vase is lathe turned and carved
Category

1890s Pitcairn Islands Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

Antique European Treen Barrel Form Softwood Box or Caddy, Early 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique treen 'barrel form' softwood box or caddy - lovely rich patina - lathe turned pine
Category

Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Lathes

Materials

Softwood

19th Century Palmwood Pair of Twisted Candlesticks
Located in Brecht, BE
This is a wonderful pair of lathe turned twisted candlesticks, made in France end of the 19th
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Lathes

Materials

Palmwood

Antique Large Pair of Hardwood Candlesticks - Rich Patina - U.S.A., C.1900
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique large pair of hardwood candlesticks - lathe turned - rich patina - original wool felt
Category

Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Lathes

Materials

Hardwood

Biedermeier Sewing Table, South German 1820, Cherrywood
Located in Belmont, MA
beautifully shaped end panels are connected by a lathed stretcher. The table comes refinished and French
Category

1820s German Biedermeier Antique Lathes

Materials

Cherry, Walnut

Unique Antique Swedish Rare Baroque Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
early Swedish furniture and has a frame in pine with heavy, solid lathed legs. The table has a fantastic
Category

Mid-18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Lathes

Materials

Pine

19th Century French Henri II Walnut End Table with Hexagonal Marble Top
Located in Dallas, TX
traditional French craftsmanship melded with Industrial Revolution ingenuity! Skillfully using a lathe, the
Category

1870s French Napoleon III Antique Lathes

Materials

Marble

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Stonemason s Mallet
Located in New Orleans, LA
time of the royal wedding. This mallet has been lathe-turned to form the delicate carving that envelops
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

Early 20th century wooden bowl crafted in solid fruitwood by danish woodturner.
Located in København K, 84
evident in every curve, line, and detail of the serveware. The precision of the lathe work, the graceful
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Arts and Crafts Antique Lathes

Materials

Fruitwood

18th Century Four Italian Baroque Carved Giltwood Chairs
Located in IT
the band under the seat, have a decoration to lathes with daisies and phytomorphic elements. The band
Category

Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Lathes

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Mochaware Pitcher Chocolate Brown Slip Decoration England Circa 1815
Located in Katonah, NY
Mochaware: Mochaware pottery is slip-decorated, lathe-turned, earthenware with bands of colored slip applied
Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Lathes

Materials

Creamware

Early English or Scottish Turner s Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
"thrown" chair because all the parts are turned on a lathe (think thrown as on a potter's wheel) in this
Category

16th Century Scottish Elizabethan Antique Lathes

Materials

Ash, Fruitwood

Charles I Three-Legged Turner s Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
all elements are turned on a lathe - thrown as in the way clay is manipulated on a potter's wheel
Category

Early 17th Century English Jacobean Antique Lathes

Materials

Ash, Oak

Antique Wooden Pot or Tekhi from Nepal, 1900s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
neck. handcrafted from local hardwood, using a very basic lathe and other hand tools. This antique
Category

Early 20th Century Nepalese Folk Art Antique Lathes

Materials

Hardwood

Lignum Vitae Wassail Bowl
Located in Greenwich, CT
turning on a lathe. As Lignum was often used as ballast for ships, it clearly found a use once it arrived
Category

Late 17th Century English Charles II Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

Early 20th c. European Millinery Hat Stretcher c.1900-1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
were made from wood turned on a lathe, making them perfectly round, which was fine if the hat was to be
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

Couture 1920s French HandCarved Dogs Hounds Galalith RedPaintedArtPlastic Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
This Art-Deco period French carved, lathe-worked, sculpted and red-painted black-galalith figural
Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Lathes

Materials

Brass

Two 19th Century French Provincial Turned Beech Wood Candlesticks
Located in Middleburg, VA
classic provincial simplicity with a bold sculptural presence. Their lathe-turned forms feature rhythmic
Category

Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Lathes

Materials

Beech

Antique Ebonized Slipper Chair on Castors, Late 19th Century
Located in Uppsala, SE
renowned Swedish linen manufacturer Växbo Lin. Lathed detail on the support wooden stems that holds the
Category

Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Lathes

Materials

Brass

Rufus Porter Mural from New Hampshire Tavern
By Rufus Porter
Located in Milford, NH
strawberry and lotus border. Plaster is stabile and on original lathe board.
Category

19th Century American Folk Art Antique Lathes

Carver Ladderback Chairs with Leather Seats, Europe Early 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
while they were being spun, or turned between the centre points of a lathe. The ladderback is still the
Category

Early 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Antique Lathes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Early Doulton Lambeth Agateware Bud Vase
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
, after throwing and turning the unfired clay on a lathe, the marbling effect was revealed. Because of
Category

Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Lathes

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Directoire Tripod Table by Canabas
Located in Greenwich, CT
1790, the lathe turned top with dished edge, over very simple column base, standing on three
Category

1790s French Louis XVI Antique Lathes

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Fruitwood Mortar and Pestle
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
19th century fruitwood mortar and pestle. Lathe work, remnants of paint or dark stain. Original
Category

Early 19th Century American Antique Lathes

Materials

Fruitwood

Pair of Korean Goryeo Dynasty Bronze Pedestal Bowls, 13th-15th Century, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
in the spun bronze technique, then joined. The bowls are unusually thin for bronze, with the lathe
Category

15th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Lathes

Materials

Bronze

Saint Florian
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
horizontally, placed on a large lathe so that the carver can turn it as he wishes. Certain more complex or
Category

15th Century and Earlier German Gothic Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

Fine Pair of Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Figural Candlesticks, circa 1860
By Etienne Le Hongre
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
-nineteenth century by their construction and by the lathe-turning of the castings making up the platforms of
Category

Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Lathes

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Turned Walnut Floor Lamp, circa 1915
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
expertly lathe-turned into a sweeping architectural form that references 19th-century European classicism
Category

1910s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Lathes

Materials

Walnut, Lacquer

Early 20th Century Distant Canyon Landscape
By Cyrus Bates Currier
Located in Soquel, CA
carry on a tradition that he was fast erecting. He had built a large lathe for finishing paper mill
Category

1920s American Impressionist Antique Lathes

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Pair of 19th Century Lathe Turned Anglo-Indian Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
Probably Eastern India, Murshidabad, Bengal, middle of the 19th century. Each formed as a campana-shaped vase with beaded rim, raised on a wrythen-scrolled socle, upon on a spiral...
Category

Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

Hot Milk Jug, Engine-Turned Jasperware. Wedgwood, C1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
into a metal or ceramic surface using a machine known as a rose engine lathe. The technique was used to
Category

Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Lathes

Materials

Stoneware

18th Century English Cloverleaf Garden Table
Located in Middletown, MD
beaded trim along the table top and bottom shelf, artisan crafted with hand-lathed screws. Made in
Category

Late 18th Century British Victorian Antique Lathes

Materials

Walnut

Antique Large Chest in Sucupira Wood
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
with a lathe, displaying a rounded, bulbous form that provides stable support and adds to the chest's
Category

1890s Portuguese Romantic Antique Lathes

Materials

Wood

A Charles II Oak Wainscot Armchair
Located in Long Island City, NY
The square wainscot paneled back with carved crest-rail and down-swept arms supported on lathe
Category

18th Century and Earlier British Charles II Antique Lathes

19th Century Lacquered Treen Rice Bowl
Located in London, GB
A lathe turned wood and lacquered rice bowl with pleasing patina, probably dating from the 19th
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Lathes

Lignum Vitae English Treen Footed Bowl (Tazza)
Located in Free Union, VA
fittings and domestic accessories for centuries. Lathe turned bowls and tazzas like this one have also been
Category

Late 19th Century English Baroque Antique Lathes

Materials

Hardwood

Custom World Tour Chinoiserie Rocker w/ 18th Century Jasperware Medallion
Located in Middletown, MD
-lathed screws. Custom upholstery in a beautiful ivory linen featuring a woven Chinoiserie pattern
Category

Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Lathes

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian Ornate Slipper Chair
Located in Middletown, MD
, smooth mahogany with ornately carved wood plane detail, lathe-fashioned spindles, cabriole legs, and a
Category

Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Lathes

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Antique Victorian Eastlake Settee
Located in Middletown, MD
is comprised of 80% horse hair and 20% cotton. Beautifully carved walnut frame, lathe-turned legs on
Category

Late 19th Century American Eastlake Antique Lathes

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Armchairs and Oval Occasional Table by Josef Zotti
By Josef Zotti
Located in London, GB
Lathe-turned bobbin style elm frames and tabletop, the armchairs with original natural woven rush
Category

1910s Austrian Antique Lathes

Materials

Elm

Chair by Josef Zotti
By Josef Zotti
Located in London, GB
Lathe-turned bobbin style wood frame with original natural woven rush seat and back, with later
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Lathes

Materials

Leather, Rush, Wood

Large 19th Century Terracotta Rhubarb Forcer
Located in London, GB
Of tall bell-shaped form with waisted neck, the lathe-turned terracotta body with superb lichen and
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Lathes

Materials

Terracotta

17th Century Gilded Italian Chiavari Chairs
By Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Stockholm, SE
chairs. Gilded willow hardwood with woven cane seat. Hand-carved ornamentation to top rail. Lathed legs
Category

Early 17th Century Empire Antique Lathes

Materials

Gold Leaf

Goyard travel trunk circa. 1910
By Maison Goyard, Goyard
Located in LA FERTÉ-EN-OUCHE, FR
the hot stamping "MALLES GOYARD" on the lathing under the trunk. The interior of the luggage is lined
Category

1910s French Antique Lathes

Tabletop Globe with Patina
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Early 20th century tabletop globe on carved mahogany Stand with lathe turned legs which have a
Category

Early 20th Century American Other Antique Lathes

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Antique Lathes For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique lathes for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and iron, all antique lathes available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of antique lathes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique lathes to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Folk Art, Industrial and Neoclassical antique lathes are of considerable interest.

How Much are Antique Lathes?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,500, while they’re typically $240 on the low end and $188,500 highest priced.