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Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
instrument has a single draw barrel of solid brass. The focal tube has a sliding lens cover. English made
Category
1920s European Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
14K White Gold Antique Lorgnette Eye Glasses with Handle and 14K Lariat
Located in Old Tappan, NJ
19th Century Antique Victorian folding lorgnette eye glasses.
The lenses are encased in 14k white
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Lenses
Materials
14k Gold, White Gold
$1,497 Sale Price
40% Off
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
instrument has a two draw barrel of solid brass. The focal tube has a sliding cover. Main lens cap is present
Category
1910s North American Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
19th-Century Hand-Coloured Lithograph of Fallen Knights and Horses Post-Joust
Located in Langweer, NL
the historical lens of Dr. Franz Kottenkamp, the work sought to authentically represent the grandeur
Category
1840s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
L
enfant prodigue: en pays etranger (The Prodigal Son: In Foreign Climes)
By James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Located in Fairlawn, OH
critical reassessment of Tissot through a 21st-century lens. The exhibition, co-organized by the Fine Arts
Category
1880s Impressionist Antique Lenses
Materials
Etching
18th-Century Engraving of Hawaiian Morai and House Interior, c. 1780s
Located in Langweer, NL
must be viewed through the lens of European interpretation.
The print is in excellent condition, with
Category
1780s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
Des Hanots French Art Deco Table Lamp, 1920
By Verrerie des Hanots
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
the eponymous lens. It allows the diffraction of the light and the control of the light distribution
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Wrought Iron
A set of mounted vintage automobile headlight glass Insert plates
Located in Dallas, TX
).
Information we have on these lenses as follows: Three “Warner” lenses (circa 1910-1920), one green headlight
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Lenses
Materials
Steel
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
these. This fine instrument has a three draw barrel of solid brass. Sliding lens cover and end cap
Category
1920s European Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
18th-Century Handcolored Entomological Plate – Moth Life Stages and Caterpillars
Located in Langweer, NL
metamorphic transformations. The print provides a captivating look at natural history through an artistic lens
Category
1790s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$132 Sale Price
20% Off
Ernemann ROLF II Folding 127 Rollfilm Camera With 75mm F12 Rapid Rectilinear
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Ernemann ROLF II Folding 127 Rollfilm Camera 75mm F12 Rapid Rectilinear Fixed Lens of Dresden
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Leather
Solid Brass Ship Captains Telescope
Located in Norwell, MA
has a sliding lens cover. English made. Circa 1920.
Weight: 2 lbs.
Overall Dimensions: 35"H x 2 1/2"D
Category
1920s North American Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
1910
s Antique Persian Mahal Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
, unfolds like an ancient garden imagined through the lens of haute design. Stylized blossoms—each one a
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Lenses
Materials
Wool
$10,976 Sale Price
20% Off
DES HANOTS French Art Deco Pendant Chandelier, 1920 verlys
By Verrerie des Hanots
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
1822, Augustin Fresnel invents the eponymous lens. It allows the diffraction of the light and the
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Romantic German Travelers on Horseback - 1840 Hand-Colored Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
Renaissance Germany through the lens of the 19th century. It is an ideal addition for collectors who
Category
1840s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$132 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique "Le Jockey Club" 1930
s Horse Racing Binoculars with Compass
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
between the lenses.
Category
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
1897 Vibrant Botanical Prints – Torenia, Speedwell Varieties, and Eccremocarpus
Located in Langweer, NL
elegance of flowering plants through the lens of 19th-century botanical illustration.
Category
1890s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
Copper Ships Masthead Lantern On Base
Located in Norwell, MA
Masthead and Serial No. M123. Thick Fresnel lens, hinged top vented chimney, brass carry handle. Mounted to
Category
1920s English Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass, Copper
Doris Leslie Blau Oversized Antique Indian Rug (Size Adjusted)
Located in New York, NY
echo Persian influences, yet are unmistakably filtered through the lens of Indian artistry.
The border
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Antique Lenses
Materials
Wool
Frank Richards, Newlyn School, English Watercolor of figures on a Cornish beach
By Frank Richards
Located in Harkstead, GB
landscape as their subject, often viewed through an unsentimental lens, highlighting the hardship as well as
Category
1890s Victorian Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude Dancer, from The Female Figure Series by Karl Struss, 1917
By Karl Struss
Located in Denton, TX
photograph, Struss developed the Struss Pictorial Lens, a soft-focus lens popular with the pictorial
Category
1910s Modern Antique Lenses
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Art Deco Bakelite Telechron Clock
By Paul Frankl
Located in Chicago, IL
. Missing the glass lens. the metal piece in front is loose. Most importantly, Walnut Bakelite appears to be
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Bakelite
Louis XV ormolu clock by Gille l
Ainé
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
the clock.
Attractive patina. The lens is slightly marked.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Lenses
Materials
Bronze
1908 Burlington Arts Club Catalogue: Faience of Persia
Near East, 27 Plates
Located in Langweer, NL
the Near East, as seen through the lens of an early 20th-century European art club.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$1,279 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Heavy Solid Brass Nautical Styled Round Cage Light
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique brass nautical styled light is unsigned, except for some markings on the lens, but
Category
Early 19th Century German Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Negro and Bushmen Portraits, Lithographs by C. Last, 1836, Ethnographic Studies
Located in Langweer, NL
a European perspective on African peoples, filtered through the lens of scientific observation and
Category
1830s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$567 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Deco Kodak No 2 Hawkette Marbled Bakelite 120 Roll Film Strut Folding Camera
By Eastman Kodak
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Art Deco Kodak No 2 Hawkette Marbled Bakelite 120 Roll Film Strut Folding Camera With Meniscus Lens
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Metal
Antique stereoscopic table for brothels, Germany, late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
wall we find two brass eyepieces with achromatic lenses and on the opposite wall, in correspondence
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Lenses
Materials
Metal, Brass
Beautiful Scottish Victorian Mahogany Magic Lantern or Camera
Located in Antwerp, BE
the magic lantern does not work anymore.
The width is 64 cm and the lens is pushed out 77 cm.
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
French Empire Period Ormolu Bronze Mantel Clock of Ceres, circa 1815
Located in Shippensburg, PA
she collects a bountiful harvest; she rests beside the clock tower with a framed lens opening to
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Lenses
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Print of the Prophet
s Mosque or Al-Masjid an-Nabawī in Medina
Located in Langweer, NL
d'optique', which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$369 Sale Price
20% Off
Doris Leslie Blau Antique 1880s Samarkand Khotan Rug
Located in New York, NY
is not only decorative but a historical artifact, offering a vivid lens into the multicultural
Category
Late 19th Century Afghan Khotan Antique Lenses
Materials
Wool
19th Century Pair of Neo Gothic Vases, Bronze and Gilt Bronze, England 1830
Located in Epfach, DE
with medieval aesthetics, reinterpreted through the lens of 19th-century craftsmanship.
Design and
Category
1830s English Gothic Revival Antique Lenses
Materials
Bronze
Colomba by Prosper Mérimée, Prosper - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
appeared on 1 July 1840 in the Revue des Deux Mondes. Through the lens of historical fiction, the novella
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Lenses
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
Japan Tall Old Kasuga "Deer" Granite Stone Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
windows to increase reflection of candles placed inside them. Soon these paper lenses disappear and for
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Lenses
Materials
Granite
$12,950 Sale Price
21% Off
Edwardian Platinum and Diamond Lorgnette Pendant
Located in New York, NY
retractable reading lenses with stylized geometric motif frames, with millegrain accents and bezel-set diamond
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Antique Lenses
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
British Ships Masthead Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Antique highly polished copper and brass ships masthead lantern. There is a clear globe shaped lens
Category
1920s European Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Eastman Kodak Jiffy Kodak Six-20 Strut Folding Camera Rochester NY 30
s
By Eastman Kodak
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Format
Body Type : Folding Strut
Construction : Metal
Film Type : 620
Lens Type : Twindar periscopic
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Chrome
WM Porter and Sons Ships Lantern
By Perkins Marine Lamp
Located in Norwell, MA
with flat red and green port and starboard lenses and a bulbous clear bow lens. Hinged rear door
Category
1890s American Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Memento mori: a snuffbox in blonde tortoiseshell, gold, white agate. France 1820
Located in Milan, IT
lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Lenses
Materials
Agate, Gold
Solid Brass Ship
s Lantern by F.H. Lovell Co. of Arlington, New Jersey
Located in Norwell, MA
Superb ship's lantern by Lovell with a ruby red lens by Corning. Highest quality ship's lantern
Category
1920s American Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Antique "No. 3 Folding Pocket Kodak, Model AB" Camera c.1900
By Eastman Kodak
Located in San Francisco, CA
leather handle and unique leather covered lens. it folds smoothly closed to 1.75 inches.
Sold as a
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Lenses
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$150 Sale Price
33% Off
Antique Marble and Bronze Noonday Cannon Sundial with Terracotta Pedestal
By Alexandre Louis Chevalier de Marolles de Lucé
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
miniature bronze cannon is set off at noon by the sun’s rays, which are magnified through a lens.
This is
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Lenses
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Solid Brass Three-Way Bow Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Polished brass boat lantern with three bulls eye lenses, red, green and clear. Highly polished
Category
Early 1900s North American Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Brass Bow Lantern “Hopkins” Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Fresnel glass lens. No burner.
Weight: 2 LBS
Overall dimensions: 11” H x 6" L x 5” D
Made: America
Category
1890s North American Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Antique Optical Print of a Roman Amphitheatre
Located in Langweer, NL
Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors, all of which produced an optical illusion of depth
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$511 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Telescope, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
with glass lenses and wooden grip, close up.
Don't miss this vintage object!
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Lenses
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Ships Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Solid brass boat lantern with very thick clear dioptric lens and removable red filter. Fitted with
Category
1920s European Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Solid Copper Ships Anchor Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished and lacquered ships anchor lantern with a thick Fresnel lens [Please see the
Category
19th Century Antique Lenses
Materials
Copper
Solid Brass Ship’s Bow Light
Located in Norwell, MA
Highly polished and lacquered one hundred-year-old ship’s lantern with Fresnel glass lens, mounting
Category
1910s Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Antique French Yellow Gold
Jeweled Lorgnette
Located in New York, NY
Antique French yellow gold lorgnette with folding round lenses
Handle is set with white gold
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Lenses
Materials
Yellow Gold
Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
quality having a lovely domed lens rather than flat on top, un-marked but probably by Optimus.
Wonderful
Category
1910s British Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Banjo Barometer Edinburgh
Located in Huntington, NY
Street close to the Royal Scottish Academy.[5]
Adie supplied lenses to Joseph Hooker, Charles Darwin[6
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Lenses
Materials
Brass
Mounted Warrior Lamp: Montfaucon
s Antiquities Engraved, 1722
Located in Langweer, NL
documenting the artifacts of the ancient world, offering a lens through which to view the artistic and
Category
1720s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$303 Sale Price
20% Off
A Set of 6 Very Fine English Cut Glass Dram Glasses, c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
: Victoria c1880
Origin : Thomas Webb, England
Colour : Clear, grey tone
Bowl : Bucket - scallop cut, lens
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Lenses
Materials
Glass
Cultural Habits of Tahitian Women: Dance and Ceremony, circa 1790
Located in Langweer, NL
portrayed Indigenous cultures, often through an idealized or dramatized lens.
- The juxtaposition of dance
Category
1790s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$151 Sale Price
20% Off
A View of the Ewharrano Eatua, or House of God, in Huahine from Cook
s Voyages
Located in Langweer, NL
practices of Indigenous peoples, although often through a European lens.
Interesting Aspects:
- The setting
Category
1780s Antique Lenses
Materials
Paper
$113 Sale Price
20% Off
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Antique Lenses For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique lenses available for sale. Each of these unique antique lenses was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, glass and brass. There are all kinds of antique lenses available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique lenses made by Industrial designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many antique lenses are appealing in their simplicity, but EB Studios, Boyer of Paris and Perko Co. produced popular antique lenses that are worth a look.
How Much are Antique Lenses?
Prices for antique lenses start at $325 and top out at $125,000 with the average selling for $1,197.
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