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Antique French Blue and White Saint-Clément Faience Lion Candle Holder, C. 1890
By Émile Gallé
Located in Dallas, TX
the major city of Nancy. This proximity is important, as the motto for Nancy, non inultus premor
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Motto

Materials

Ceramic

A ‘Black Forest’ linden wood long case clock by Spring of Interlaken
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
after the “Tell Monument” by Richard Kissling (1848-1919) and with the “Lion of Lucerne”, the motto
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Motto

Materials

Wood

A George IV crested silver tray commemorating the marriage Colonel Thomas Arthur
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
border, the central incised crest and motto within a broad garland of C-scrolls and flowers, hallmarked
Category

Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Motto

Materials

Silver

17th century By Neapolitan Maestro San Vincenzo Ferreri Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
with his right index finger pointing to the sky and to the motto inscribed inside his halo. Due to
Category

17th Century Old Masters Antique Motto

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gold Rush Pocket Scale in an Green enameled Tin, ca 1850
Located in York County, PA
a spread-winged federal eagle, carrying a billowing streamer with the familiar Latin motto “E
Category

1850s American Antique Motto

Materials

Metal

William IV Carved Mahogany Library Armchair with Red Velvet Upholstery
Located in London, GB
motto, ‘Malo Mori Quam Foederi’, ‘Death Before Dishonour’, carved on a ribband, circa 1835.  
Category

19th Century British William IV Antique Motto

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Exterior Inn Cipper Todeschini Scene People Oil on Canvas Yellow
By Giacomo Francesco Cipper (Todeschini)
Located in Sanremo, IT
more cues derived from moralizing proverbs and mottos. Adherence to this original artistic vocabulary
Category

1710s Italian School Antique Motto

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Large William IV Silver Tray Salver by Paul Storr 19th Century
By Paul Storr
Located in London, GB
) Motto: In utrumque paratus [Prepared for either] (for Knollys) These armorial bearings undoubtedly
Category

1820s English William IV Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

Almanacco dell Asino 1902 - Rare Book - 1902
Located in Roma, IT
magazines and a brave bastion of anti-fascism . "L'Asino" takes its name from the motto of the Risorgimento
Category

Early 1900s Modern Antique Motto

Materials

Paper

Süe Mare Tobacco jar glazed earthenware circa 1920
By Sue et Mare
Located in Paris, IDF
Nouveau aesthetic, their motto was to perfectly combine aesthetics and functionality. After founding the
Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Motto

Materials

Earthenware

French 18K Yellow Gold Madonna and Child Medal Pendant
Located in London, GB
Madonna and Child surrounded by clouds, with the Latin motto 'MATER DEI ORA PRO NOBIS' (Mother of God pray
Category

1910s French Antique Motto

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique French Tapestry Area Rug 8 7" x 11 4"
Located in New York, NY
Renaissance, a rich tapestry panel woven with symbolic emblems, mottoes, or coats of arms called a baldachin
Category

18th Century French Other Antique Motto

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Silk

32" Antique Early 19th Century, George III Old Sheffield Silverplate Tray
Located in Bernardsville, NJ
coat of arms, crest with lions and the motto "STRAIGHT FORWARD". The quality and craftsmanship
Category

Early 19th Century English George III Antique Motto

Materials

Sheffield Plate

Double Sailor s Valentine of Sea Shells with Heart and Star Designs
Located in Downingtown, PA
prominent heart in this example or a compass rose—and often include mottoes (though absent on this
Category

1880s Bajan Folk Art Antique Motto

Materials

Shell

French Art Deco 1929 Black lacquered Large Case In .950 Sterling And 18Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Zorrilla family with a chevalier helmet to the left, garlands with inscribed motto and the Spanish royal
Category

1920s French Art Deco Antique Motto

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gilt Metal

ANTiQUE 1900 ARTS CRAFTS SHAPLAND AND PETTER HALL COAT GLOVE UMBRELLA STAND
By Shapland Petter
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
. Items with mottos occur very rarely as do items with pictorial inlay or painted panels. Stained glass
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Motto

Materials

Copper

French St Therese 18K Yellow Gold Religious Medal Pendant
Located in London, GB
Therese with the motto 'SAINTE THERESE DE L'ENFANT JESUS PPN'. St Therese is shown holding flowers and a
Category

1920s French Antique Motto

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Pair of George I Tazzas Made in London in 1725 by William Darker
By William Darker
Located in London, GB
feather edge and scroll circular cartouche. The Armorials display the associated Crest above and Motto
Category

1720s English George I Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Measham Bargeware Love at Home Teapot on Stand
By Barge Ware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
banner personalized using a printer’s typeface. The pottery, also known as Rockingham or Motto Ware, was
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Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Motto

Materials

Pottery

S.Smith Son Rare Gold Karrusel Half Hunter Pocket Watch C1898
Located in Mayfair, London, London
with the familly crest of the Bland family with the motto in Latin Potior Origine Virtus translated in
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Late 19th Century British Antique Motto

Materials

Yellow Gold, 18k Gold

19th Century Cast Bronze Mirror, Royal Insurance Company, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
initials R C I of the Royal Insurance Company above the motto “Tutum Te Sistam” meaning “I will keep you
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Motto

Materials

Bronze

Mercers Company Garrard Antique Silver large Salver London 1897
By James Garrard
Located in Toronto, Ontario
charitable institution, supporting a variety of causes. The company's motto is Honor Deo, Latin for "Honour
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19th Century Georgian Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century French Carved Walnut Royal Coat-of-Arms of the City of Paris
Located in Dallas, TX
14th century, its current form dates to 1853. The city motto is Fluctuat Nec Mergitur ("She is tossed
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19th Century French Medieval Antique Motto

Materials

Walnut

MUSEUM QUALITY CARVED CiRCA 1700 ANTIQUE RESTORED BROWN LEATHER JESSIE ARMCHAIR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
best carving in the top I have ever seen bare none, it is literally my life motto since reading it
Category

Early 1700s English Chippendale Antique Motto

Materials

Leather, Oak

Sandoz Rare Niello Gold Silver Five Minute Repeater Chrono Full Hunter C1890
Located in Mayfair, London, London
. The movement has the crest of the Sandoz family with the motto in Latin Sine Dolo meaning Without
Category

Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Motto

Materials

Rose Gold, Silver, Niello

Pair of Spanish Hip-Joint Chairs, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
design, the leather back stamped with the Nasrid motto.  
Category

19th Century Spanish Antique Motto

Materials

Wood

Post Medieval fede ring with posy, circa 1650-1720
Located in London, GB
Posies and Posy Rings', 1931, which remains the fullest catalogue of posy mottos ever recorded
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17th Century Antique Motto

Materials

Gold, Yellow Gold

19th Century Funerary Funeral Hatchment Sir Henry Oglander Memento Mori Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
the motto "Servare munia Vitae" Oil on canvas, with its pine lap jointed frame and original ebonised
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19th Century English Antique Motto

Materials

Canvas, Pine

Antique Chinese Porcelain 19th century Chine de commande Dish Eagle History
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
left two leafy vines, above his head a indecipherable motto inscribed upside down. The reverse, washed
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Motto

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Tiffany Co. George Washington Crest Intaglio 14k Gold Signet Ring
By Tiffany Co.
Located in New York, NY
- Argent two bars Gules, in chief three mullets of the second, Motto- Exitus acta probat (The outcome is
Category

Late 19th Century Georgian Antique Motto

Materials

14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Pair of Early 20th Century Antique Grand Georgian Style Steel Fire Grates
Located in Ware, GB
a polished fireback emblazoned with the Beecham coat of arms, including the family motto "Nil Sine
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Early 20th Century Georgian Antique Motto

Materials

Steel

19th Century British Woolie "Dieu Et Mon Droit"
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century handcrafted Woolie featuring sailboat bordered by British flags with the motto of the
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Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Motto

Materials

Wool

18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An 18th century Georgian English Bilston Battersea enameled snuff or patch box, the motto reads
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Motto

Materials

Copper

Antique Victorian Silverplate Wine Chiller Cooler Trophy Urn Ice Bucket Bacchus
Located in Dayton, OH
its mouth, standing before a short tree. Beneath, on a ribbon, the motto: Amicos Semper Amat (He ever
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Motto

Materials

Metal

Large Edwardian English Silver Barware / Tableware Tray
Located in Tarry Town, NY
border, and an engraved crest and motto to the centre. The tray is in great condition . Minor wear . The
Category

19th Century English Edwardian Antique Motto

Materials

Silver, Copper

Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Pair of Sauce Tureens by John Figg
By John Figg
Located in London, London
silver Sauce Tureens, feature scroll borders, ornate handles and feet, and engraved crests and mottos
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1840s English Victorian Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

George III Toasting Cheese Dish Made in London by John Schofield, 1798
By John Schofield
Located in London, GB
in a cast ball finial. The front of the cover is engraved with a contemporary Armorial with Motto
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18th Century English George III Antique Motto

Materials

Silver

"Godolphin" Heraldic Coat of Arms by "Catton s English Peerage", circa 1790
By Charles Catton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Catton and engraved by Francis Chesham. The motto "Francha, Leale Toge" is an ancient Cornish phrase
Category

1790s English Georgian Antique Motto

Materials

Paint, Paper

SPANISH 1900 Barcelona Art Nouveau Enameled Bracelet In Sterling 18Kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
ideal motto for a new society would be “the work well done.” Noucentisme jewelry is muscular yet sensual
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Early 1900s Spanish Art Nouveau Antique Motto

Materials

Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, 18k Gold, Enamel

Advertising Tin Sign "The Delaware Insurance Company of Philadelphia" Circa 1885
By The Delaware Insurance Company of Philadelphia
Located in Incline Village, NV
"--"Certain", in prominent gold letters on a circular aqua background displays their motto; while gold, white
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Motto

Materials

Tin

Gabriele D Annunzio- Original Woodcut by Unknown - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
in the early 20th century. With a motto inscription in Latin at the bottom center: "Sidera mea sorte
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Motto

Materials

Woodcut

Pair of George II Serving Dishes Made in London by Edward Aldridge, 1745
By Edward Aldridge
Located in London, GB
and Motto "Semper Paratus" which were as used by Hugh Edward Henry Clifford, 5th Baron Clifford of
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18th Century English George II Antique Motto

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Hans Sebald Beham (1500 Nuremberg - 1550 Frankfurt am Main) “Judicium des Paris”
Located in Münster, DE
held in the Albrecht Dürer House in Nuremberg - under the motto The Godless Painters of Nuremberg, an
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16th Century German Renaissance Antique Motto

Materials

Paper

Chatelaine in Gold and Semi-Precious Stones
Located in Paris, FR
the lapis lazuli blazons is a black enamel motto which reads “Tout ou Rien” (All or Nothing). Three
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Motto

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold

A Chamberlain Worcester Sir John Hullock Breakfast Cup Saucer
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Exeter, GB
arms display Hullock impaling Martin.  Motto 'Tentanda Via Est' , 'The way must be tried'. Hullock
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19th Century British Antique Motto

Materials

Porcelain

Paul Storr English Sterling Silver Covered Soup Tureen On Stand, London 1823
By Paul Storr
Located in Germantown, MD
with motto Nil Desperandum (Never Despair). Interior of lid stamped with maker, and worn reign, date
Category

Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid-19th Century American Stationary with Manuscript Letter, Signed 1854
Located in Langweer, NL
of many, one" (also translated as "One out of many" or "One from many") – is a traditional motto of
Category

1850s American Antique Motto

Materials

Paper

The FIRST Canter Edition of AESCHYLUS
Located in Middletown, NY
pages of all Plantin Press books. The motto Labore et Constantia ("By Labor and Constancy") surrounds
Category

16th Century European Antique Motto

Materials

Gold Leaf

Thomas Gladstone Tureen, Sheffield 1833 by Robert Gainsford
By Robert Gainsford
Located in London, London
weighs 114.6 troy ounces. The coat of arms, crest and motto, are that of Sir Thomas Gladstone, 2nd
Category

1830s English Regency Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

"Don t Tread on Me" Hooked Rug, Ca 1880-1910
Located in York County, PA
coiled rattlesnake on a white field. The interesting thing about the use of the accompanying motto is
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Motto

Materials

Wool

Large Antique Edwardian Armorial 18K Gold Lion Crest Pendant, Sampson Mordan
Located in New York, NY
the motto Facta Non Verba on a long ornate scroll, Latin for Deeds Not Words or Actions Speak Louder
Category

Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Motto

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

19th Century Double Sailor s Valentine
Located in Nantucket, MA
such as a compass rose or a heart, or a motto or sentimental message such as Love, Forget Me Not or
Category

Late 19th Century Bajan Folk Art Antique Motto

Materials

Shell, Mahogany

A Gold And Enamel Mourning Ring For Lord Nelson By John Salter, England, 1806
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
motto in Latin, ‘Let him who earned it bear the palm [of victory]’, adopted by Nelson from a poem ‘Ad
Category

19th Century English Antique Motto

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Escalier de Cristal x E. Leveille E. Rousseau, Chrysanthemums Pot-Pourri Vase
By Ernest Baptiste Leveille, Frères Pannier, L Escalier de Cristal
Located in PARIS, FR
unable to grow further, and it could adopt the proud motto of noble houses: I will uphold. But in
Category

1880s French Japonisme Antique Motto

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Exceptionally Fine George III Drinks Salver, London, 1781, Wakelin Taylor
By John Wakelin William Taylor
Located in London, GB
. The centre of the Salver is engraved with a contemporary shield shaped Armorial, with Crest and Motto
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1780s English George III Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

Impressively Large Victorian Sterling Silver Salver, London 1874
By Edward Ker Reid
Located in London, London
Strange) family, most likely that of Hamon Le Strange (né Styleman Le Strange) of Norfolk, and the motto
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1870s English Victorian Antique Motto

Materials

Sterling Silver

A Rare Chamberlains Worcester 1798 "Disce Pati" Admiral Duncan Armorial Plate
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
" in Latin meaning "Learn to Suffer" is the motto and title of the Duncan Clan featuring a a ship
Category

Late 18th Century English British Colonial Antique Motto

Materials

Porcelain

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Antique Motto For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the antique motto you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from Gold and 18k Gold — can elevate any look. If you’re looking for an antique motto from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 18th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 20th Century. An antique motto from Michel Victor Acier, Bilston Battersea and Chamberlains Worcester — each of whom created a beautiful version of this treasured accessory — is worth considering. An antique motto can make for a versatile accessory, but a selection from our variety of 1 Agate versions can add an especially stylish touch. Today, if you’re looking for a single cut version of this piece and are unable to find the perfect match, our selection also includes alternatives. If you’re browsing our inventory for an antique motto, you’ll find that many are available today for men, but there are still pieces to choose from for unisex and women.

How Much is a Antique Motto?

The price for an antique motto starts at $125 and tops out at $26,500 with these dining-entertaining, on average, selling for $1,600.