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King Nader Shah of Persia – Thamas Koulikan, 18th Century Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
French poem below praising his courage and greatness while also referencing his humility.
The
Category
Mid-17th Century French Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Reclaimed Mythological Tile by Minton Hollins
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
mythological scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the poem tells
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Poem
Materials
Clay
Antique Mythological Tile by Minton Hollins
By Minton
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
mythological scene from Shakespeare’s 1593 poem ‘Venus and Adonis’. Inspired by Greek mythology, the poem tells
Category
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Poem
Materials
Clay
Fairy Tale Children
s Book Fantasy Illustration in Black and White
Located in Miami, FL
"international recognition for simple, cheerful stories and outstanding illustrations."
Poem
Poem Illustrated by
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Antique Poem
Materials
Paper, India Ink
The Italian Poet Tasso in the Madhouse - Etching
By Eugène Delacroix
Located in Paris, IDF
successful that Baudelaire dedicated a poem to it, included in the collection "Les Epaves." Delacroix's work
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Poem
Materials
Etching
Bulls Fighting /// Antique Victorian Animal Landscape Etching Landscape Horse
By James Ward
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
time), and his works were sometime accompanied by lengthy explanations or poems.
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Poem
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Intaglio
Antique Ming Wanli 1600-1640 Chinese Porcelain Kosometsuke Plate Cows
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
sheperd with cows. A poem is also visible at the top.
Early 17th century.
Similar dishes are pictured from
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
$1,642 Sale Price
43% Off
A rare scrimshaw decorated horn signed by C.H. Wood
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Rare Scrimshaw Decorated Horn
The poem can be found below;
Lines
Britannia’s favourite and his
Category
19th Century English Antique Poem
Materials
Horn
Oil on canvas English Romanticism Landscape with Tiger
Located in Valladolid, ES
have inspired this work, but William Blake's "The Tyger" (1794) is the most famous poem about a tiger
Category
1880s Pre-Raphaelite Antique Poem
Materials
Canvas
Oil on canvas English Romanticism Landscape with Tiger
By English School
Located in Valladolid, ES
have inspired this work, but William Blake's "The Tyger" (1794) is the most famous poem about a tiger
Category
1880s English Romantic Antique Poem
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Human Life by Samuel Rogers in a stunning "à la cathedrale" binding
Located in Middletown, NY
this work by Samuel Rogers (1763 – 1855), a reflective poem, on which the poet was engaged for twelve
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Poem
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Coq dOr Russian Art Theatre Anatole Dolinoff
By Georges de Pogedaieff
Located in London, GB
). The Golden Cockerel is based on the poem The Tale of the Golden Cockerel by the notable Russian poet
Category
1920s French Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Georgian Diamond Set Miniature Brooch Circa 1830s
Located in ADELAIDE, SA
poem “Paradise Lost” by John Milton. It depicts the Archangel Raphael issuing a warning to Adam and Eve
Category
1830s Georgian Antique Poem
Materials
Diamond, Mixed Metal
The Soldier
s Ballad - Lithograph by Max Ernst - 1972
By Max Ernst
Located in Roma, IT
199.
Realized by Max Ernst to illustrate the poem "Die Ballade vom Soldaten by Georges Ribemont
Category
1840s Surrealist Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
Dutch Theologian Portrait – Leonardus Marius by Adriaen Matham, circa 1651
Located in Langweer, NL
of 64). The Dutch poem below, attributed to J. V. Vondel (the foremost Dutch poet of the era
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
American Studio Made Rustic Pine Table - Saul Yalkert Craftsman, Circa 1930
Located in Rochester, NY
/ Greenwich Village Bookshop Door - 1920-1925 - A Portal to Bohemia - Fifteen Poems by Albert Brush - 1923
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Antique Poem
Materials
Pine, Wood
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by John Major
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
hook, catch varied species of freshwater fish, and cook them, is enriched with songs and poems
Category
1880s American Victorian Antique Poem
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Late 19th Century Tonalist Maine Coast Seascape
By Julian Walbridge Rix
Located in Soquel, CA
. Rix" Poem on verso titled, "The Queen of the Wood Feast" by Clay. Also on verson, location indicated
Category
1890s Tonalist Antique Poem
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper
Portrait of Pieter Schrijver – Mennonite Preacher, Engraving by J.Folkema, 1739
Located in Langweer, NL
. Aetatis LXXIII.” The caption below the portrait is a Dutch poem by B. de Bosch, praising Schrijver’s
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Romantic Era Lithograph – Jocelyn Sauvant Laurence de la Mort, c.1840
Located in Langweer, NL
a powerful scene from Jocelyn, the celebrated narrative poem by Alphonse de Lamartine, first
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Dutch Humanist Stephan Crachtius – 17th c. Engraving by Matham after Spilberg
Located in Langweer, NL
Protestant or Mennonite community. The Dutch poem at the bottom, attributed to Jacob Tonson, praises his
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Antique Portrait of Jan Wagenaar – Dutch Historian of Amsterdam, Dated 1766
Located in Langweer, NL
. The engraved poem below, written by Jan de Kruyff, praises Wagenaar’s dedication to truth, justice
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Dutch Baroque Portrait of Theologian Johannes Wachtelaar – Utrecht, c.1653
Located in Langweer, NL
72. Below, a Latin poem extols his virtues, referring to him as a “Vigil,” whose life exuded virtue
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Paris France, Miss Tic, Woman Artist Portrait, Limited Edition Photograph, 1980s
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
) is a contemporary French woman artist who printed her 'pochoir' stencil art-poems on the walls of
Category
1880s Contemporary Antique Poem
Materials
Rag Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Musidora
Located in PARIS, FR
inspired by the poem Summer by James Thomson, published in 1727, in which a young man unwittingly sees a
Category
1860s Italian School Antique Poem
Materials
Marble
Old Paris Porcelain Vase of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with Poetic Inscription
By Old Paris
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
-inscribed stanza from his most celebrated poem, A Psalm of Life:
“Lives of great men all remind us
We can
Category
Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Miniature hokkai bako or kaioke, doll furniture replica of a traditional box
Located in PARIS, FR
the similarities of their décor, presumably matching a poem.
Japan – Meiji era (1868-1912)
Height
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Poem
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Antique Marble Sculpture depicting ‘Reverie: In the Days of Sappho
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
lyric poet and known in antiquity for her love poems.
She wrote widely, but largely about the love
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Antique Poem
Materials
Marble, Breccia Marble, Statuary Marble
Antique Danish Søren Lund (1852-1933) etchings with St. St. Blicher qoutes
Located in Ebberup, DK
.
Both pieces have quotes from the poem “Søren Kanne” by Steen Steensen Blicher (1782-1848).
Søren
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Antique Poem
Materials
Composition
C1690 Seventeenth Century 22K Posy Ring with motto “A Frende
s Gifte"
Located in Baltimore, MD
lover, here is the posey attached to the poem 'A Letter sent from beyond the Seaes to his Louer
Category
1690s English George I Antique Poem
Materials
22k Gold
Set of Three Gillows Of Lancaster 19th Century Silvered Green Painted Mirrors
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in Benington, Herts
in his poem Highland Mary about Mary Campbell. Coilsfield Castle is also mentioned. Coilsfield House
Category
19th Century English Antique Poem
Materials
Silver
Antique Poetry Book, The Lady Of The Lake, Walter Scott, Early Edition, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Lady of the Lake, the celebrated narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott
Category
1810s British Georgian Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Double Gourd Vase Blue White, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
side, probably a poem.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens Edo Period Vignettes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
vignettes, poems, and paintings in various formats over a dramatic gold leaf square ground. The paintings
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Poem
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Staffordshire Dog Tray Sleeping Girl Spaniel Flatback Figurine 9"
Located in Dayton, OH
Charles spaniel. Tray refers to the name of a faithful dog featured in the poem "The Harper," written in
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
The cup of the king of Thule
Located in Paris, IDF
signed at the time with his compound name Métra-Hubbard, refers to a poem published in 1782 by Goethe and
Category
Late 19th Century French School Antique Poem
Materials
Oil
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Irises Along a Raised Garden Walkway
Located in Hudson, NY
. Signature and seal read: Katsutoshi. On back it is titled: Irises (Kakitsubata) with a poem. With
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Poem
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
The Village Maids - British Victorian art exhibited RA 1880 watercolour painting
By Marcella M Walker
Located in Hagley, England
London, exhibit 697 that same year. The painting illustrates the penultimate verse from a long poem by
Category
19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Antique Poem
Materials
Watercolor
History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter
s Westminster by R. Ackermann
W.Combe
Located in Middletown, NY
Doctor Syntax, a comic poem, illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's color plates. He also wrote the
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Poem
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with ‘Rinpa School’-style design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tale of Genji, The Tales of Ise, and Heian-period poems composed by courtiers. (From the MET museum
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Poem
Materials
Brass, Lead
George Trollope
Sons fireplace
room, Paris Exhibition 1878 Gold Medal Winner
Located in London, GB
France by using ‘The Rape of Lock’, a mock-heroic narrative poem Pope wrote in 1712 about Petre who cut
Category
1870s Antique Poem
Materials
Marble
Japanese pair of kaioke boxes or Hokkaibako made of black and gold lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
different painting. The game consists of putting two shells together to form a famous poem.
Japan – Meiji
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Poem
Materials
Gold
Lithographic poster by Édouard Vuillard 1893 for the Théâtre de l’Œuvre
By Edouard Vuillard
Located in PARIS, FR
epicenter of Symbolist theatre in France. Vuillard’s lithograph is a visual poem of dense textures, ghostly
Category
1890s Antique Poem
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Lidded Temple Jar Converted Lamp
Located in Vero Beach, FL
or poem calligraphic inscription in black enamel. The Temple jar is converted to a beautiful and
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Bronze Bust of Lord Byron
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
autobiographical poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage in the late 19th century.
Lord Byron is now more generally
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Poem
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique 19th Century Norwegian Artists Oil Painting Pastoral Windmill Shepherd
Located in Stockholm, SE
cattle to a tranquil watering hole. The composition unfolds like a gentle poem of rural life, with lush
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Antique Poem
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Augis Plus Qu’Hier 18K Yellow White Gold Enamel Lab Created Ruby Love Pendant
By A. Augis
Located in London, GB
yesterday, less than tomorrow") - a line taken from the love poem written by Rosemonde Gerard to her husband
Category
1920s French Antique Poem
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Pair of Mother- of- Pearl Inlaid Laquer Table Screens Qing Dynasty, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
wooden frame and made into a writing table. Inside with two beautifull poems. Top quality.
Additional
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Cat Lithograph by Tsuguharu Foujita, Early 20th Century, Framed
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in New York, NY
twenty etched plate drawings of realistic cats, each one named and with a corresponding poem.
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
French Augis Plus Qu’Hier 18K Yellow White Gold Enamel Ruby Love Pendant
By A. Augis
Located in London, GB
, less than tomorrow") - a line taken from the love poem written by Rosemonde Gerard to her husband (the
Category
1920s French Antique Poem
Materials
Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Rare Art Deco Glazed Porcelain Sculpture c1930 by August Wilhelm Goebel, Signed
By A.W. Goebel
Located in Lisse, NL
skilled sculptors of the interwar period.
More than a decorative object, this is a sculptural poem in
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Antique Poem
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Yoshitsune and Benkei
Located in Rio Vista, CA
rug inscribing a poem on a wooden signboard while a third warrior watches on the right side. Signed
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Poem
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
$3,400 Sale Price
29% Off
A Magnificent and Rare Portrait Painting of William Shakespeare, Circa 1870 C.
Located in Long Island City, NY
collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Poem
Materials
Paint
The Whispered Offering: An Antique Persian Borchelou Rug of Grace and Provenance
Located in Dallas, TX
—a piece not merely of art, but of cultural continuity.
The composition unfolds like a poem in
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Sarouk Farahan Antique Poem
Materials
Wool
$1,007 Sale Price
20% Off
1909-1910 The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Three Volumes
By Edmund Spenser
Located in Bath, GB
poem The Faerie Queene.
A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer, edited by
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Poem
Materials
Paper
Portrait - Lithograph by Auguste Raffet - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
, among which are Béranger's poems, the History of the Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, the History of
Category
1840s Modern Antique Poem
Materials
Lithograph
Ruggero Panerai 19th Century Signed Painting
Located in Roma, IT
Maremma.
In 1888, he exhibited the painting Mazzeppa in Paris, a subject taken from Lord Byronːs poem of
Category
1890s Italian School Antique Poem
Materials
Wood, Oil
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique poem you’re looking for. Each antique poem for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, paper and animal skin. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique poem — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique poem made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique poem that is appealing in its simplicity, but Choisy-le-Roi, Felicia Hemans and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Poem?
The average selling price for an antique poem at 1stDibs is $2,046, while they’re typically $119 on the low end and $30,000 for the highest priced.