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Pompeiian Grand Tour Large Bronze Gueridon
Located in Essex, MA
festoons and bull skulls. Winged seated Roman Sphinxes. Signed Sabatino de Angelis & Fils
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19th Century Antique Skull

17th C Turk s Head Andirons
Located in Greenwich, CT
with spears, bows and arrows, ball of flames and cow skulls.
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Skull

Materials

Iron

5 Antique Black Forest Roe Deer Hunt Taxidermy Antlers Horns Wood Plaques
Located in Dayton, OH
Lot of five antique mounted roe deer antlers and skull caps on wooden plaques, two simple round
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Early 20th Century Black Forest Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Hardwood

Vanitas Sculpture, Italy End of 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
human skull, with femoral bones. Italy last part of 18th century.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Skull

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Poison Door
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a Folk Art door from a Turn-Of-The Century doctors cabinet. The hand carved skull and cross
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19th Century Unknown Folk Art Antique Skull

Materials

Wood

Antique, 3D Anatomical Head Model
Located in Berghuelen, DE
. Left side showing muscles, right side skull. Right side detachable with removable brain parts.
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Early 20th Century German Antique Skull

Materials

Wood, Plaster

18th Century Diamond Silver Gold Memento Mori Ring
Located in New York, NY
An early Memento Mori ring comprised of a rose-cut diamond flanked by a small skull and a serpent
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1760s Georgian Antique Skull

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver

American Folk Art Liquor Jug
Located in Chicago, IL
A great American 19th century Albany Slip glazed stoneware liquor jug painted with a skull and
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Skull

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Ceramic

Memento Mori
Located in Kent, Dover
'Memento Mori - Latin: "Remember that you will die". A part skeleton, comprising skull, hand, foot
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19th Century Antique Skull

Large Northern Italian Painted Console
Located in Kent, Dover
carved with winged lions, animal skulls, shells and swags. The console table is painted mahogany and has
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1910s Italian Antique Skull

Russian Neoclassical Rosewood and Inlaid Corner Cabinet
Located in Essex, MA
torchere inlaid panel, the border with ox skull, swags and fan form spandrels, enclosing one shelf, inlaid
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1790s European Neoclassical Antique Skull

Neo Renaissance Enamel and Old Cut Diamond 5 Carat Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
-set claws and a black and white enamel bezel surround, the tapering shoulders with skull motif
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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Skull

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Penitent Magdalene, Oil painting on canvas, 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
her hand on the skull, symbol of the "memento mori". On the first canvas.
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17th Century Other Art Style Antique Skull

Materials

Oil

Alabaster Golgotha, Italy, 17th Cenury
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Golgotha (literally "Place of the Skull ») is a hill on the outskirts of the city of Jerusalem where those
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17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Skull

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Alabaster

Early 20th Century Ceremonial Form
Located in London, GB
/Burma, Naga people, ca. early 20th century CE. An intriguing fetish formed from a monkey skull that has
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Early 1900s Congolese Folk Art Antique Skull

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Natural Fiber

Bronze Dancing Harlequin or Clown Standing on Two Color Marble Base
Located in San Francisco, CA
leg and arm in the air, fingers outstretched, dressed in a flowing garment and wearing a skull cap
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Late 19th Century French Antique Skull

Materials

Bronze

L.N. Fowler Phrenology Head Statue
Located in Buchanan, MI
and personality and character traits are revealed by the location of contours, or bumps, in the skull
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19th Century European Antique Skull

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Porcelain

18th Century Carved Statue of Mary Magdalene
Located in Dallas, TX
examples showing Mary Magdalene portrayed with a skull and book, dating back hundreds of years. We see
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Skull

Mary Magdalene after Jean Jules Cambos (1828–1917), France 19th Century
Located in Greding, DE
landscaped pedestal with flowers, a cross and an open book. She gazes down at a skull in her hands.
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19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Skull

Materials

Alabaster

Early 19th C Maritime Sailor s Coconut “Bugbear” Memento Mori Gun Powder Flask
Located in Lowestoft, GB
with brass mounts and nozzle. Also with an unusual inset carved bone skull and crossbones, with a ship
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Early 19th Century European Antique Skull

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Natural Fiber

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, 1928
Located in Berghuelen, DE
a member of the lordly family of Baden in 1928. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, family
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull

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Antler, Wood

1930s Boucheron Snakelink Necklace with Antique Charms
By Boucheron
Located in New York, NY
five charms including a memento mori enamel skull (circa 1800), a falcon atop a pearl, an ancient style
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Early 20th Century French Antique Skull

Materials

Pearl, 18k Gold

Figures - Pencil Drawing by Jean Béraud - Early 20th Century
By Jean Béraud
Located in Roma, IT
through skulls and men with hats.
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Early 20th Century Antique Skull

Materials

Pencil

George III Alabaster Urn of Classical Form Made into a Lamp
Located in New York, NY
decorated frieze, above a skull and bell petal swag decorated body. Acanthus leaf circular pedestal
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1790s English George III Antique Skull

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Alabaster

Early 19th Century French School Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Antique Vanitas Oil Painting, Antique Memento Mori Oil Painting, Antique Skull Oil Painting, Gothic
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Early 19th Century French Gothic Antique Skull

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Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Triceratops Horn
Located in New York, NY
named by Othniel Charles Marsh. The skull of the triceratops was heavy and distinctive: with three horns
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15th Century and Earlier American Antique Skull

Materials

Bone

19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust
Located in London, GB
male accompanied by the austere figure of a fly, a poignant symbol used in conjunction of the skull and
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Skull

Materials

Marble

Roland Ward Taxidermy Antelope Horns by Rowland Ward
By Rowland Ward
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
An excellent mounted antelope skull cap and horns by the renowned British taxidermist, Rowland Ward
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Late 19th Century African Sporting Art Antique Skull

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Antler

Memento Mori, Oil on Agate, Germany Beginning XVIII Century
Located in Milan, IT
Memento Mori for Wunderkammer, depicting a skull and a tulip, oil paintings on hard stone. A large
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Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Skull

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Agate, Brass

Black Forest Red Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, 1815
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A world class antique black forest red deer trophy mounted on a wooden skull. Origin from the
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Early 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull

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Antler, Wood

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, Kaltenbronn, 1937
Located in Berghuelen, DE
member of the lordly family of Badenin, 1937. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

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Antler, Wood

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, Breitenbrunn, 1912
Located in Berghuelen, DE
of the lordly family of Baden in 1912. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the hunt
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

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Antler, Wood

Late 18th Century Italian Gold Poison Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Guidi Casavecchia family, circa 1730. On the inside there is a compartment for poison with a skull
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Skull

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Gold

Penitent Magdalene Oil on Canvas Flemish School 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
ecstasy; next to her there is a skull, symbol of " momento mori", that recalls to the transience of life
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17th Century Other Art Style Antique Skull

Materials

Oil

Grand Kudu Mount, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The horns and partial skull mounted on a shield form and double pointed backplate of oak, the kudu
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Early 20th Century African Antique Skull

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Horn

Italian School 17th Century, Saint Bonaventure, Old Master Gouache
Located in Paris, FR
very charming baroque frame : 20 x 15 cm oval shape This bald Saint meditating on a skull may be Saint
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Early 1600s Baroque Antique Skull

great female anatomical torso by SOMSO, circa 1920
Located in Berghuelen, DE
), liver, stomach, intestine, kidney, uterus (2) skull, thorax and torso. on wooden base. manufactured by
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique Skull

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Paper, Plaster, Wood

Baroque Revival Continental School "St. Jerome" Oil on Panel
Located in Astoria, NY
skull. The piece was likely made in the late 18th-early 19th century. Measures: Image 6.5" H x 5.125" W
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Early 19th Century European Baroque Revival Antique Skull

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Wood

Antique Wooden Vanitas Sculpture
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This oak Vanitas sculpture dates from the 19th century. The carved wood was painted over. The skull
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1890s Belgian Baroque Revival Antique Skull

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Oak

Ebonised Poison Cabinet, circa 1910
Located in Gloucester, GB
- Original lock and key - Original cast iron skull and crossbone - German, circa 1910 - Measures: 178cm
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1910s German Antique Skull

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Pine

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, 1903
Located in Berghuelen, DE
by a member of the lordly family of Baden in 1903. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

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Antler, Wood

Vanitas Themed Painting with a Clock
Located in Houston, TX
depart." The putti (cherub) sits next to a skull and a candle which are popular vanitas symbols in 16th
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18th Century Renaissance Antique Skull

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Oil

19th Century Half Human Medical Skelton
Located in London, GB
collection includes an articulated skull, an assortment of Femurs, Patella’s, Tibias, Fibula, Talus, Pelvis
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19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Skull

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Natural Fiber

Sepik River Artefact, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Sepik River over modeled human skull c.1920 For Sale in this LOT is a unique and almost predatory
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1920s Papua New Guinean Folk Art Antique Skull

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Clay, Natural Fiber

Original Antique Propaganda Poster German Imperialism Growing Wings Anti War
Located in London, GB
human skull wearing a helmet and spreading out its wings in the colours of the German flag with the bold
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1920s German Antique Skull

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Paper

19th c. Phrenology Porcelain Bust c.1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
there is a perfect correspondence between the conformation of the healthy skull of an individual and his
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Skull

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Porcelain

Mid-17th-Century Neapolitan School, Saint Jerome In Penitence
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Italy, depicts Saint Jerome in penitence with a skull and sleeping lion. It’s reminiscent of
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1640s Italian School Antique Skull

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century Medical Human Deformed Example
Located in London, GB
19th Century medical human skull deformed example We are proud to offer an early 19th century
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Early 1800s British Victorian Antique Skull

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Natural Fiber

Important Cultural and Decorative Object, Germany Around 1750
Located in Milan, IT
A plaster sculpture depicting a skull is placed above the base of a plinth in the shape of a column
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Mid-18th Century German Antique Skull

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Brass, Bronze

Memento mori mirror, Belgium 1898.
Located in Milan, IT
in a soft element from which an arm departs, which, descending, holds a face and a skull joined by
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Skull

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Bronze, Copper

Early 19th Century Flemish Copper Repoussé Coffee Pot with Lid and Fleur de Lys
Located in Fayetteville, AR
flanked by laurels on one side and a skull and crossbones coat of arms supported by leopards on the
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Early 19th Century Belgian Antique Skull

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Copper

18th Century Hercules and Antaeus Fireback
Located in Amerongen, Amerongen
Antaeus would challenge all passers-by to wrestling matches, kill them, and collect their skulls to
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18th Century and Earlier French Rococo Antique Skull

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Iron

A Memento Mori on column with clock, France 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
clock is also in alabaster. Above it rests a sculpture of a skull, in patinated scagliola plaster to
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Skull

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Alabaster, Brass

19th c. Ship s Deadeye Pulley
Located in San Francisco, CA
a sheep's skull.
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19th Century Industrial Antique Skull

Materials

Wood

Saint Francis In Meditation Oil On Canvas 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
in front of the Cross, in a deserted place and with a skull in his hands, the memento mori, to
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18th Century Other Art Style Antique Skull

Materials

Oil

Central American Mayan Polychrome Cylindrical Vessel
Located in UTRECHT, UT
sitting opposite each other in front of a stele with a skull attached on it. One god is holding a snake
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15th Century and Earlier Central American Antique Skull

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Terracotta

Early 17th Century Memento Mori Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Memento mori ring-Exceptional antique gold ring with a kitten in the shape of a skull, enamelled
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Early 17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Skull

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Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique skull you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique skull for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using bone, metal and wood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique skull — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each antique skull bearing Victorian, Industrial or Folk Art hallmarks is very popular. A well-made antique skull has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Anthony Baratta, Bock Steger and Delisle Freres are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Skull?

Prices for an antique skull start at $97 and top out at $275,000 with the average selling for $1,890.