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Bronze Sculpture - Ancient Woman - Barbedienne / Colas - France - 19th
Located in CANNES, FR
, representing a woman in the ancient, Polymnia* Barber smelter, mechanical reduction by the Achille Collas
Category

19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Bronze Inkwell by Heinrich Krippel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Austrian Heroic Smelter Worker 20th century bronze sculpture desk set signed by Heinrich Krippel
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

19th Century, Group of Love Intertwined Cast Iron
By Salin Foundry, Paris
Located in Richebourg, Yvelines
decoration. The model comes from the Salin smelter located in the Meuse.
Category

19th Century French Antique Smelter

German Copper-Colored Ceramic Crucible Planter
Located in Woodbury, CT
Crucibles have been used through history to smelt metal and other substances, but the ceramic ones
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Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique Smelter

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Large German Copper-Colored Ceramic Crucible Planters, Stamped
Located in Woodbury, CT
Crucibles have been used through history to smelt metal and other substances, but the ceramic ones
Category

Early 20th Century German Antique Smelter

Materials

Ceramic

Ancient sculpture Whistling boy Vaclav Szczeblewski in terracotta XIX century
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Sculpture "Whistling boy" The sculpture is made of a layer of bronze on cold smelting of copper
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

The Invasion [...].
By Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Hungry Slaves have smelt our Food / They long to taste our Flesh and Blood / Old England's Beef and Beer
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1820s Antique Smelter

Materials

Engraving, Etching

Early 20th Century Painting of Black Pomeranian Puppies
By Horatio Henry Couldery
Located in Washington, DC
British Artists with two more fish still- life paintings titled Fresh from Market and Smelts. The artist
Category

Early 20th Century Academic Antique Smelter

Materials

Oil

Lead-Glazed Terracotta Jar
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
use of smelt lead which were believed to produce elixirs able to transform the body if swallowed
Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Smelter

Materials

Earthenware

Antique Smelting Pot
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This large antique smelting pot was used for glass blowing and is a great example of Industrial art
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Early 20th Century French Modern Antique Smelter

Materials

Stone

Heavily Weathered Vintage Smelting Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
This large vintage heavily worn smelting pot is part of our exclusive one-of-a-kind finds. The
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Stone

Vintage Bronze Sculpture of a Gold Smelter by Richard Georg Schnauder, 1926
By Richard Georg Schnauder
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine vintage bronze sculpture of a muscular semi-nude gold smelter by renowned German
Category

1920s German Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

Large Bronze Crucible
Located in Culver City, CA
Beautiful pair of primitive garden urns, originally used for smelting ore. Made in France circa
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19th Century French Primitive Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

French Art Nouveau Tray by Vibert
By Alexandre Vibert
Located in New York, NY
. Signed, ''A. Vibert” and smelter's stamp "E. Colin et Cie Paris''. (MG #17477)
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Smelter

Lava Crucibles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A collection of three lava crucibles used for metal smelting. Great as garden pots or indoor
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Smelter

Materials

Lava, Stone

Mantel Clock. Ormolu Bronze, Machinery with Thread Escapement. France, 19th Cent
Located in Madrid, ES
exclusivity of this material: that of "fondeursciseleurs" (smelters and chisels) and that of "ciseleursdoreurs
Category

Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Smelter

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Victorian Side Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on with tools. The
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Large Blacksmith Made Side Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
. What is Wrought Iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Georgian Style Garden Gate with Strap Work
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
is wrought iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on
Category

Early 20th Century English Victorian Antique Smelter

Materials

Wrought Iron

Georgian Wrought Iron Garden Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
is Wrought Iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on
Category

Late 18th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Georgian Wrought Iron Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
scrolling. What is Wrought Iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and
Category

Early 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Pair of Georgian Wrought Iron Panels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
throughout. What is wrought iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and
Category

Early 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique Wrought Iron Strap Work Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Wrought Iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on with tools
Category

Late 18th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Antique Wrought Iron Gate with Decorative Finials
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on with tools. The term wrought iron literally means
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Scroll Work Victorian Side Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
. What is wrought iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Antique Georgian Garden Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
smelted and worked on with tools. The term wrought iron literally means “worked” and stems from the
Category

Late 18th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Large Antique Victorian Quality Mantle Clock
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique Victorian quality mantle clock, having a quality bronzed smelter figural mount of a
Category

Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Smelter

Materials

Marble, Brass, Bronze

19th Century Chinese Buffet with Drawers, Doors and Traditional Iron Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
lateral drawers and the three top drawers are decorated with nicely smelted dentate hardware. This
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Smelter

Materials

Wood

Vintage Stone Turf Role w/ Metal Top
Located in Dallas, TX
smelting pot is enormous and heavily worn. The perfect accent for a rustic space, it adds warmth and
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Early 20th Century Organic Modern Antique Smelter

Materials

Stone, Metal

Vintage Stone Turf Role w/ Metal Top
Located in Dallas, TX
smelting pot is enormous and heavily worn. The perfect accent for a rustic space, it adds warmth and
Category

Early 20th Century Organic Modern Antique Smelter

Materials

Stone, Metal

Bronze Flemish Bell, Signed and Dated, Morell, 1556
Located in Madrid, ES
bottom (“Morel me fecit Aº 1556”). There is news of a family of important Sevillian smelters: Juan Morel
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16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

Blown Glass Sphere on Marble base
Located in Hudson, NY
during the smelting process. It is hand blown and rolled and has many lovely folded over and waving lines
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Antique Smelter

Pair of Antique Cast Iron Industrial Troughs with Firebrick Lining
Located in West Hollywood, CA
interior, indicative of their past role in high-temperature applications such as metal casting or smelting
Category

Early 20th Century American Rustic Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron

Early 20th Century Foundry Pots Crucibles
Located in Southampton, GB
version. Used for casting, these would have been filled with smelting metal. The combination of the heat
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Smelter

Materials

Lava

Table Clock Ormolu Bronze Signed Dumont, Paris, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
of this material: that of "fondeurs-ciseleurs" (smelters and chisels) and that of "ciseleurs-doreurs
Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Game Bird Menu Card Holders
Located in Newark, England
recovered is dated to circa 4650 BCE and was found in Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

French Maiden Upon Horseback Bronze Henri-Geoffroy de la Planche de Ruillé
Located in Newark, England
, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted from a natural tin-copper ore. Henri-Geoffroy de la Planche
Category

Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

Japan Massive Blue Bronze Peace Bell Voice Of Buddha 45 Inches Tall
Located in South Burlington, VT
bells were requisitioned and smelted by the government. This huge bell bonsho was undoubtedly cast to
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

"Algerian Horsemen in the Desert, " Frederick Billing, Orientalism, Arabian Horse
By Frederick Billing
Located in New York, NY
Gustav had preceded him, and now, with a partner, owned a smelter in Leadville, Colorado. Billing moved
Category

Early 1900s Hudson River School Antique Smelter

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Decorative Grand Tour Fisherman Bronze Sculpture Giorgio Sommer
By Giorgio Sommer
Located in Newark, England
Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted from a natural tin-copper ore. Grand Tour was a trip
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Industrial Shelving by Max H König-Albert-Werk, Circa 1900
Located in Gloucester, GB
followed by another standstill in 1917 after the coal crisis in 1916. The death of the smelter
Category

Early 1900s German Industrial Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron

Japanese Antique Bronze Shakudo Crane Vase
Located in Newark, England
Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted from a natural tin-copper ore. MEIJI PERIOD was an
Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Smelter

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Antique French Mantle Chariot Clock François Linke
By François Linke
Located in Newark, England
 4650 BCE and was found in Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted from a natural tin
Category

Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Large-Scale Glazed Lava Stone Foundry Crucible Garden Planter
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very large smelting Crucible for bronze or steel foundry. Beautiful green variegated green glaze
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Machine Age Antique Smelter

Materials

Stone, Lava

Large-Scale Glazed Foundry Crucible
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very large smelting Crucible for bronze or steel foundry. Beautiful green variegated green glaze
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Machine Age Antique Smelter

Materials

Lava, Stone

Early 20th Century Blacksmith Trade Sign
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
blacksmith made tools beautifully arranged around the supporting arch with a smelting spoon in the centre
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron

Antique Wrought Iron Garden Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
. What is Wrought Iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron

Victorian Style Scrollwork Pedestrian Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
. What is Wrought Iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and worked on
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Victorian Wrought Iron Pedestrian Garden Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
design. What is wrought iron? Wrought iron is a type of refined, low carbon iron that is smelted and
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Wrought Iron Victorian Pedestrian Gate
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
smelted and worked on with tools. The term wrought iron literally means “worked” and stems from the
Category

Early 19th Century Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron, Wrought Iron

Pittsburgh Steel Mills at Night
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
magic of smelting and manufacturing, the glowing of the many lights and their effects on the multi
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Antique Smelter

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Painted Cast Iron Neptune Wall Fountain from France
By Val D Osne Foundry
Located in Dallas, TX
applied to the carving making a mold. Hot smelted iron is then poured into the mold. When it cools and
Category

Early 20th Century French Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron

Antique French Dog Bronze Sculpture by Emmanuel Fremiet
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Newark, England
smelted from a natural tin-copper ore. Belle Epoque is a period of French, Belgian and European history
Category

Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

"Algerian Horsemen in the Desert, " Frederick Billing, Orientalism, Arabian Horse
By Frederick Billing
Located in New York, NY
Gustav had preceded him, and now, with a partner, owned a smelter in Leadville, Colorado. Billing moved
Category

Early 1900s Hudson River School Antique Smelter

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Grand Tour Italian Bronze Figure of Spinario The Boy with Thorn
Located in Newark, England
recovered is dated to circa 4650 BCE and was found in Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted
Category

Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Cast Iron Shelves by Max H Konig
Located in Gloucester, GB
death of the smelter's director Josef Baum in 1917 and the takeover of the Saxon State Railways by the
Category

1910s German Industrial Antique Smelter

Materials

Iron

Japanese Rare Big Signed Antique Bronze Temple Bell Emits Voice Of Buddha, 25"
Located in South Burlington, VT
requisitioned and smelted by the government before and during WWII which make this early example a rare survivor
Category

19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Smelter

Materials

Bronze

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Antique Smelter For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique smelter for your home. Frequently made of metal, iron and wrought iron, every antique smelter was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique smelter — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique smelter, designed in the Victorian, Art Nouveau or industrial style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Alfonso Canciani, August Karl Eduard Kiss and Roger Godchaux each produced at least one beautiful antique smelter that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Smelter?

Prices for an antique smelter can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $301 and can go as high as $45,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,250.