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Japan, Girls Playing on Konkonchiki Game, original photograph
Located in Middletown, NY
should remove his or her hand before the other participants could close the loop and trap you.
Players
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Antique Traps
Materials
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
English Art Deco Twin Bottle Tantalus by George Betjemann
By George Betjemann
Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
. It is told that he was trapped in Tartarus, made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Antique Traps
Materials
Metal
Sumatra Gasteracantha Spiders – Antique Natural History Print c.1887
Located in Langweer, NL
., and printed by P.W\.M. Trap.
These spiders, known for their distinctive hardened, spiny abdomens and
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
Antique Mechanical Circus "Wonder Of The Age" Large Banner
Located in Dekalb, IL
weird that people believed there was a trapped soul or a reanimated corpse being manipulated - hence the
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Other Antique Traps
Materials
Textile, Paint
Antique Bronze of Vercingetorix with His Son by Emile Laporte 19th Century
Located in London, GB
his men were trapped in the stronghold of Alesia, near present-day Dijon. Caesar surrounded the
Category
1890s French Antique Traps
Materials
Bronze
Cartier French Art Deco Diamond and Platinum Bracelet, 18.70 Carats, Circa 1929
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
set diamond panels, each centre has a trap-cut diamond, in a claw setting, flanked by triangular and
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Traps
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
"William Tell" Mechanical Toy Savings Bank. American, Circa 1896 (All Original)
By J.
E. Steven
s Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
raise alternate arm); even has the original coin trap which is typically replaced. Bank is made of cast
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Iron
Vase
Filigrana a reticello
, 1927 MVM cappellin
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
clear glass with white filigree forming a rhombus pattern and trapped air bubbles, it is a perfect
Category
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Traps
Materials
Glass
Charles X Malachite and Ormolu Mantel Clock depicting Psyche and the Golden Box
Located in Dallas, TX
opened the box that lead to a trap.
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Traps
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Soft Toned Antique Mahal
Located in New York, NY
rows of little rosettes. Light border of outline turtles trapped in a vine scrollerie. Plain tonally en
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Antique Traps
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$12,500
1676 Friedrich von Arenstorff Intaglio Fob wax Seal Rock Crystal Silver
Located in SE
in 1676. In 1678 he commanded the Danish army in South Sweden again but failed to save the trapped
Category
1670s Danish Baroque Antique Traps
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Silver
Antique Large Elegant Gilt Hallway Lantern
Located in Lincoln, GB
trap door that closes with a clasp, which would have originally held a glass panel as well.
Condition
Category
19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Brass
The Use of the Diving Engine in Stopping Leaks - 18th-Century Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
, trapped air inside and were weighted down to stay submerged. Inventors and engineers experimented with
Category
1750s Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
Japanese Lacquered Wood Sho Kannon, Momoyama/Edo Period, 17th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
savior to beings trapped in the hell realms.
Provenance:
Private California and Texas Collection
Samuk
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Traps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Bulbous-Form Light Green Demijohn with Cork Stopper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
).
Composed of 'blown-to-mold' glass (a method accepted as 'hand-blowing') exhibiting trapped air bubbles
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Traps
Materials
Glass, Cork
Firefight
By William Thomas Smedley
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
, enhancing the painting's emotional impact.
In the upper section of the piece, a man is portrayed trapped
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage Turkmen Rug 1
6
x 5
0"
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Turkmen rug 1'6'' x 5'. This Afghan Ersari nomadic jollar (trapping) shows a three by
Category
1650s Turkmen Antique Traps
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$828 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Yacht Sailboat Platinum Diamond Sapphire Citrine Charm Pendant
Located in London, GB
sails on a sapphire boat. The charm is set with 25 round brilliant cut diamonds, two trap-cut citrines
Category
1910s British Art Deco Antique Traps
Materials
Citrine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Oil Painting Three Terrier Puppies Dogs In a Stable With a Caged Rat
By George Armfield
Located in Portland, OR
three terrier puppies in a farm stable looking inquisitively at a rat trapped under a cage. The painting
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Acrylic
Rare 18th c. Lobster Pot Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
the crest, they are pinched inward in the shape of traditional lobster traps and are almost always of
Category
1790s English Antique Traps
Materials
Elm
Thomas Gauguin (1756-1831) - Framed Stipple Engraving, The Bird Catcher
Located in Corsham, GB
-1832). The print depicts a young boy sat on the ground, baiting a bird trap with grain. The bird he is
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Engraving
Antique Limestone Fireplace mantel
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
growing toward each other and to the central star.
The sloping jambs have a trapped top and nice scrolled
Category
19th Century French Antique Traps
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Pair of Hand-colored Romantic French Engravings after Francois Boucher
By (After) Francois Boucher
Located in Alamo, CA
birds to gather in the trap they set.
"Le Plaisir de la Peche" depicts a young man and two women
Category
18th Century Romantic Antique Traps
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Hunting and Gathering Across Continents in a Collage of Five Engravings, 1813
Located in Langweer, NL
required in such a frigid environment.
4. "German Fox Trap": A snapshot of woodland cunning, where a
Category
1810s Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
$942 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Early 19th Century Hand Blown Glass Damigiana
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
. Composed of a gorgeous free-blown aqua blue glass that exhibits trapped air bubbles within the glass and
Category
19th Century Italian Other Antique Traps
Materials
Blown Glass
Victorian "Bird" Spider Print
Located in Riverdale, NY
attacking a trapped bird. Black painted wood frame. Some paint loss on corner.
Measures: 13" x 10".
Category
1890s European Late Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Wood, Paper
Mechanical Bank "Saluting Sailor", circa 1920s
By Saalheimer
Strauss
Located in Incline Village, NV
original position (see image).
Coins are removed via the original key lock trap.
The bank measures:
6 3/4
Category
Early 20th Century German Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Tin
Vintage french art - The Animated Towpath In Normandy - oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
by a nuanced use of color. The artist's mastery of the secrets of light trapped on these canvases and
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Traps
Materials
Oil
Rare Victorian Solid Amboyna Tantalus George Betjemann
By George Betjemann
Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
character Tantalus, son of Zeus. It is told that he was trapped in Tartarus, made to stand in a pool of
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Cast Bronze of a Mythical Lion Beast
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
hunter trapped.
Cast bronze.
Tribal African Islamic Art.
Similar cast bronze are also find in the
Category
Early 20th Century African Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Bronze
Mechanical Bank
Sentry
, circa 1925
By Saalheimer
Strauss
Located in Incline Village, NV
Sentry to the starting position.
Coins are removed via the original rectangular key lock coin trap.
This
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Tin
Beautiful Pair of Late 19th-Early 20th Century Kitten Paintings by F. Krantz
Located in Long Island City, NY
on canvas, with curious kittens. One painting with four kittens and a mouse trap, the other with
Category
Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Antique Traps
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
Georgian Leather Wing Chair Chesterfield Revival
Located in Potters Bar, GB
drafts and trap warmth around them. These chairs are often associated with traditional or classic
Category
1920s Georgian Antique Traps
Materials
Leather
Pair of Italian 19th Century Terra Cotta Statues of Lions, Circa 1850
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
has trapped under his paw. Each richly detailed handsome roaring lion above is in a crouching position
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Traps
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Turkmen Yomut Main Carpet, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
combination with the field design give this carpet the impression of a large luxurious Turkmen bag or trapping
Category
19th Century Turkmen Antique Traps
Materials
Wool
California Lake Landscape Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
1940's.
In 1953, Schuster died, trapped inside her home as it was destroyed in a brush-fire.
Her
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Traps
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Single French Antique Blown Cylindrical Clear Glass Jar, Ten Available
Located in Brooklyn, NY
eradicated).
Dense glass exhibiting small trapped air bubbles within the glass itself with pontil present
Category
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Traps
Materials
Blown Glass
Mechanical Bank Speaking Dog By The Shepard Co Ca 1885; with Original Wooden Box
By Shepard Hardware Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
dropping the coin into the bank while the trap door opens and the dog opens his mouth and wags it's tail
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Iron
"Organ Bank" with Cat and Dog, circa 1882, American
By Kyser
Rex Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
attached video).
A key lock trap at the bottom releases the saved coins. Patent date "1882" appears on the
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Traps
Materials
Iron
Crossing the ford Capriccio Baroque Landscape 18th century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
efforts to free the cart from its watery trap. One can almost imagine the air filled with the woman's
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Antique Print of a Fisherman trying his Equipment by Rogerson (1856)
Located in Langweer, NL
, baits, lures, spears, nets, gaffs, traps, waders and tackle boxes. Engraved by J. Westley,. Published by
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
Les Taupes - Etching by F. Bracquemond - 1854
By Félix Bracquemond
Located in Roma, IT
through delicate and deft strokes, trapped animals on a three hanging.
Category
1850s Modern Antique Traps
Materials
Etching
Pair Regence Fauteuils Armchairs Original Side Chairs Aubusson Tapestry Antique
Located in West Hollywood, CA
told on the Aubusson Fabric.
1st tableau : We can see a Rooster attacking a fox in a trap, a story in
Category
Early 18th Century French Regency Antique Traps
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Walnut
Antique Print of the City of Kampen in the Netherlands, circa 1860
Located in Langweer, NL
, the Netherlands. Published circa 1860.
Artists and Engravers: Engraved by P.W.M. Trap after a
Category
19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
$142 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Lacquer and Painted Cabinet with Dreamstone Insets, Qing Dynasty, 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
reveal a simple interior with ample storage and a single shelf and false bottom. A small trap door allows
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Qing Antique Traps
Materials
Stone, Marble
17th Century Fine Brussels Tapestry, Silk Wool, Green, Blue, Red, Battle Scene
Located in Port Washington, NY
legions into a trap. By positioning his troops in a way that made the Romans think they had the advantage
Category
Late 17th Century Belgian Aubusson Antique Traps
Materials
Wool, Silk
Large Scale Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
Verita' Sull'Insidia" - "The Victory Of Truth Over The Trap"..... Expertly executed by Lily Rocco
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas
Antique Georgian Gold, Enamel, and Seed Pearl Braided Hair Mourning Brooch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
jump ring attached at one point. Otherwise, there are a few spots of content trapped under the glass
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Traps
Materials
Pearl, Gold, Enamel
Apocynum androsamifolium - French botanical flower engraving by Bessa, c1830
By After Pancrace Bessa
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apocynum androsamifolium' (Fly-trap dogbane or spreading dogbane)
Original copper-line engraving
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Traps
Materials
Engraving
Antique Print of the Sørup Kirke in Denmark, 1864
Located in Langweer, NL
print originates from 'Statistisk - topographisk Beskrivelse af Hertugdommet Slesvig' by J.P. Trap
Category
19th Century Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
$152 Sale Price
20% Off
Drummond
s Pitcher Plant: Hand-Colored Lithograph by Louis van Houtte, 1855
Located in Langweer, NL
tubular leaves to trap and digest insects. This particular species, native to Florida, displays
Category
1850s Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
$228 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622
Located in Middletown, NY
about trapping and caring for birds; woodcut initials & tail-pieces, light offsetting as typical, a
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Antique Traps
Materials
Leather, Paper
A Heritage of Flora: Original Antique Engraving of Diverse Plant Species, 1845
Located in Langweer, NL
carnivorous plant known for its jaw-like leaf traps.
6. "Dodecatheon de virginie," commonly known as shooting
Category
1840s Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
The Art of Mackerel and Salmon Fishing - An Exquisite 1793 Panckoucke Engraving
Located in Langweer, NL
traps used in salmon fishing.
The Encyclopédie Méthodique is an expanded and re-arranged edition of the
Category
1790s Antique Traps
Materials
Paper
$218 Sale Price
20% Off
Ancient Jain Altarpiece with Three Standing Jina
s, Gujarat, India 16th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
: Gujarat / Jain.
Dated: (1560), 1503 AD. Material: Bronze Lit: Alphen, J., “De Trap naar de Verlossing
Category
16th Century Indian Medieval Antique Traps
Materials
Bronze
$14,278 Sale Price
20% Off
Copeland Aesthetic Movement Stag Hunting Scene Plate, 1879
By Copeland
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
trapped by its antlers caught up in a tree. The plate is titled around the edge and reads ‘Ya STAG CAUGHT
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Traps
Materials
Ceramic
Signed Victorian British Oil Painting Rocky River Highland Landscape
Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
beside the river. Old wooden eel traps lay in the water to the side and one can also spot an old river
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Traps
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Find a variety of antique traps available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of fabric, metal and wool, all antique traps available were constructed with great care. Antique traps have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Antique traps bearing Victorian or Folk Art hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made antique traps over the years, but those made by Emmanuel Fremiet, Herman Friedrich Funch and Springfield Armory are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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