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Antique Bird Print of a Chinese Cormorant on a Rocky Shoreline
Located in Langweer, NL
be disgorged by the birds for the fishermen. Smaller fish would not be trapped by the snare, ensuring
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Mid-18th Century Antique Traps

Materials

Paper

"Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar, " Fabulous Art Deco Footed Bowl/Centerpiece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, trapped it, bound it in chains, and took it alive to Eurystheus, who was amazed and overwhelmed by
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Traps

Materials

Glass

Rare Cast Iron Grape Picking Basket
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
star of David and the vintner's tools: watering can, ladle, etc. Incorporating a trap door mounted
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19th Century French Antique Traps

Set of 2 Green Glass French Demijohn Bottles with Woven Esparto Basket
Located in Miami, FL
the tilt of the gooseneck to the trapped air bubbles which vary in size and impart eye catching
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Late 19th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique Traps

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass

THE LAOCOON GROUP Bronze SCULPTURE by FONDERIA CHIURAZZI, Italy 1880-1890
By Fonderia Chiurazzi
Located in PARIS, FR
warn the Trojan leaders against bringing it into the city, in case it was a trap. The Greek goddess
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1880s Italian Neoclassical Antique Traps

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Bronze

Bronze Statue of the Roman Greek Wrestler Milo of Croton After Dumont
By Jacques-Edme Dumont
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
trapping his hands. He was left a helpless prey to the wild beast who soon finished him off.
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Traps

Materials

Bronze

Early 19th Century Portrait of Naval Captain William Compton Bolton
Located in Nantucket, MA
success against the British whaling fleet. She was later trapped by the British in the neutral port of
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1830s American Federal Antique Traps

Materials

Canvas

Antique Print of the Village of Broek in Waterland in the Netherlands, ca.1860
Located in Langweer, NL
Waterland, the Netherlands. Published circa 1860. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by P.W.M. Trap after a
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19th Century Antique Traps

Materials

Paper

Young Lady in Profile
By Harrison M. Fisher
Located in Fairlawn, OH
.’ Following this narrative, Dorothy and her mother essentially found themselves trapped in Nazi-occupied
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1910s American Impressionist Antique Traps

Materials

Graphite

Antique Portrait of Dutch Navigator and Admiral Van Jakob Vanheemskerk, 1618
Located in Langweer, NL
. During the second expedition, their ship became trapped in the ice near Nova Zembla. Artists and
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17th Century Antique Traps

Materials

Paper

Arts and Crafts Gecko Fob
Located in New York, NY
Arts and Crafts unusual gecko fob from the early 20th Century. Charming men's fob with a "trapped
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1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Traps

Materials

Gilt Metal

The Delicate Predator: Botanical Illustrations of Drosera, 1777
Located in Langweer, NL
in nutrient-poor environments. The most notable are the sticky glands on its leaves that trap insects
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1770s English Antique Traps

Materials

Paper

PLANCHE - The Vampire; or Bride of the isles - 1820 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
heralded for its use of the innovative ‘Vampire trap’ which enabled the protagonist to emerge in a dream
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1820s British Antique Traps

Materials

Leather

Pair of Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Bergère Armchairs with Modern Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
chairs, created to help shield a person from drafts of chilly air and to trap the heat from a fireplace
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Traps

Materials

Fabric, Giltwood, Upholstery, Beech

15th Century Gothic Tournai Design Medieval Unicorn Hunting Scene Recreation
Located in Secaucus, NJ
trapped is by the unique lure of a virgin., to whom the unicorn would yield. Scholars have also suggested
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Traps

Materials

Wool

Chinese Early Qing Dynasty "Water and Land Ritual" Painting, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
Buddhist rituals. The ritual was conceived to "liberate" the souls trapped in the lower realms by inviting
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17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Traps

Materials

Silk, Glass, Giltwood, Paint

Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Walnut Bergère Armchair With Modern Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
and also to trap the heat from a fireplace. Synchronously, the fireside chair design, along with the
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Traps

Materials

Walnut

Place de la République, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Edouard Léon Cortès
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Madrid, ES
the forms vibrate with vivid color. Parisian nightlife is trapped in this corner of Paris. The
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Traps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Staffordshire Cottage Still Bank, English, circa 1880
By Staffordshire
Located in Incline Village, NV
with brown steps and green fauna at entry. There were no "coin traps" or provisions for coin removal so
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Traps

Materials

Porcelain

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse In Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
is embellished with a beautiful saddle and intricate harnesses. The trapping around the chest and
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Traps

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

China 549-577 AD Northern Qi Dynasty Ancient Caparisoned Horse in Earthenware
Located in Miami, FL
plumes and the body is embellished with a beautiful saddle and intricate harnesses. The trapping around
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Traps

Materials

Earthenware, Clay, Paint

Copperplate Set 5 Gentlemans Recreation in Two Parts Richard Blome SRoycroft L35
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
sculptures, as nets, traps, engines, &c. are added for the taking of beasts, fowl and fish : not hitherto
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17th Century English Baroque Antique Traps

Materials

Paper

La Port De Cannes French Riviera Côte d Azur Original Framed Watercolor Painting
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
fact that he was at the time trapped in a loveless marriage. In 1947 the influential Julien Levy
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Early 20th Century Romantic Antique Traps

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Pair of 19th Century sporting oil paintings of terrier dogs
By Edward Armfield
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Armfield British, (1857-1935) The Rat Trap & Under the Wheelbarrow Oil on canvas, pair, both signed Image
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19th Century Victorian Antique Traps

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Schiaparelli Haute Couture Pine Cone Necklace, Jean Schlumberger
By Jean Schlumberger
Located in New York, NY
the Place Vendome is a devil's laboratory. Women who go there fall into a trap, and come out masked
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Traps

19th Century Portrait of Jerry and Dot a Pair Two Naughty Friends
By Imogen Mary Collier
Located in London, GB
known to drive a trap, of unspecified type, with some skill and speed around the local district and the
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1890s Victorian Antique Traps

Materials

Oil

Late 19th Century Red Bashir Kapunuk Rug with Floral and Grid Patterns
Located in San Francisco, CA
kapunuk is a particular type of trapping made for the doorway of a yurt. Whether this piece was made by
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19th Century Antique Traps

Materials

Wool

1930 s Southwestern-Style Crystal Kilim Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
seen as containing or trapping their spirit, potentially hindering future creative efforts. The spirit
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Traps

Materials

Wool

Victorian Gold in Quartz Statement Ring
Located in Narberth, PA
solidification process, veins of gold became trapped with the crystals of quartz in the mine. This created a very
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1880s Victorian Antique Traps

Materials

Quartz, 18k Gold

Victorian Inlaid Gold Quartz Locket Pendant
Located in Narberth, PA
solidification process, veins of gold became trapped with the crystals of quartz in the mine. This created a very
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1880s Victorian Antique Traps

Materials

Quartz, 15k Gold

Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)
By James Floyd Clymer
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). At the Weir Trap
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Early 20th Century Abstract Antique Traps

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

"Lady and Baby by The Wishing Well" Still Bank, German, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
of "folksy", and very well done bank (see images). A round circular key lock trap for releasing the
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1910s German Folk Art Antique Traps

Materials

Wood

Pairpoint Monumental Hand-Painted Orientalist Oil Lamp, Pyramids, Palms c 1905
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
") on some of its pieces, a technique involving trapping air bubbles inside a piece of glass in a
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Traps

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

19th century woodcut engraving print figurative American forest trees scene
By Winslow Homer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
equestrian women, gather around a group of children who have been gathering flowers and trapping birds
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1850s Victorian Antique Traps

Materials

Engraving, Woodcut

Malay Peninsula by C.J. Kleingrothe, 1907
By Charles J. Kleingrothe
Located in Langweer, NL
the cover of this portfolio book an image of a tiger with its paw caught in a metal trap. 1 – title
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Early 20th Century Antique Traps

Materials

Paper

Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton Lion" After Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
to tear a tree apart when his hands became trapped in a crevice in its trunk, and a pack of wolves
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Traps

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of Walnut Armchairs, Late 16th Century, French Renaissance, with Ram Mask C
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
found trapped by its horns in a thicket on Mount Moriah where he had gone to sacrifice his only son
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16th Century French Renaissance Antique Traps

Materials

Walnut

His Only Pet
Located in New York, NY
appears to be a small wooden trap, and other bits of detritus at the left, and a bit of ivy creeping along
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Late 19th Century American Realist Antique Traps

Materials

Oil, Board

Meissen Cupid Caught in Trap
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen figure of cupid caught in trap from the series of 27 cupids first modelled by Heinrich
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Traps

Materials

Porcelain

Bag Face or Trapping, Central Asia
Located in New York, NY
Bag Face or Trapping, non - Turkmen Central Asian
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19th Century Antique Traps

Materials

Wool

Over Sized American Rare 1900s Metal Wire Fish Trap
Located in Chicago, IL
Large rare 1900s metal wire fish trap.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antique Traps

Materials

Wire

Charming Tibetan Takyab Decorative Horse Trapping with Kalachakra Design
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
This charming Tibetan Takyab, meaning horse face or horse jewel, formed of the tack for pack animals in Tibet. Horses and other pack animals play an important role in Tibetan daily l...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Traps

Decorative Tibetan Takyab Horse Trapping with Flaming Jewel Design
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
This charming Tibetan Takyab, meaning horse face or horse jewel, formed of the tack for pack animals in Tibet. Horses and other pack animals play an important role in Tibetan daily l...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Traps

Charming Tibetan Takyab Decorative Horse Trapping with Lotus Flower Design
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
This charming Tibetan Takyab, meaning horse face or horse jewel, formed of the tack for pack animals in Tibet. Horses and other pack animals play an important role in Tibetan daily l...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Traps

Pair of Chinese Blanc De Chine Fully Trapped Horses, 17th Century
Located in London, GB
A pair of Chinese blanc de Chine fully trapped horses, each facing inwards and standing with a
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17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Traps

Materials

Ceramic

Hunting scene catching a badger in a trap by Ridinger - Engraving - 18th century
By Martin Elias Ridinger
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
trap. Description: From: 'Virtute et Ingenio. Genaue und richtige Vorstellung der wundersamste Hische
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1760s Old Masters Antique Traps

Materials

Engraving

Antique hunting scene print with a deer trap by Ridinger - Engraving - 18th c
By Martin Elias Ridinger
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
enclosed space. Ropes are used to section off a piece of forest, trapping the deer inside. Description
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1760s Old Masters Antique Traps

Materials

Engraving

A hunting scene print with a wild duck trap by Ridinger - Engraving - 18th c
By Martin Elias Ridinger
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Der wilde Enten Fall.' - ('The wild duck trap.'). Several hunters
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1760s Old Masters Antique Traps

Materials

Engraving

Antique Green Glass Demijohn Bottle-C
Located in Port Chester, NY
the tilt of the gooseneck to the trapped air bubbles which vary in size and impart eye catching
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Late 19th Century French Antique Traps

Materials

Blown Glass

Antique Green Glass Demijohn Bottle - A
Located in Port Chester, NY
the tilt of the gooseneck to the trapped air bubbles which vary in size and impart eye catching
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Late 19th Century French Antique Traps

Materials

Blown Glass

Bronze “Eagle Hunt”, signed J.de Roncourt, Art Deco – 1930
By Jean de Roncourt
Located in HÉRIC, FR
depicts a man hunting an eagle. The bird, trapped, is about to receive the fatal blow. These sculptures
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Early 20th Century French Antique Traps

Materials

Bronze

Antique Terracota Octopus Pot . Portugal
Located in Azaruja, PT
under sea and used as a trap for individual octopus, a lovely pink. Oyster shells create beautiful pearl
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Early 1900s Portuguese Organic Modern Antique Traps

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Terracota Octopus Pot . Portugal
Located in Azaruja, PT
under sea and used as a trap for individual octopus, a lovely pink. Oyster shells create beautiful pearl
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Early 1900s Portuguese Organic Modern Antique Traps

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Green Glass Demijohn Bottle -D
Located in Port Chester, NY
the tilt of the gooseneck to the trapped air bubbles which vary in size and impart eye catching
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Late 19th Century French Antique Traps

Materials

Blown Glass

Important Bronze sculpture “Allegory of Poetry”, by E. Drouot – 1900
By Edouard Drouot
Located in HÉRIC, FR
animal skin and gladiator sandals. A scarf traps his curly hair, highlighting his serious face, whose
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Early 20th Century French Antique Traps

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Colombian Emerald Diamond Gold Bracelet
Located in Stratford upon Avon, GB
Art Deco trap cut emerald bracelet with baguette cut diamonds and alternative panels of grain set
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Traps

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold

Katsushika Hokusai, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print, Manga, Landscape, Bear
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in London, GB
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai Title: Bear caught in a trap Series: Hokusai Manga volume 3 Publisher
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Early 19th Century Edo Antique Traps

Materials

Handmade Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

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Antique Traps For Sale on 1stDibs

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.

How Much are Antique Traps?

Prices for antique traps can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique traps begin at $120 and can go as high as $17,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,020.