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Directoire Mahogany And Brass Mounted Commode
Located in Essex, MA
top drawers over two long drawers each with brass moldings and square bail handles all flanked by
Category

Antique 1790s French Directoire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Brass

Antique Mizner Spanish Box Circa 1800
Located in Sarasota, FL
the shoulders. The lid opens with a swan necked bail handle and closes with a staple clasp. Finished
Category

Antique Early 1800s Unknown Spanish Colonial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

Hickory Chair Queen Anne Lowboy
By Hickory Chair Furniture Company
Located in Bradenton, FL
with bail handles on pierced bat shaped back plates in brass. The serpentine skirt is decorated with a
Category

Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

English brass helmet form coal hod, 1800 s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
brass with cast brass tilter grip and pivot fittings for the bail handle. Dove tail construction is
Category

Antique 19th Century British Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Brass

English mahogany oval inlaid serving tray with scalloped gallery, c. 1800 s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
standing brass bail handles. The tray features a highly detailed and symmetrical Adam style Neoclassic
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Antique 19th Century British Adam Style Tray Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Parker Casper Neoclassical Silverplate Footed Bread Basket Compote 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
foliate feet and rotating bail handle. Interior decorated with four Neoclassical medallions featuring the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Platters and Serveware

Materials

Silver Plate

French Neo Classic Dresser
Located in Westwood, NJ
brass bail handles raised on turned toupee feet. A modern embellishment to an 18th-century
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Commodes and Chest...

Materials

Wood

Japanese Parcel Gilt Copper Hibachi, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
two ears supporting a graceful bail handle over a wide mouth topped by a pierced cover. The hibachi
Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Metalwork

Materials

Copper

Helmet shaped copper coal hod on a circular footed base, 1800 s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
brass bail handle mounted on cast brass pivot fittings and a cast brass tilter grip on the back rim. The
Category

Antique 19th Century Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Brass, Copper

English George III Chippendale-Style Mahogany Library Table Adjustable Book Stan
Located in Dallas, TX
staining and discolored spots, but beautiful overall, two deep / long drawers one side with brass bail
Category

Antique 18th Century English George III Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Vintage Brass Clipper Ship Lantern
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
with timeless decorative appeal. It features a vented top for safe heat release and a sturdy bail
Category

Vintage 1930s American Candle Lamps

Materials

Brass

George III Mahogany Slant Lid Desk
Located in Essex, MA
with original handles. Raised on shaped bracket feet. Bail handles on side of case.
Category

Antique 1760s English George III Desks

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Red Enamel Decorated Four Piece Cocktail Shaker / Ice Bucket Suite
Located in Nantucket, MA
jigger, an ice bucket with a metal bail handle and a bitters bottle.
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Barware

Materials

Glass

Louis XVI Style Triple Dresser by Dixie
By Dixie
Located in Bradenton, FL
, and open with swag pressed bail handles. Drawers are dovetailed, with the maker's mark inside the top
Category

Vintage 1970s American Louis XVI Dressers

Materials

Wood

Antique Unique Large Two of Shell Inlaid Black Lacquer Chinese Book Boxes
Located in Brea, CA
boxes with bail handles two sides, with keys, each with hinged lid reversing to a mother of pearl inlaid
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Unique Pair of Shell Inlaid Black Lacquer Big Chinese Tea Caddies
Located in Brea, CA
19th century unique pair of shell Inlaid black lacquer big Chinese tea caddies with Bail handles
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

French Country End Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
design includes turned saber legs, two swan neck bail handles and scalloped sides. The table also
Category

20th Century Country Side Tables

Materials

Lacquer

Italian Louis Philippe Style Walnut Miniature Chest Commode Nightstand
Located in Dayton, OH
with brass knob hardware over a pair of drawers having delicate bail handles with floral backplate. All
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Louis Philippe Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Georgian Lowboy with Scalloped Apron
Located in Greenwich, CT
over one long and two lower drawers all with original gilt lacquered brass bail handles, flanking a
Category

Antique 1780s English Georgian Side Tables

Materials

Oak

1981 Statton Queen Anne Style Highboy
By Statton Furniture
Located in Bradenton, FL
dovetailed drawers that open with brass bail handles, set on bat-shaped back plates. Two smaller central
Category

Vintage 1980s American Queen Anne Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

English Oak and Brass Bucket with Tin Liner and Large Handle, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
original brass fittings, including three broad brass bands and a hinged bail handle with turned ends
Category

Antique 19th Century English Rustic Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Brass, Tin

19th Century Victorian Glass Front Cabinet
Located in Bradenton, FL
main cabinet, a single hand dovetailed drawer opens with a bail handle on a rectangular back plate. The
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Antique 19th Century American Victorian Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Wood

Painted Norwegian pine immigrant trunk with coffer top, 1827
Located in Kenilworth, IL
with a pair of iron bail handles. A till with lift top lid is morticed into the left side of the
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Norwegian Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Iron

19th Century Swedish Folk Art Chest with Original Floral Paint Dated 1833
Located in Boden, SE
bail handle. Original decorative painted iron strap work. Made in painted pine.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art More Folk Art

Materials

Pine

Antique Japanese Copper Bullseye Railway Boat Lantern Police Signal Oil Lamp 13"
By Nippon Sento Company Ltd
Located in Dayton, OH
hiding the light. Fixed rectangular bail handle on top. Thick ridged bulls eye glass lens. Front with
Category

Early 20th Century Candle Lamps

Materials

Copper

Signed Japanese White Lacquer and Maki-E Lacquer Tansu, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
metal bail handle, their fronts decorated with hand applied gold maki-e lacquer depicting a songbird
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Tabletop Campaign Chest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
. Dovetail jointed construction with two inset brass bail handles. Condition: Please see detail photos
Category

Antique 19th Century Unknown Campaign Cabinets

Materials

Brass

19thC European Polychrome-Decorated Beech Dome-Top Box
Located in Houston, TX
polychrome paint. . Having a rectangular, domed lid with wire bail handle and wire hinges above a conforming
Category

Antique 19th Century European Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

English Early 19th Century Iron Bound Coffer
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
. Twisted iron bail handles on the lid and sides provide grips to lift or move the (heavy) trunk. Please
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Gothic Blanket Chests

Materials

Iron

George II Style Mahogany Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
dovetailed, and open with brass bail handles on simple bat-shaped back plates. The desk is finished with
Category

Early 20th Century George II Desks

Materials

Brass

English Late 18th Century Oak Side Table with Single Drawer on Thin Column Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
beveled edge over a single drawer. This drawer is adorned with brass hardware and bail handles. The table
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Vintage Statton Trutype Americana Oxford Cherry Dresser Chest
By Statton Furniture
Located in Germantown, MD
dovetail constructed drawers open with brass bail handles and stands on ogee carved bracket feet.Overall
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Hepplewhite Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Chinese Black Leather Brass Camphor Wood Trunk, 1820-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
is fitted with heavy cast brass bail handles with rosette back plates and a brass escutcheon lock
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Brass

Exceptional Georgian Crossbanded Satinwood Tea Caddy w/ Oval Inlaid Shell Panels
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
, the lid, front and sides inlaid with ovals of tortoiseshell. The lid, centered with an engraved bail
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies

Materials

Satinwood

Mid-Century Large Bail Brass Handled Fireplace Bucket
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid-Century large Bail Brass Handled Fireplace Bucket measuring 17" in diameter and standing 12
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Fireplace Tools and Chimney...

Materials

Brass

Antique Floral Hand Painted Enameled Glass Biscuit Box, Art Nouveau, France
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
bail handle dating to the late 19th-early 20th century. The body is hand-painted glass with enameled
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Tableware

Materials

Metal

Pair of Petite Austrian Biedermeier Two-Drawer Commodes with Inlay, circa 1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
veneered tops with rectangular banding over two small drawers. Each central oval mounted plate with bail
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Commodes and Chests of Dra...

Materials

Wood

Antique Blackwood and Rosewood Lacquered Cabinet from 19th Century China
Located in Yonkers, NY
features two doors with carved brass pulls on narrow plates above five drawers with brass bail handles
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Wood, Rosewood

Antique 18th Century English George II Burl Elm Chest of Drawers Dresser 1750
Located in Portland, OR
, the drawers with brass lock escutcheons & bail handles, the chest is raised on tall shaped bracket
Category

Antique 1750s English George II Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Elm, Burl

Early 20th Century Large English Walnut Storage Chest Trunk on Stand
Located in Doylestown, PA
. Narrow, rectangular chest having an upholstery lined lid supported by double brass chains and brass bail
Category

Early 20th Century English Blanket Chests

Materials

Brass

Exceptional Antique Queen Anne Style Hunt Board
Located in Bridgeport, CT
case of three banded drawers all having double brass bail handles on batwing plaques flanking ornate
Category

Antique 18th Century European Queen Anne Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Antique Early 18th Century Georgian George II Oak Lowboy Dressing Table 1750
Located in Portland, OR
having an overhanging top, with a carved kneehole with three drawers above, each having brass bail
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak

Chippendale Tea Caddy, c1770
Located in valatie, NY
mixing bowl. The top has the original silver plated bail handle. Retains the original key. Head and
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

ViNTAGE BURR YEW WOOD OPEN DWARF LIBRARY BOOKCASE WITH TWO DRAWERS
Located in Pulborough, GB
with elegant bail handles, and two open shelves—perfect for books, display items, or media equipment
Category

20th Century British Bookcases

Materials

Yew

Thorens Swiss AD 30 Upright Music Box with Ten Discs, circa 1970
Located in Evergreen, CO
metal discs as they play. The music box has an upright design with a bail handle at the top and block
Category

Vintage 1970s Swiss Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

19th C. English Georgian Secretaire
Located in Atlanta, GA
brass bail handles and escutcheons, offering generous storage. The piece rests on a plinth base and
Category

Antique 19th Century English Georgian Secretaires

Materials

Brass

Large Teak Cabinet from Java, with Four Drawers and Four Sets of Double Doors
Located in Yonkers, NY
features a rectangular top sitting above four drawers, each fitted with brass bail handles. The rest of the
Category

Early 20th Century Javanese Cabinets

Materials

Teak

Vintage MCM Pair Kromex Ice Buckets 1 Light 1 Dark Woodgrain Textured Metal
Located in Topeka, KS
1 lighter with a bail handle and 1 darker with side knob handles. Both with one-piece plastic inner
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Antique European Wrought Iron Wine Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
bail handles on its sides, and accented with a hinged drop down door affixed with a locking apparatus
Category

Antique 19th Century European Gothic Barware

Materials

Wrought Iron

19th Century English Faux Tortoise Shell Grain Painted Wooden Dresser Box
Located in Nantucket, MA
tortoise shell, mounted with brass repousse oval escutcheons, fruit basket side bail handles, and lion's
Category

Antique 1830s English Regency Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique 18th Century Georgian Country Oak Dresser Base Server 4 Drawers 1790
Located in Portland, OR
having a bank of four central drawers with the original brass bail handles, the top drawer with a lock
Category

Antique 1790s English Country Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Red Lacquer Cabinet with Multiple Carved Doors
Located in Yonkers, NY
foliage motif, sitting above a row of three drawers fitted with bail handles on simple rectangular plates
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

English Late 18th Century Oak Server with Three Drawers and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
two bail handles and central escutcheons, placed in their upper section. The apron is exquisitely
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Buffets

Materials

Brass

Wedgwood Black Basalt and Encaustic Enamel Rum Kettle
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
molded bail handle and glazed interior. Referred to as “the widow,” a “Sybil” figure of a seated woman
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Classical Greek Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Swedish 1890s Painted Wood Console Table with Three Drawers and Tapered Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
with a brass bail handle on circular backplate, two small drawers flank a longer central one. Raised on
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Console Tables

Materials

Brass

Georgian Style Mahogany Chest Of Drawers For Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
overhanging a two-over-three arrangement of graduating drawers. The drawers are adorned with brass bail
Category

Antique 19th Century Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Small English 1920s Mottled Bamboo Three-Drawer Chest with Floral Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
motifs. Three drawers below open thanks to bail handles attached to cartouche style backplates. The
Category

Early 20th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

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Bail Handles For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of bail handles available for sale. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, all bail handles available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of bail handles available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Bail handles bearing Georgian or Louis XVI hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made bail handles over the years, but those made by Couaillet Freres, Elkington Co. and Martin, Hall Co. Ltd. are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Bail Handles?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $4,295, while they’re typically $143 on the low end and $45,000 highest priced.