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1760s French Louis XIII Style Oak Table with Turned Legs and Single Drawer
Located in Atlanta, GA
apron, comprising a single lateral hand-cut dovetailed drawer with bail handle. The table is raised on
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XIII Sofa Tables

Materials

Wood, Oak

English Georgian Chippendale Mahogany Double-Sided Pembroke Table, circa 1760
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Kinderhook, NY
carved edges above shallow opposing drawers with original cast brass bail handles and foliate rosettes
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Drop-leaf and Pembr...

Materials

Brass

Vintage American Lattice Style Brass Trunk on Base with Arched Top and C-Scrolls
Located in Atlanta, GA
a convenient storage space while the sides showcase bail handles allowing the piece to be moved
Category

20th Century American Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Brass

MCM Brown Vinyl Gold Kraftware Ice Bucket 6 Bar Glasses Style Russel Wright
By Russel Wright
Located in Topeka, KS
with gold detail and bail handle, brass plated lid, and knob, insulated plastic interior and six bar
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Metal

Dutch 19th Century Second Empire Linen Press/Secretary
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
. Below are two long drawers. The whole is mounted with stylized gilt-brass escutcheons and bail handles
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Empire Linen Presses

Materials

Mahogany

English 1840s Oak Side Table with Two Drawers, Carved Apron and Straight Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
rectangular top sitting above two drawers. These drawers are fitted with brass bail handles and their dovetail
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Kitchen Cabinet with Fretwork Doors from the Late 19th Century, China
Located in Yonkers, NY
which open via brass bail handles. The doors open via traditional Chinese locks and pulls set on carved
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Wood

Turn of the Century Chinese Woven Rattan and Bamboo Pillow Basket from Shanghai
Located in Yonkers, NY
on the front and brass hinges in back. Each side features a curved brass bail handle. Inside the
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Baskets

Materials

Brass

French Period Louis XV 18th Century Walnut Table with Drawer and Cabriole Legs
Located in Atlanta, GA
central drawer opens thanks to a bail handle. The table is raised on four cabriole legs, typical of the
Category

Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Side Tables

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Chinese Wooden Wardrobe with Paneled Doors, Drawers and Tall Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
brass c-scoll bail handle with flower-shaped backplate. The cabinet is raised on four tall yet simple
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Wood

French Neoclassical 1810 White Painted Three-Drawer Commode with Bronze Mounts
Located in Atlanta, GA
columns. The linear bail handles that decorate each drawer lead the eye to the central oval escutcheon
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dr...

Materials

Wood

Vintage English Ash Wood Console Table on Barley Twist Legs with Painted Details
Located in Atlanta, GA
, each adorn in a horizontal trim molding at their tops and bottoms, and decorative brass bail handles
Category

20th Century English Console Tables

Materials

Ash, Wood

French Louis XV Style, 19th Century Carved Cherrywood Armoire with Four Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
, adorned with molded cartouches, a central rosette-carved medallion and two bail handles. The ensemble is
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Cherry

French 19th Century Walnut Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
flanked by canted corners. Each drawer is decorated with impressive, angular drop bail handles and have
Category

Antique 19th Century French Directoire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Red Lacquer Console Table with Black Lacquer Drawers from 19th Century, China
Located in Yonkers, NY
a brass bail handle. The back of this table is well finished with two beveled rectangles the cover
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique Dark Brown Armoire with Round Medallion from China, 19th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
on four tall legs linked by a rounded carved plank. The bottom drawers open thanks to brass bail
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Neoclassical Walnut Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
ones, all having matching inlays. Classic Directoire style brass bail-handle hardware and shield
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Directoire Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

French Louis XV Period 1750s Petite Serpentine Walnut Two-Drawer Commode
Located in Atlanta, GA
concave and convex lines and is marked in its center with an escutcheon, flanked with bail handles adorned
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Bronze

English Georgian Early 19th Century Oak Server or Dresser Base with Banded Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
top with banding over three drawers with brass bail handles and solid backplate. The drawers are also
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Brass

19th Century Town House Style Apothecary Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
. The case rests directly upon the floor. Brass side bail handles were added to the top section at some
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American Country Apothecary Cabinets

Materials

Wood

English 19th Century Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
styled brass bail handles and the cabinets each have a single fixed shelf inside. Carved fluted details
Category

Antique 19th Century English Other Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Rosewood Regency Inlaid Chess Backgammon Cribbage Game Sewing Table 1890
Located in Portland, OR
inlay with the original brass bail handles, the drawer interior is fitted with compartments for chess
Category

Antique 1890s English Regency Revival Game Tables

Materials

Boxwood, Ebony, Rosewood, Satinwood

Early 20th Century French Directoire Style Walnut Enfilade Buffet
Located in Birmingham, AL
four fluted drawers, each adorned with original brass drop bail handles. Below, four hand carved and
Category

Early 20th Century French Directoire Buffets

Materials

Walnut

Antique Chinese Red Lacquered Armoire with Doors, Drawers and Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
while the exterior drawers open thanks to brass bail handles and the interior drawers are adorned with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Brass

Ancient Egyptian Ptolemaic Alabaster Hydria Vessel
Located in London, GB
with arched handle at the back and two rudimentary bail handles. The base detachable and the piece
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Egyptian Vases

French 19th Century Transitional Style Cherry Enfilade
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
can be found in the centre of the enfilade, each with steel drop bail handles. The enfilade is also
Category

Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Buffets

Materials

Cherry

French 1870s Neoclassical Style Walnut Five-Drawer Commode with Brass Trim
Located in Atlanta, GA
bail handles, create a perfectly organized vision, while the fluted side posts give a vertical
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dra...

Materials

Brass

Vintage Chinese Tall Lacquered Cabinet with Four Doors and Drawers, circa 1960
Located in Yonkers, NY
and two inner drawers. Two drawers below with bail handles, sit atop two smaller doors, similar in
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Wood

English Sheraton Oak Side Table with Drawer from Late 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
bail handles and a central escutcheon. It rests on four tapered legs, each secured to the body with two
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Sheraton Side Tables

Materials

Oak

Petite French 1800s Neoclassical Painted Three-Drawer Chest from Aix-en-provence
Located in Atlanta, GA
above three hand-cut dovetailed drawers with bail handles. In an unusual manner, each drawer is adorned
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dr...

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Bleached Louis XVI Style Marble Top Lyonnaise Commode
Located in Birmingham, AL
adorned with original brass drop bail handles and trimmed with delicate brass baguettes, adding a subtle
Category

Antique 19th Century Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

French 19th Century Mahogany Transitional Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
lock. One key. A pair of brass bail handles adorn each of the deep drawers, creating the illusion of
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

English 1880s Lacquered Four Drawer Commode with Golden chinoiserie Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
drawers over two longer ones), decorated with similarly elegant motifs and fitted with brass bail handles
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Commodes and Chests of Dra...

Materials

Wood

Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Isho Dansu Clothing Chest with Brown Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
drawers are all fitted with elaborate iron hardware made of medallions and bail handles. The sides are
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Walnut Marble Commode
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
three drawers glide easily using brass bail handles of angular profile. Cleaned, tightened, and polished
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Brass

Mid-Century Modern Ice Bucket Red Faux Patent Leather White Plastic Daisy Knob
Located in Topeka, KS
its shiny red faux patent leather covering over a horizontal ribbed body, white faux leather bail
Category

20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Barware

Materials

Faux Leather, Plastic

Antique 18th Century George I Oak Paneled Joined Coffer Mule Chest Trunk 1720
Located in Portland, OR
.", above two drawers with brass bail handles, the handles are most likely late 18th century replacements
Category

Antique 1720s English George I Blanket Chests

Materials

Oak

Wedgwood Majolica Dragon Teapot in Cobalt Blue by Hugues Protât, Dated 1871
By Wedgwood
Located in Banner Elk, NC
mid-19th century French sculptor, Hugues Protât. In the Japonisme taste; the bail handle modeled as a
Category

Antique 1870s English Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

A Handsome Diminutive 19th Century Mahogany Kneehole Desk, U.K. Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
, original escutcheons & locks and later brass backplates & bail handles, raised overall on molded plinth
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Dark Brown Chinese Kitchen Cabinet with Fretwork Doors the Late 19th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
sitting on carved brass plates. Between the top and bottom doors sit two drawers that open via simple bail
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Cupboards

Materials

Brass

18th Century Louis XV Carved Cherry Commode, French, circa 1750
Located in Banner Elk, NC
mid-18th century hardware, the bail-handled pulls and escutcheons with starburst decoration. Measures
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Cherry

Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest in Original Decorative Paint
Located in Baltimore, MD
stylized grain paint. Each side has an iron bail handle, set low in the panel. The top and front have a
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine

19th Century Camphor Wood Campaign Chest with Desk Drawer
Located in Nantucket, MA
some reason appear darker on the right than left in the photos), heavy brass bail handles on the sides
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wood

French 19th Century Walnut Louis XVI-Style Commode Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
small round brass pulls, while the larger drawers are equipped with brass drop bail handles, two each
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Walnut

French 19th Century Solid Walnut Enfilade
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
angular splice. Within the frieze sit three drawers: the left and right drawers open with bail handles
Category

Antique 19th Century French Other Buffets

Materials

Brass

Antique George III Mahogany Chest of Drawers with Butlers Secretary c. Late 18th
Located in Westfield, MA
original brass bail handles. The dovetail joinery and finely grained mahogany panels speak to the superior
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Late 17th Century English Oak Dresser
Located in Chicago, IL
subdued veneer trim. Each drawer has two beautifully pressed brass bail handles and a brass lock plate
Category

Antique 17th Century English Charles II Dressers

Materials

Oak

Rare 18th Century Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition Period Cherry Enfilade
Located in Birmingham, AL
escutcheon and drop bail handles, which are typical Louis XVI period motifs. The doors open to reveal a
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Buffets

Materials

Cherry, Chestnut

Vintage Rustic Indonesian Wooden Buffet with Three Drawers over Three Doors
Located in Yonkers, NY
. Below, the three conveniently located drawers are fitted with polished brass bail handles, adding a
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Indonesian Rustic Buffets

Materials

Brass

American Federal Mahogany Antique Miniature Box, Boston c. 1827
Located in Shippensburg, PA
original brass bail handle affixed through the lid with cotter pins, molded around the edges with a bold
Category

Antique 19th Century American Boxes

Swedish Gustavian Style Blue Painted Bowfront Chest of Drawers ca. 1800
Located in Shippensburg, PA
brass bail handles and bright-engraved escutcheons in the English taste. The iron locks are early and
Category

Antique 19th Century European Gustavian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

18th Century, Nantucket Origin, Coffin Family Stand-Up Blanket Chest
Located in York County, PA
Queen Anne style, bail-handle pulls have large, round back plates and the oval escutcheons are just for
Category

Antique 18th Century American Painted Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Hammered Dovetailed Copper Apple Butter Cauldron Pot Kettle Bucket
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique hammered and dovetailed copper pot with forged iron handle and fixed bail. Measure :10".  
Category

Antique 19th Century Rustic Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Copper, Iron

Handsome English Mahogany Brass Bound Octagonal Campaign Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
overall with solid brass mounts and bail pull handles.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Campaign End Tables

Materials

Mahogany

French Neoclassical Commode w/Marble Top Brass Accents, Early 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
recessed panel drawers are each trimmed with brass, and have brass rectangular bail-pull handles flanking
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dr...

Materials

Marble

Art Deco Diamond Onyx Platinum Lorgnette Glasses Pendant
Located in Narberth, PA
" long (including the handle/bail), and 1 1/4" wide. When opened, the expanded pendant hangs 4 1/2" long
Category

Vintage 1920s Art Deco Necklace Enhancers

Materials

Diamond, Onyx, Platinum

Early 19th Century French Charles X Marble-Top Mahogany Commode
Located in Long Island City, NY
case with fluted columns over brass-capped conical legs. Three long drawers with brass trim and bail
Category

Antique 1830s French Charles X Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Brass

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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.