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French Charles X Clock with Bust of Apollo
Located in London, GB
decorated with stiff leaves. The white enamel annular dial with black Roman numerals and an engine turned
Category
Antique 1830s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
$5,277 / set
Comor 18kt Yellow Gold Open Face Keyless Lever Perpetual Calendar Pocket Watch
Located in Mayfair, London, London
: The heavy 18kt yellow gold engine-turned case back with vacant circular polish cartouche. polished
Category
20th Century Swiss Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th C. French Carved Boxwood Snuff Box, PRINCE EUGENE AT HIS MOTHER
S TOMB
Located in Atlanta, GA
smoothly on its lip, and the base of the lid faintly engine-turned with concentric wave ornament—an effect
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Snuff Boxes and Tobacco B...
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Victorian Mourning Hair 9ct Yellow Gold Locket Necklace
Located in London, GB
engine-turned pattern, highlighting the remarkable craftsmanship of the time. Inside, the locket reveals
Category
20th Century English Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
9k Gold, Yellow Gold
English Creamware Pottery Green Glazed Teapot and Cover, Swinton, Yorkshire
Located in Downingtown, PA
-over impressed "rouletted" or engine-turned pattern, which adds texture and depth to the surface. It is
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
18kt Yellow Gold Openface Pocket Watch ‘Chronometro Gondolo’, Circa 1900s
By Patek Philippe
Located in Braintree, GB
, 1891, measures 51 mm in diameter and displays the classic engine-turned cartouche back.
This timepiece
Category
Early 20th Century Brazilian Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 14K Gold Oval Locket with Niello and Guilloché Decoration, 19th Century
Located in Rotterdam, NL
sophistication. The reverse side displays a complete guilloché pattern in radiating engine-turned lines, creating
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
14k Gold, Niello
French 19th Century Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Empire Style Mantel Clock
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
movement drum with a delicately engine-turned gilt bronze dial framed by a beaded bezel, all supported by
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By Edward Smith
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
with engine turned decoration incorporating a rectangular cartouche displaying the contemporary
Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
RONSON 1930 Junior Sport Second Thumb Model .925 Sterling Guilloche Petrol
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
and embellished with engine turned guilloche patterns. This lighter feature the second finger push
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Rolex Datejust 36mm Steel Custom Green Turquoise Diamond Dial Bezel Watch 16030
By Rolex
Located in New York, NY
: Solid
Bezel Type: Engine-Turned, Fixed
Bezel Color: Gray
🧭 Dial Details
Dial Color: Black
Display
Category
Vintage 1980s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Steel
Rolex Date 34mm Black Dial Oyster Bracelet Stainless Steel Watch 115210
By Rolex
Located in Boca Raton, FL
durable stainless steel and features an engine-turned bezel, adding subtle texture and classic appeal.
The
Category
Early 2000s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
DUPONT 1945 Tall Roller Petrol Pocket Lighter In Plated Sterling
By S.T. Dupont
Located in Miami, FL
S.T. Dupont company in plated sterling with engine turned patterns. The lighter is a special model
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,398 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mappin
Webb 20th Century Sterling Silver Napkin Rings
By Mappin
Webb
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
rings are embellished with engine turned decorated panels accented with a rectangular vacant cartouche
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Elegant Gold and Diamond Compact by Van Cleef
Arpels, Circa 1935-40
By Van Cleef
Arpels
Located in Miami, US
beautifully engine-turned ground that adds texture and visual interest to its surface.
The cover is adorned
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold
Round French Silver Deep Blue Guilloché Enamel
Crystal Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
entirely enameled in deep blue Guilloché enamel, a technique that involves applying a geometric and engine
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
German Pforzheim 1910 Art Nouveau Guilloche Enamel Box 935 Sterling With Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
with a three barrels hinged lid raised by a simple thumbpiece. Engine turned guilloche decoration
Category
Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Boxes and Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,038 Sale Price
20% Off
AARON L. DENNISON 1929 Art Deco Guilloche Blue Enamel Desk Clock In Sterling
By Aaron Lufkin Dennison
Located in Miami, FL
mounted in a fluted round pedestal. All sides are embellished with a fabulous engine turned Guilloché
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Silver
$2,388 Sale Price
20% Off
French Charles X Period Mantel Clock in Ormolu and Patinated Bronze
Located in London, GB
decoration. A very fine and beautiful piece of work with original fire gilding. The gilt and engine turned
Category
Antique 1820s French Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th C. Coromandel
Silver-Mounted Vanity Case Retailed By Mayer
Co Liverpool
Located in Dublin, IE
accessories (mother of pearl mounted implements (two lacking), all with finely engine-turned silver lids and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Spanish Colonial Flower-Shaped Mirror with Toledo Damascene Bezel, Spain, c.1950
Located in London, GB
central bezel surrounding the mirror plate is of Toledo damascene parcel gilt metal with an engine turned
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Sunburst Mirrors
Materials
Metal
$1,041 Sale Price
20% Off
TIK-TAK Dubsky 1930 Austria Semi Automatic Pocket Petrol Lighter In Chromed
Located in Miami, FL
shape of a round pocket watch, with engine turned decorations. Fitted on top with a ring pusher for
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Silver Plate, Brass
$628 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare 14ct Gold Pocket Watch by August Ericsson, St Petersburg, circa 1890
Located in Worcester, GB
engine-turned decoration. The case interior is stamped with the Swiss squirrel hallmark for 14ct gold
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Russian Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date 15210 Salmon Dial Stainless Steel 34mm Watch
By Rolex
Located in Boca Raton, FL
the sea of silver and black. Framed by a precision-engine-turned bezel and powered by Rolex’s rock
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Wrist Watches
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By Nathaniel Mills
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
engine turned decoration incorporating a plain rectangular vacant cartouche.
Both the base and cover
Category
Antique 1830s English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
MYLFLAM ENGLAND Dublin 1949 Compendium Lighter Case In .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
crafted in solid .925/.999 sterling silver and decorated with a delicate engine turned barley patterns
Category
Vintage 1940s German Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,388 Sale Price
20% Off
Hollywood Regency Gilt Bronze and Patinated Bronze Ball Form Swan Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
arms, drip pans, and candle cups exhibit precise engine-turned patterns and fine chasing that highlight
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Henry Birks
Sons Two Tone 18Kt. Art Deco Ladies Watch Dial by Stern 1930
s
By Birks
Located in Long Beach, CA
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual Winding / 15 Jewels
DIAL / HANDS: Breguet Engine Turned with Kiln Fired Enamel
Category
Vintage 1930s Swiss Art Deco Wrist Watches
Materials
18k Gold
19th Century Swiss 18K Gold Pearl Set
Enamel Musical Box, Remond c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
over an engine-turned ground, framed by foliate taille d'épargne borders. The cover is further enhanced
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
German Pforzheim 1915 Art Deco Guilloché Enameled Box In .935 Sterling Silver
By Pforzheimer Bugholzmöbel Dietz
Co.
Located in Miami, FL
in the front. Decorated with engine turned guilloché, which is topped with applications of
Category
Vintage 1910s German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$798 Sale Price
20% Off
German Pforzheim 1917 Guilloche Enamel Round Box In .935 Sterling With Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
of circular form with a three barrels hinged lid raised by a simple thumbpiece. Engine turned
Category
Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Boxes and Cases
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Castle Top Vinaigrette, Warwick Castle, Birmingham, 1847, Nathaniel Mills
By Nathaniel Mills
Located in London, GB
different engine turned linear designs around a shield shaped vacant cartouche. The incuse sides are
Category
Antique 1840s British Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian 1903 Swiss Necklace Watch In 14Kt Gold With Guilloché Blue Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
karats with high polished finish. It is embellished with engine turned guilloche patterns which are
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swiss Edwardian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
$5,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine French Ormolu Crown Frame with Tinted Photograph, circa 1890–1910
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
neoclassical manner. The rectangular frame features an engine-turned ground inset with applied rosettes at the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Picture Frames
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco English Sterling Silver
Guilloche Enamel Cigarette Case, 1936
By Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
engine turned back, and some persistent tarnish to the interior. Otherwise, there is some light edge wear
Category
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Enamel Frames and Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
HERMES PARIS 1935 Art-Deco Round Box And Trays Desk Set In .950 Sterling Silver
By Ravinet D
Enfert, Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
fully decorated with machine engine turned, depicting the iconic barley pattern designs. The round box
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
$11,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Victorian 14 Karat Gold Book Locket Pendant with Onyx Hand
Located in Rotterdam, NL
engine-turned and scrolled border design, showcasing the refined goldsmithing techniques of the 19th
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Onyx, Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 9k Yellow Gold Regimental Cufflinks
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
engine turned decoration.
The reverse of each panel is plain and unembellished apart from the hallmarks
Category
Vintage 1940s Unknown Cufflinks
Materials
9k Gold, Yellow Gold
CARTIER London 1939 Perfume Atomizer In 9Kt Yellow Gold With Cartier Fitted Box
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
crafter with cylindrical shape in yellow gold of 9 karats and decorated with engine turned designs. It in
Category
Vintage 1930s English Modernist Vanity Items
Materials
Gold, Yellow Gold, 10k Gold
Sterling Silver
Crystal Powder Jar
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pale blue guilloché enamel surface — a translucent enamel laid over an engine-turned pattern.
The
Category
Vintage 1920s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rectangular French Silver Light Blue Guilloché Enamel and Crystal Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
applying a geometric and engine-turned pattern to silver and then covering it with a translucent layer of
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$768 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Westminster Abbey Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
.
The underside of this English silver vinaigrette is ornamented with engine turned ornamentation
Category
Antique 1840s British Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Russian 18K Yellow Gold Rhodonite Agate and Enamel Parasol Handle
Located in Staines-Upon-Thames, GB
‘X’s. The panels on the collar have been engine turned with a wavy design, and overlaid with
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Edwardian Enamel Frames and Objects
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
$6,317 Sale Price
36% Off
Art Deco Rare Richard Hudnut Compact in Original Box, c1930
By Richard Hudnut
Located in Devon, England
chrome running through the centre. The back of the compact is chrome and engine turned with geometric
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Charming Art Deco Evans Red Enamel Long Cigarette case w/ Silver Scottie Dog
By Evans Case Company
Located in Red Lion, PA
-preserved, showcasing a classic engine-turned pattern with only minor, expected discoloration from age
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Antique Rose Cut Diamond Enamel Portrait Locket Necklace 14 Karat Gold Victorian
Located in New York, NY
framing of the portrait around the lower portion of the locket. The reverse of the locket has an engine
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
BRUDER EISERT Austria 1950 Superior Semi Automatic Squeeze Lighter In Chromed
Located in Miami, FL
solid chromed steel with engine turned decorations. The semi-automatic mechanism is very simple since
Category
Vintage 1950s Austrian Industrial Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$398 Sale Price
20% Off
DESARMEAUX DO. 1932 France Semi-Automatic Screw Button Petrol Pocket Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
) and embellished with engine turned linear decorations. This is the second model DO featuring the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Brass, Silver Plate
$1,598 Sale Price
20% Off
1933 Marathon Art Deco Enamel and Chrome Combo Jazz Age Cigarette Case
Lighter
Located in Red Lion, PA
original design.
Inside, the case displays a finely crafted engine-turned chrome interior, complete with
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Chrome
Striking German Art Deco Hip Flask with Cartouche
Textured Design, circa 1920s
Located in Red Lion, PA
period. Measuring 7 inches tall, it features an elegant engine-turned texture on both sides with vertical
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal
Nathaniel Mills Antique Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By Nathaniel Mills
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
underside of the box are ornamented with panels of engine turned decoration, accented with an impressive
Category
Antique 1830s British William IV Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique English Rosewood Inlaid Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
removable accessory tray with solid silver engine turned reels, two thimbles, sewing tools and mother of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English William IV Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
A Huguenin
Sons. A Gold Calendar Quarter Repeater Pocket Watch C1890
Located in Mayfair, London, London
engine turned surround. The repeater slide is on the side of the case. The cases are all Swiss Hallmarked
Category
Antique 1890s Swiss Pocket Watches
Materials
18k Gold
Antique 18K Gold and Platinum Interchangeable Enamel, Diamond
Pearl Necklace
Located in Staines-Upon-Thames, GB
radiating, engine-turned, guilloche design. The pendant is suspended from a platinum bale, commencing with a
Category
Vintage 1910s British Edwardian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel
$9,409 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Sampson Mordan
Asprey 9-Carat Gold 18 Hole Gold Tool Telescopic Pencil
By Asprey International Limited
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
for
Fully stamped on the engine turned case S.M&CO for the wonders that is Samspon Morden one of the
Category
Antique 19th Century Early Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Gold, Stainless Steel
Antique German Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case
By Otto Bortenreuter
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
impressive engine turned decoration.
The rounded sides of this cigarette case are plain and unembellished
Category
Vintage 1920s German Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
LEONID KOCHERGIN 1900 Russian Empire Enameled Letter Opener In 14Kt Gold Silver
Located in Miami, FL
embellished with engine turned guilloche designs which is topped with cream translucent glass enamel and
Category
Antique Early 1900s Russian Neoclassical Letter Openers
Materials
Jade, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$5,588 Sale Price
20% Off
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Find many varieties of an authentic engine turn available at 1stDibs. Each engine turn for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, silver and sterling silver. If you’re shopping for an engine turn, we have 100 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect engine turn — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each engine turn bearing Art Deco, Folk Art or Modern hallmarks is very popular. A well-made engine turn has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Mappin
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