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Pair of 19th Century Lignum Vitae Wooden Candlesticks
Located in Brecht, BE
Charming pair of English 19th century lignum vitae candlesticks, beautifully cracked by age, just
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Candlesticks
Materials
Wood
19th Century Carved English Lignum Vitae or Pockwood Victorian Doberman Inkwell
Located in Haarlem, NL
opens to reveal the inkwell inside. Made of heavy Lignum Vitae or Pockwood.
Lignum vitae is Latin for
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Schoolmaster
s Hand Bell, English, Brass, Lignum Vitae, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique schoolmaster's hand bell. An English, brass and lignum vitae ringer, dating to
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Musical Instruments
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug Dog Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug Dog Inkwell
England, circa 1860s
Presenting a
Category
Antique 19th Century English High Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Brass
Lignum Vitae and Brass Spear Tapered Floor Lamp
By BAG Turgi
Located in Hanover, MA
brass stem with two round tapered Lignum Vitae sleeves which are inverted so the two flaring ends meet
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass
Two 19th Century Lignum Vitae or Pockwood Victorian Bulldog Doberman Inkwells
Located in Haarlem, NL
hinged head that opens to reveal the inkwells inside. They are made of heavy Lignum Vitae or Pockwood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
19th c. Hand Carved Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball and Pins c.1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
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A primitive 19th century Lignum Vitae bowling ball and 10 pins. All hand carved. Bowling has
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Lignum Vitae Wood Door Stop, from the Carter Burden Jr. Collection
Located in New York, NY
auctioned at Sotheby's.
This turned door stop, hand-crafted in two-tone Lignum Vitae wood, was purchased
Category
Vintage 1960s American Other Bookends
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand-Turned Lignum Vitae Ironwood Bowling Ball Four Pins Hand Made Craft
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Antique lignum vitae lathe turned bowling ball with four pins.
Measures: Ball diameter: 9 in
Category
Antique 1860s American Early Victorian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Two 19th Century Lignum Vitae or Pockwood Carved Victorian Bulldog Inkwells
Located in Haarlem, NL
with hinged head that open to reveal the inkwells inside.
They are made of Lignum Vitae or Pockwood
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Oriental Table, Lignum Vitae, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Table of straight and rectangular board decorated with geometric carvings of clear Chinese influence both along the edge of the board and on the legs. This same influence can be seen...
Category
20th Century Asian Other Side Tables
Materials
Wood
1954 Pair of English EJ Riley Lignum Vitae Lawn Bowls
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely 1954 pairof English EJ Riley Lignum Vitae Lawn bowls.
In original brown
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Leather, Hardwood
Set of Eight Lawn Bowls in Pine Box with Rules
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Boxed Lignum vitae lawn bowls.
A good set of 8 lignum vitae lawn bowls in original polished pine
Category
Antique 1890s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Baize, Pine
19th Century Hand Carved Lingum Vitae Bowling Ball, circa 1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Creator: Unknown.
Date of manufacture: circa 1800s.
Materials and techniques: Lignum vitae
Category
Antique 19th Century Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Antique Hardwood Ball, Sphere
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Heavy Lignum Vitae Sphere / Ball.
A large Victorian hardwood sphere with a circumference of 55 cm
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorab...
Materials
Wood
19th Century, Treen Vase
Located in High Point, NC
19th century, hand-turned wood vase made from lignum vitae.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Vases
Materials
Hardwood
Presentation Lawn Bowls
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Lignum Vitae presentation lawn bowls.
A very nice pair of Victorian Lignum Vitae presentation lawn
Category
Vintage 1930s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Giant 20thC Hardwood Globe Match Striker with Sterling Silver Mount, 1933
By Alfred Wolff
Located in London, GB
excellent condition.
Lignum Vitae is regarded by most to be both the heaviest and hardest wood in the world
Category
Vintage 1930s English Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Rush Light Blacksmith made, 1840s
Located in London, England
Charming twisted wrought iron rush light, on turned lignum vitae base. Blacksmith made.
British
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Lanterns
Materials
Fruitwood
Presentation Lawn Bowls
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Lignum Vitae Presentation Lawn Bowls.
A very nice pair of Victorian Lignum Vitae presentation
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Large Studio Easel by Windsor and Newton
Located in Cheshire, GB
terminating in four lignum vitae casters.
Dimensions:
Height 96 inches when open 159 inches
Width 40.5
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Easels
Large Oak Studio Easel by Windsor and Newton
Located in Cheshire, GB
terminating in four lignum vitae casters
Dimensions
Height 84 inches adjustable to 144.5 inches
Width 33
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Easels
Materials
Oak
Large Oak Studio Easel by Windsor and Newton
By Windsor
Newton
Located in Cheshire, GB
terminating in four lignum vitae casters.
Dimensions:
Height 161 when fully extended 86.5 inches when
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Easels
Two Tobacco Boxes
Located in Greenwich, CT
Two matching turned Lignum Vitae and bone barrel-form tobacco barrels with turned bone button
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Edwardian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Beagles Whistle by Blackwell
s
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
& 459 Oxford Street'. The cane made of Lignum vitae and finished with brass metal ferrule.
Other seen
Category
Antique 1890s Great Britain (UK) Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
19th Century Artist’s Easel by G. Gent of Bayswater
Located in Cheshire, GB
trestle base terminating in original lignum vitae castors. Retaining its original winding handles
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Easels
Materials
Oak
19th Century English String Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English string box made from lignum vitae. the wood has been expertly turned and is
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Bird’S-Eye Maple Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
drawers, each with cock beaded edging and fitted with lignum vitae knob handles. Proportions lends itself
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Set Of Four Woods, Lawn Bowls
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Set Of R.G. Lawrie Lignum Vitae Lawn Bowls.
A set of four 'Lawrie Grip' lignum vitae lawn bowls by
Category
Vintage 1930s Scottish Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Antique Bow Fronted Display Cabinet, Mahogany, English, Edwardian, circa 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
section legs and lignum vitae castors
The top displays well and features an up-Stand to the rear
The
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Chaim Gross, Ballerina on Unicycle, Hand-Carved Wood Sculpture, circa 1940s
By Chaim Gross
Located in New York, NY
collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sculpture is made of Lignum Vitae wood. The meaning of
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Slazenger
the Corbally
Croquet Mallet Advertising Sign
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
with heads of Lignum Vitae or Boxwood - Price 11/- each.
If brass, or aluminium bands, which are
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Pair of Presentation Lawn Bowls by Slazenger
By SLAZENGER
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Slazengers, the box with Slazenger 'Best is Best' ivorine plaque. The 'Stadium , No.3 Bias, Slazenger' lignum
Category
Vintage 1920s Great Britain (UK) Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Italian Small Chest, Woods, Gilt Bronze, Wrought Iron, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Small chest. "Palosanto" (lignum vitae), fuit tree wood, gilt bronze, wrought iron, glass, etc
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Wrought Iron
Sculpture by William P. Katz
Located in New York, NY
variegated green stone, the other more abstracted carved in Lignum Vitae. Signed "W P K". Mounted on a
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Marble
Lignum Vitae Turned Compote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Handsome, heavy compote made of turned lignum vitae - a dark, strong and dense wood. Early 19th
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Wood
Turned Lignum Vitae Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Handsome and heavy, turned bowl in lignum vitae, a very hard wood exported from the Caribbean
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Country Decorative Bowls
$1,100
Turned Lignum Vitae Twine Dispenser
Located in Southampton, NY
STREAM LINED BEAUTIFULLY FIGURED LIGNUM VITAE TWINE DISPENSER WITH NIPPLE SHAPED OPENING TO EXTRACT
Category
Antique 19th Century British Decorative Boxes
Pair of Turned Lignum Vitae Goblets
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
Pair of Turned Lignum Vitae Goblets
Category
Antique 1880s English More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Wood
Lignum Vitae Ball on Brass Stand
Located in New York, NY
Old English bowling ball in lignum vitae, with wonderful age patina.
Category
Early 20th Century English Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century Lignum Vitae Treen Barrel
Located in Southampton, NY
MADE FROM RARE TROPICAL WOOD LIGNUM VITAE --VERY DENCE HARD WOOD-POSSIABLY WAS A TWINE HOLDER
Category
20th Century British Decorative Objects
A 19th Century Lignum Vitae Bowling Ball
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century American lignum vitae bowling ball
Category
Antique 19th Century American Primitive Toys
William
Mary Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
18th Century lignum vitae pestle, with bulbous head and tapering handle with knop terminal.
Due to
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English William and Mary More Furniture and Co...
Materials
Wood
$11,681 / set
Mid-19th Century Lignum Vitae Writing Slope
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A mid-19th century lignum vitae writing slope retaining the original Brahma lock and beautifully
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Desks
Materials
Wood
Victorian Lignum Vitae Brush Pot - Picture 2 of 7 Victorian Lignum Vitae Brush
Located in Dorchester, GB
Victorian studied and stripped lignum vitae brush pot.
Dimensions
H 11cm D 8cm
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Category
Antique 1850s British Late Victorian Jars
Materials
Wood
19th Century Lignum Vitae Treen Round Tea Caddy
Located in Concord, MA
19th century lignum vitae treen round tea caddy. Measures: Height: 5 3/4 inches, diameter: 5 inches.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Great Britain (UK) Tea Caddies
Materials
Hardwood
Charles II Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
stamped mark ’28′ to underside. Together with an associated late 17th/early 18th century lignum vitae
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English Charles II More Furniture and Collecti...
Materials
Wood
Collection of Scottish Antique Lignum Vitae Carpet Bowls
Located in Lancashire, GB
Collection of Scottish Antique Lignum Vitae Carpet Bowls
A large collection of twenty five
Category
Antique 19th Century Scottish Decorative Objects
Early 18th Century Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
with an associated lignum vitae pestle, with bulbous head.
Pestle length: 9.5 inches (24cm)
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
collection of 19th century Lignum Vitae sail rigs
Located in New York, NY
This is a great collection of Lignum Vitae sail stabilizers that have been custom mounted as
Category
Antique 19th Century American More Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Walking Stick in Lignum Vitae with Silver Top, circa 1910
Located in Sint Annaland, NL
Walking Stick in Lignum Vitae with Silver Ball, ca.1910
Under the Ball is name 'Carla"
Category
Early 20th Century British More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
Late 17th Century Turned Lignum Vitae Mortar and Pestle
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
and fillets, on a straight-sided line-carved circular foot, together with a turned lignum vitae pestle
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
Jean-Michel Frank Style "Americano Escandinavo" Lignum Vitae and Chrome Credenza
By Jean-Michel Frank
Located in Houston, TX
style low dresser, sideboard or credenza made in Argentina with lignum vitae (an exotic and rare South
Category
Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Materials
Chrome
Rare Victorian Lignum Vitae Treen Urn or Lamp, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
# H504 - Fine Victorian Lignum Vitae urn now mounted as a lamp. This is a rare example of drillwork
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Chisel Mounted on Lignum Vitae
Located in North Egremont, MA
Very interesting 19th C tool. maybe a splitter or chisel, a beautiful object
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Iron
19th Century Lignum Vitae String Holder
Located in Southampton, NY
VERY DECORATIVE BOX TO DISPENCE TWINE THROUGH BUD SHAPED OPENING-- GREAT ON A DESK--IN A KITCHEN OR JUST AS DECORATION
Category
20th Century British Early Victorian Decorative Boxes
Lignum Vitae Mortar with a Laburnum Pestle
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
The mortar of tapering cylindrical form, with moulded rim, together with an 18th/19th century laburnum pestle, of bulbous form with knop handle.
Pestle Length: 9 inches (22.5cm)
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Wood
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The average selling price for a lignum vitae at 1stDibs is $1,950, while they’re typically $199 on the low end and $85,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Lignum Vitae
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Lignum vitae is a tropical hardwood, known for being self-oiling. It was used for building steamship bearings and pulleys. For medicinal purposes, the resin of lignum vitae was known to help treat gout and skin infections. Today, it is used primarily for carving. Shop a collection of lignum vitae furniture from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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