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Karl Rothmüller Octopus Ring, c. 1901
By Karl Rothmüller
Located in London, GB
An exceptional example of Rothmuller's exotic jewelry designs featuring a stylised octopus with a
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Octopus Antique

Materials

Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Japanese Old Vintage Glazed Octopus Signed Vase
Located in South Burlington, VT
A recent Japanese acquisition Rarely seen, this Japanese octopus vase was hand crafted by a
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Octopus Antique

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Fine Antique Octopus Fishing Pot- Rare Find
Located in South Burlington, VT
A recent Japanese acquisition, a fine example Rarely found, this Japanese octopus fishing pot was
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Octopus Antique

Materials

Pottery

Ancient Greek Silver Octopus Coin from Syracuse, 460 BC
Located in London, GB
Arethusa, her hair tied into a bunch and bound with a pearl diadem. The reverse with an octopus, its
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15th Century and Earlier Sicilian Classical Greek Octopus Antique

Materials

Silver

Victorian Sea Still Life Diorama under Glass with Okimono Bone Octopus
Located in Haarlem, NL
Sea shell still-life under glass cloche with a carved bone octopus okimono, little shells, a crab
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Early 20th Century Asian Victorian Octopus Antique

Materials

Bone, Shell, Glass, Wood

.10 Carat Diamond Pearl Garnet Yellow Gold Octopus Brooch Pendant Necklace
Located in Stamford, CT
Art Deco 1930's, Octopus brooch pendant circa 1935 with a GIA certified freshwater pearl, diamond
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Early 20th Century Octopus Antique

Materials

Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, Garnet, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

20th Century Turquoise Italian Murano Glass Octopus Sculpture by Carlo Scarpa
By Cappellin, Carlo Scarpa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A turquoise-green, vintage Mid-Century modern Italian octopus sculpture made of hand blown colored
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Octopus Antique

Materials

Murano Glass

Antique Master Print A Fish Market , Showing Lobster, Octopus and More, c.1782
Located in Langweer, NL
fish market. The scene depicts a table loaded with fish, lobster , octopus and more. Below, a hungry
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1780s Octopus Antique

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Paper

Antique Beaded Ceremonial Dance Sarong (Lawo Butu) East Flores, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
in the form of diamonds with radiating tendrils, likely octopuses or fertility symbols. Lawo butu
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Late 19th Century Indonesian Tribal Octopus Antique

Materials

Cotton, Beads

Vintage Silver Plate Cover with Cut Crystal Barware, Shaker
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Vintage silver plate cover with cut crystal barware martini / cocktail shaker with octopus design
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1920s Great Britain (UK) Octopus Antique

Materials

Silver Plate

Fossilized Mounted Ammonite Slices on Custom Black Metal Bases, Pair
Located in New York, NY
marine mollusk animals closely related to octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. The name "ammonite", from
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Victorian Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone, Metal

Fossilized Mounted Ammonite Slice on Custom Black Metal Base
Located in New York, NY
marine mollusk animals closely related to octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. The name "ammonite", from
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Victorian Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone, Metal

A cup with a shell of Turbo marmoratus, Germany 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
depicting an octopus and features engravings depicting waves. The base is also made with a piece of Turbo
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Late 19th Century German Octopus Antique

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Bronze

La Pieuvre - Original Etching And Drypoint - Early 20 Century
Located in Roma, IT
nude woman in the sea captured by an octopus, and suffering painfully from being seized through deft
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Early 20th Century Modern Octopus Antique

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Split Ammonite Fossil, Custom Mounted, Jurassic, Cretaceous Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
, tentacles, and spiral shells resembling a nautilus shell. Closely related to an octopus without the shell
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Organic Material

Japan Lovely Big Antique Brilliant Blue Painted Vase, Karakusa Vines
Located in South Burlington, VT
Karakusa (octopus) vine vase pattern against a white ground. A beautiful bulbous shape makes a
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Octopus Antique

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Ceramic

Large Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen Jurassic Cretaceous Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
resembling the shell of a nautilus. Without their shell, ammonites are closely related to the octopus. They
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
resembling a nautilus shell. They are closely related to an octopus without the shell. They existed for
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Large Split Ammonite Fossil Mineral Specimen Custom Mounted Cretaceous Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
related to the octopus. They existed for approximately 175 million years, appearing in the fossil record
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Matched Pair of Split Ammonite Fossil
Located in Point Richmond, CA
shell. Without the shell, ammonites are closely related to an octopus They appeared in the fossil
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15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Medium Split Ammonite Fossil Mineral Specimen Custom Mounted Cretaceous Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
shell, ammonites are closely related to the octopus. They existed for approximately 175 million years
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen Jurassic Cretaceous Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
of a nautilus. Without their shell, ammonites are closely related to the octopus. They existed for
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Japan 19th Century Hand Cast Candle Stick Ashinaga the Playful Water Spirit!
Located in South Burlington, VT
octopus on base ! A rare effigy and seldom seen in this Fine form. Dimensions: 13 inches tall and 4.75
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Octopus Antique

Materials

Bronze

Large Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen Jurassic Cretaceous Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
, ammonites are closely related to the octopus. They existed for approximately 175 million years, appearing in
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Ancient Spirals: Fossilized Ammonite Pair on Modern Display 6"H
Located in New York, NY
cephalopods related to modern octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish, lived millions of years ago and are celebrated
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15th Century and Earlier Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone, Metal

Ancient Spirals: Fossilized Ammonite Pair on Modern Display 7"H
Located in New York, NY
cephalopods related to modern octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish, lived millions of years ago and are celebrated
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15th Century and Earlier Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone, Metal

Very Large 10.25 Inch Ammonite Fossil Cut Polished and Mounted Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
, tentacles, and spiral shells resembling a nautilus shell. Ammonites are closely related to an octopus
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15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Other Octopus Antique

Materials

Stone

Antique Suiban Planter, Japanese Bronze Bonsai Jardiniere, Edo Period, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
cast fish and octopus motifs, redolent of marine themes Unusual and charming sea bed scene to the base
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1850s Japanese Edo Octopus Antique

Materials

Bronze

Intricate Cephalopods from Bertuch s Natural History Engravings, 1805
Located in Langweer, NL
), published in Weimar in 1805, is a fascinating depiction of various cephalopods, including squid and octopus
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Early 1800s Octopus Antique

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Paper

Japan Lacquer Servant Table Attributed to A. Perret E. Vibert, France, c. 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
, depicting a bird on a branch, an octopus with a male figure and a poem lecture scene. The use of Japanese
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1880s French Japonisme Octopus Antique

Materials

Lacquer, Bamboo

Loetz Astraea Art Nouveau Glass Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
objects such as vases and bowls. Another late-1880s precursor to its most prized works are the Octopus
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Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Octopus Antique

Materials

Art Glass

Tall Loetz Candia Astraea Signed Vase
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
-1880s precursor to its most prized works are the Octopus pieces, whose white curlicue lines on a darker
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Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Octopus Antique

Materials

Art Glass

Loetz Silver Overlay Art Nouveau Vases Pair
By Loetz Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
innovations in Historicism glass, including Intarsia and Octopus glass and the very popular marbled
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Octopus Antique

Materials

Art Glass

Antique Pickled Octopus
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Biological specimen from early in the 20th century, in it's original container (sealed). Great decorative object.
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Early 20th Century Octopus Antique

Materials

Glass

Wrought Iron Octopus Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A French Wrought Iron Six-Arm Octopus Chandelier, 19th Century
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19th Century French Octopus Antique

Materials

Iron

Loetz ‘Octopus Vase, circa 1888
By Loetz Glass
Located in Malvern, Victoria
Influenced in form & decoration by the taste for Eastern design during the period, Octopus glass
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1880s Octopus Antique

Materials

Art Glass

Pair of Quirky Octopus-Like Canopies
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bizarre and fun octopus-like canopies. Wrap them in muslin and take them to the beach to create
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Octopus Antique

"Small Octopus" Art Nouveau Vase by Amphora
By Amphora
Located in New York, NY
This vase, with its amusing octopus ornamentation, was created in the context of a decorative
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Octopus Antique

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Earthenware

Original Antique WWI Poster Map War Is The National Industry Of Prussia Octopus
Located in London, GB
Original antique World War One map poster portraying Prussia as an octopus stretching its tentacles
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1910s Octopus Antique

Materials

Paper

Early 20th Century Enamel Painted Japanese Satsuma Stoneware Charger
By Satsuma
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
octopus or kraken being hunted by three frogs with pampas grass as spears, the octopus clutching a lily
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Early 20th Century Japanese Octopus Antique

Materials

Stoneware

Large Japanese Cloisonné Meiji Bowl
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
are decorated with lotus blooms, petals, vinery, and octopus scrolling.    
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Octopus Antique

Materials

Metal

19th C Chinese Export Chinoiserie Lacquered Tray on Stand
Located in Louisville, KY
children dancing and pulling a cart with an octopus holding a fan; raised on a stand with square tapering
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19th Century Chinese Neoclassical Octopus Antique

Japanese Bronze Lantern, circa 1920
Located in Dallas, TX
, Lobsters, Octopus, Koi and other variety's of fish, all in wonderful detail. The top of the lantern has a
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Early 20th Century Japanese Octopus Antique

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Famille Rose Group of "The Laughing Twins", circa 1770
Located in London, GB
face. Literature: a similar group illustrated by A.du Boulay, Chinese Porcelain, Octopus, 1973, p.75
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1760s Chinese Octopus Antique

Large Petrified Ammonite Fossil
Located in Houston, TX
includes their living relatives the octopus, squid, cuttlefish and nautilus. This large example has quite
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18th Century and Earlier Unknown Octopus Antique

Polished Orthoceras Fossil Mounted on Chrome Base
Located in Suffolk, GB
- the Orthoceras is a genus of extinct cephaloid (animals related to squid, octopus and nautilus) and
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15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Octopus Antique

Good Ordovician Period Orthoceras Specimen in a William IV Frame
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
small hairlines throughout as photographed. The ancestors of the squid and octopus, an orthoceras is
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15th Century and Earlier Moroccan William IV Octopus Antique

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Softwood

Pair of Late 19th Century Neapolitan Bronze Mirror Stands, circa 1890
By Fonderia Chiurazzi
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
, with a superb patination, each modelled as winged putti atop dolphins with octopus’ in their mouths, on
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1890s Italian Neoclassical Octopus Antique

Materials

Bronze

A Pair Of Cast Iron Boot Scrapers
Located in New York, NY
. 269 Christopher Payne, Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture, Conran Octopus Ltd
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19th Century English Octopus Antique

Materials

Iron

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 Octopus Antique

Materials

Terracotta

Cased Set 6 Japanese Silver Teaspoons with Octopus Finials
By Liberty Co.
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A fine quality late Victorian set of six cased Japanese silver teaspoons with lightly gilded bowls in the form of ormer shells, bamboo stems and finials formed as comical Octopi, eit...
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1890s Japanese Victorian Octopus Antique

Materials

Silver

John C. Rinker Octopus Ring 1 Carat Diamonds with Emerald Eyes
Located in Overland Park, KS
John C. Rinker Octopus Ring with 1ctw Diamonds with Emerald Eyes. 7.1 grams. Master Goldsmith from
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1920s American Art Nouveau Octopus Antique

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold

Large Victorian Cast Iron Arched Window Mirror from The Old Brighton Aquarium
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
seawater. It included a large octopus among its attractions, and, at the eastern end of the building, the
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1870s English Victorian Octopus Antique

Materials

Iron

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Octopus Antique For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the octopus antique you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A octopus antique — often made from metal, ceramic and bronze — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the octopus antique you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A octopus antique is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Nouveau, Victorian and Art Deco styles are sought with frequency. Loetz Glass, Amphora and Liberty Co. each produced at least one beautiful octopus antique that is worth considering.

How Much is a Octopus Antique?

The average selling price for a octopus antique at 1stDibs is $2,175, while they’re typically $295 on the low end and $18,600 for the highest priced.