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19th Century English Victorian Burr Walnut Three Decanter Tantalus
Located in London, GB
a metal bar. This was to prevent the theft of the contents by servants. Like the name suggests, the
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Glass

Materials

Brass

FLEURY A LA CHAMPAGNE"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
answer to the question of their talent, Kouliche doubts. Is this not the appanage of the great servants
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1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th century Italian Old Master - San Pellegrino Laziosi - Religious Faith
Located in Aartselaar, BE
residents of Forlì were under interdict. Philip Benizi, Prior General of the Friar Servants of Saint Mary
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor
By William Rogers (b.1545)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(“Servants of the Country”), a body of well-organized mercenaries, and fought a series of wars against the
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Early 1600s Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Rabbi Meditating Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Chabad Chassidim Judaica
By Arie Meiseles
Located in Surfside, FL
. "I applied to the Hilfsverein for a servant to England and when I saw that this did not arrive in
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1960s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners’ Dreams
By Jean-Michel Moreau
Located in New York, NY
sold into slavery by his brothers, Joseph became a servant to Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh’s guard
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18th Century Rococo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Silverplate Tantalus
Located in Southampton, NY
lock, so that the servants would not be able to help themselves to a nip! A beautiful and unique gift
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Antique 19th Century English Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Crystal, Silver

George III Wine Cooler
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
top. As usual it has a lock to keep the servants and children out. It stands on square taper legs
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Wine Coolers

Small 18th Century English Wine Table
Located in Alexandria, VA
chair after dessert was served and the servants withdrew so there could be private conversation. English
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Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-to...

Materials

Brass

Oak and Cut Crystal Tantalus Set, England, Late 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
of preventing the servants from stealing the master's liquor, while the bottles are clearly visible.
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Antique 19th Century English Barware

Materials

Crystal

Impressive Large Country House Regency Mahogany Serving Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
because the kitchens were in the basement and were full of servants. The servants of course carried the
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Antique Early 19th Century British Serving Tables

Tantalus Set with Three Decanters by Hukin Heath
Located in New York, NY
" locked away from the servants and/or children. They came in various forms, three bottle, double and the
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Early 20th Century English Barware

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver Plate

Silver and Glass Tantalus Cocktail Decanter
Located in Oakland, CA
servants or the children to have access now, would you?! But it also has the effect of making even a simple
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Barware

Materials

Crystal, Silver Plate

Victorian Gentleman s Dressing Box
By Thomas Whitehouse
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Mr Frederick Biney, on his attaining the age of 21 years, by the servants of his father Napoleon
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

A Regency style gold leaf circular frame from England c.1870
Located in Houston, TX
the servants when something was needed. As the century progressed this type of mirror became more and
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Antique 19th Century English Convex Mirrors

Chinese export porcelain Famille rose plate, ‘Rebecca at the Well’, 18th century
Located in London, GB
Well’ with Abraham’s servant Eliezer approaching the well, weary from his journey after being sent to
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Dinner Plates

Materials

Ceramic

Antique English Rosewood Game Table, circa 1840
Located in Houston, TX
servant who set the table in place for a game. The playing surface has been covered in a tooled leather
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Antique 1830s English William IV Game Tables

Materials

Leather, Rosewood

Antique English Regency Perios Gold Leaf Convex Mirror circa 1825 ( 19 1/2"dia.)
Located in Houston, TX
when all her guests were finished with a particular course of dinner and signal to the servants that it
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20th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors

Louis XV Period Walnut Buffet/Bas d Armoire, France c. 1750
Located in Houston, TX
were never finished like the outside as they were always for closed storage and only the servants would
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Buffets

Materials

Iron

A handsome mahogany sideboard from England c.1865
Located in Houston, TX
only seen by the owner and the servants so no expense was wasted on fitting out the inside. Both
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Antique 19th Century English Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Chanel 1930 s Bias Cut Little Black Dress ; the original LBD !
By Chanel
Located in Cloverdale, CA
was itself startling. Before Chanel, black clothing was associated with either the clergy or servants
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Evening Dresses and Gowns

Adoration of the Three Wise Men Represented as Kings, Oil on Copper, Flanders
By Frans Francken II
Located in Paris, FR
servants, with the representation of the donator of the painting,down right pointing out the scene. Oil
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Baroque Paintings

Materials

Copper

Wrought Iron Tobacco Accessories Attributed to Hugo Berger for Goberg
By Goberg
Located in Janvry, Essonne
A hammered wrought iron,pressed steel & brass tobacco necessary representing a servant.The head
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Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Brass

Late 19th-Early 20th Century Mahogany Porters Chair
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
etc. for the night watchman or servant to keep Guard of the entrance.
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Wingback Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Large 18th Century Fireplace Back Plate with a Royal Scene
Located in Raalte, NL
the table with servants on the side (has user traces on the bottom and a crack). The measurements
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Antique 18th Century European Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Iron

Chinese Ancestor Portrait
Located in Sheffield, MA
servants. The oldest generation is at the top and the youngest at the bottom. They are wearing colorful
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

Materials

Ink

Chinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Figure, Tang Dynasty
Located in Seattle, WA
Chinese Sancai glazed pottery model of a standing female servant; the figure with hands at chest
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

C. 1935 Oil of a Partial Nude with a Parrot and Admirer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
column is a servant? or some male peeking at her. Mysterious, seductive, interesting, thought provoking
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Vintage 1930s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

English Antique Mahogany Brass Crimper.
Located in Lancashire, GB
the collars and cuffs of servants clothes. Now in Miles Griffiths antiques showrooms. Dimensions
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Antique 19th Century English Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Important Japanese Meiji Samurau Meeting Place Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
) was an important servant retainer of the Shogun and the Meiji period Emperor. The
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Court Attendants
Located in Seattle, WA
to be servants of the departed in the next life. Female attendants are less common and were primarily
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

Important Early 18th Century U.Leyniers Tapestry "Don Quixote"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tapestry (silk/wool) "Don Quixote is served by the Duchess' servant girls" - Story of Don Quixote (circa
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Belgian Tapestries

19th Century Painted Porcelain depicting Abraham driving his son Ishmael.
Located in Firenze, IT
servant Hagar, the boy's mother, out of his own home. The biblical episode wants to underline Abraham's
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Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Porcelain

French Oil on Canvas "Chasse au Faucon en Algerie"
Located in London, GB
D’Orsay. In Falconry in Algieria, the painter shows servants pulling a rabbit from the
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French Paintings

Antique Victorian Harlequin Multigem Bracelet
Located in Sale, Cheshire
servant" characters from the Italian Commedia dell’Arte tradition who was introduced in the late 16th
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Link Bracelets

Materials

Aquamarine, Citrine, Garnet, Peridot, Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, Zircon,...

Chinese Ming Dynasty Processional Figures Palanquin
Located in Seattle, WA
figures, modeled on an aristocrats retinue, were intended to be servants of the departed in the next life
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities

Black Forest Carved Tantalus Decanter Set, circa 1880s
Located in Atlanta, GA
the contents from servants and children. This Tantalus is expertly carved to appear to be a lovely
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Barware

Materials

Glass, Wood

Pair of Antique 18th Century English Georgian Mahogany Country House Hall Chairs
By George Hepplewhite
Located in Richmond, London
, to be 'placed in halls, for the use of servants or strangers waiting on business'. Dimensions
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Oil Portrait of Francis Nevil Circle of Thomas Hickey
Located in London, GB
to the soldiers, civil servants and merchants of colonial British India and is particularly known for
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Circle of Thomas Hickey, Portrait of Francis Nevil
Located in London, GB
portraitist to the soldiers, civil servants and merchants of colonial British India and is particularly known
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Antique 1750s English Paintings

A mahogany butler s stand of shelves from England c.1875
Located in Houston, TX
piece. Before the development of this type of stand servants were a necessity to have in the dining room
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Antique 19th Century English Serving Tables

Materials

Brass

PAIR William IV Painted Armorial Mahogany Chairs. Circa 1835
Located in New York, NY
special variety of chairs for halls and summer houses. Sheraton described them "for the use of servants
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Antique 19th Century English Chairs

Pair of 19th Century Singerie Ormolu Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
the form of monkeys as servants holding the candle nozzles outstretched on trays rather than aloft, as
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Rococo Candlesticks

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Crystal and Silver Art Deco Three-Piece Tantalus
Located in Oakland, CA
. After all, one simply does not want the downstairs servants to get into the upstairs Sherry, does one?.
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Barware

Materials

Crystal, Metal

A pair of Irish George III mahogany brass bound plate buckets
Located in Knutsford, GB
quantities of plates by servants from the butler’s pantry to the dining table, when setting for dinner. They
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Irish More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Mahogany

Early 19th Century Pair of English George III Regency Period Oak Hall Chairs
Located in Richmond, London
servants or strangers waiting on business'. Good proportion, smart decoration and particularly fine
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Antique Early 19th Century English George III Chairs

Materials

Oak

Mahogany Two Pillar Dining Table with Gun Barrel Stems
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
card or drawing room they were also reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such
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Early 20th Century British Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of 19th Century Highly Decorative Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Suffolk, GB
, the figures usually resemble servants, soldiers, children and animals.  Both dummy boards are in
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Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Pine, Paint

Pair of Vintage Italian Rosewood Sideboards by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini
By Bernini, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Milan, IT
indeed the maker of these two servants crafted from solid rosewood and marketed under the designation 501
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Rosewood

Early 19th Century Five-Pillar Dining Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as card playing. In 1796 Gillows advised
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Antique 19th Century British Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Extending Dining Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as card playing. In 1796 Gillows advised
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Antique 19th Century British Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Late Regency Period Mahogany Extending Dining Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
or drawing room they were also reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Early George III Period Mahogany Dining Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as card playing. In 1796 Gillows advised
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Antique Mid-18th Century English George III Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Period Mahogany Two-Pillar Dining Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
they were also reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as card playing. In
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

George III Period Banqueting Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as card playing. In 1796 Gillows advised
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier British George III Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Period Mahogany Dining Table with Seating for 4 to 10 People
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as card playing. In 1796 Gillows advised
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Antique Early 1800s Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Period Two-Pillar Dining Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
they were also reassembled after dining by servants for different purposes, such as card playing. In
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Dining Room Tables

Materials

Mahogany

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The Servant For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal the servant for your home. Frequently made of metal, wood and bronze, every the servant was constructed with great care. There are 778 variations of the antique or vintage the servant you’re looking for, while we also have 61 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a the servant — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each the servant bearing Victorian, Art Deco or mid-century modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one the servant that is appealing in its simplicity, but Favaretto Partners, Slide and Samuel Costantini produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a The Servant?

The average selling price for a the servant at 1stDibs is $2,898, while they’re typically $12 on the low end and $2,342,348 for the highest priced.