Skip to main content

18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

to
136
495
196
701
149
19
19
9
7
6
2
1
1
1
753
678
29
287
199
90
30
13
33
23
12
39
10
20
9
9
354
230
144
58
57
503
148
96
95
45
701
701
701
3
2
2
1
1
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Procession of Horsemen and Cardinals During the Entrance of a New Pope, ca.1700
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Bezitneming van St. Jan te Lateranen, met de Plegtelykste Cavalcade'. Procession of horsemen and cardinals during the entrance of a new pope in the Saint John...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Bishop William Waynflete, Founder of Magdalen College School in Oxford, ca.1750
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique portrait titled 'William Waynfleet, Bishop of Winchester'. Portrait of William Waynflete. William Waynflete, born William Patten, was Provost of Eton (1442–1447), Bishop of Winchester (1447–1486) and Lord Chancellor...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Rare Town Plan of Jerusalem, Includes an Extensive Key to Locations etc, 1708
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Eigentliche Vorstellung der Statt Jerusalem und derselben umliegenden Gegenden zu Salomonis auch zu und kurtz nach Christi Zeiten.' Rare town plan...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Antique Copper Engraved Print of a View of a Pagoda in Tonkin, Vietnam, 1739
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'Tonquin Pagoda'. View of a pagoda in Tonkin, Vietnam. This print originates from 'Modern History: Or, the Present State of All Nations (..)...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Original Antique Engraving of A Jewish Priest, 1709
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'La Representation du Grand Pontise'. Old print depicting a Jewish Priest. This print originates from 'Introduction à l'écriture sainte, où l'on traite tout ...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Antique Engraving of Greek Religious Ceremonies, ca.1730
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print of various Greek religious ceremonies. With French description. Artists and Engravers: Anonymous Condition: Very good. Stamp on ...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Rare Copper Engraved Plate of Bartholomew the Apostle Building a Temple, 1762
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'S. Bartholomaeus Ecclesiam B.M.V. edificari jubet, et columna decidens Monachiejus Dicipli jussu sistitur.' Scarce plate showing Bartholomew th...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Scarce Plate of Saints Nilus and Bartholomew Kneeling for the Holy Virgin, 1762
Located in Langweer, NL
Description: Antique print titled 'Bma Virgo S. S. Nilum, et Bartholomæum pomo aureo donat'. Scarce plate of Saint Nilus and Saint Bartholomew kn...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Religious Antique Engravings of Confucius and Buddha Amida in Japan, ca.1782
Located in Langweer, NL
Original (proof) engraving of two religions. Adoration of the statue of Confucius and Boeddha Amida in Japan. Title on the leaf: 1) Het beeld van Confucius, zo als het in de ope...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Antique Detailed Map of Jerusalem in Israël with Extensive Key and Scale, 1698
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Jerusalem.' Plan of the ancient city of Jerusalem. With extensive key and scale. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Cornelis de...
Category

Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Antique Print Religion Joshua Makes a Convenant with God by De Hondt, 1728
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique religion print titled 'Joshua makes a convenant with God'. This print originates from 'Figures de la Bible'. Published by P. de Hondt. Illustrated by G. van der Gouwen.
Category

Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Paper

Head of a Saint from the 18th Century Wood Carving
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Head of a Saint from the 18th Century Wood Carving.
Category

Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

17th Century English Carved Oak Corbel “the Green Man”
Located in Vero Beach, FL
17th Century English carved oak corbel “The Green Man”. Rare antique decorative architectural ornament of the enigmatic Green Man. Images and carvings ca...
Category

English Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Oak

Reliquary Cross Pendant, Silver, Glass, 17th-18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional pendant made in silver with a Latin cross shape, decorated on the outside with simple scrolls, spikes, pearls and other elements of classicist inspiration, as well as a ri...
Category

European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Hindi Sandstone Carving of Nandi / Nandikeshwara, 600-800 Years Old
Located in Kastrup, DK
Hindu sandstone carving depicting Nandi God in human form. 600-800 years old most likely older. An exceptional sculpture carved in sandstone from te...
Category

Burmese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Sandstone

Antique Print of the Baptism of Christians by Bernaerts, 1736
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Le Baptême de Rhinsbourg'. This print depicts the baptism of Christians in Katwijk-Rijnsburg in The Netherlands. Engraved by B. Bernaerts.
Category

Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

1500s Elizabethan Sterling Silver Communion Chalice and Paten
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Elizabethan English sterling silver communion chalice and paten; an addition to our diverse religious silverware collection. This exceptional two piece antique Elizabethan sterling silver communion set consists of a chalice and paten/diskos. The chalice has a cylindrical tapering shaped form onto a plain knapped pedestal and spreading circular foot. The body of this sterling silver communion cup...
Category

English Elizabethan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Sterling Silver

Cloud iron huge altar
Located in Livorno, IT
Wonderful large altar made of embossed and hand-engraved metal with decorations depicting clouds and winged cherubs. Gilded and lacquered wooden base. A major Italian antique item wh...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal, Tin, Gold Leaf

18th Century Russian Carved Oak Figure of a Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
A very interesting Baroque period carved oak figure of a saint or prophet said to come from a demolished Russian Orthodox church. This compelling figure is ...
Category

Russian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Oak

French Louis XIV Oratory - Crucifixion Scene in Marquetry, circa 1700 France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Superb oratory in oak from the Louis XIV period. The lower part forming a drop-leaf desk, has a door with its original hinges and rests on a platform. In the upper part, the pediment...
Category

French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Italian 17th Century Mannequin
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful 17th century articulating Mannequin from the Veneto region of Italy. Beautifully carved from polychromed wood with very handso...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Italian Pair of 18th Century Incense Torches
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is an incredibly unique pair of incense torches from Italy that have been fitted with custom metal bases so they may be positioned independently and upright to appreciate every ...
Category

Italian Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Metal

18th Century Spanish Wooden Angel s Head with Vitreous Paste Eyes
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Century spanish wooden angel's head with vitreous paste eyes.
Category

Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Glass, Wood

18th Century Processional Painted Sunburst on a Baroque Silver Gilt Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A rare and exquisite 18th century iron processional sunburst with a painted central image of Holy Mother Mary presenting the rosary to Saint Dominic to one side and Ave Maria to the ...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Iron

18th/19th Century French Provincial Religious Oratory Sacristy Cabinet
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce French Provincial Louis XV (1715-1774) / Louis XVI (1774-1792) Period mixed wood religious oratory (prie-dieu / altar) Hand-crafted in France in the 18th century, with later 19th century elements, likely originating in the south of France / Mediterranean region, featuring pegged solid wooden construction of warm, rich fruitwood, chesnut, oak, and maple. Having a slant-front bureau with tall raised back decorated with three Renaissance Revival style high relief panels, the center depicting religious scene comprising Jesus and winged Saint, the side panels with foliate floral fruit pendant carvings, flanked by classical turned baluster-form columns, surmounted with highly stylized hand carved and turned finials. Over a slant-front with star parquetry, the hinged drop-front opens to reveal a distressed leather writing desk / lectern / pulpit on which the holy books can be laid open and allows to shelter the books, which were considered precious goods at that time. The lower sacristy cabinet has a pair of slide-out supports flanking a paneled cupboard door decorated with a large stepped base Christian cross parquetry inlay, affixed with later decorative forged iron faux escutcheon overtop. The door opening with key to a single fixed shelf on which holy items...
Category

French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Iron

17th Century Italian Ecclesiastical Lectern
Located in Round Top, TX
A stunning and exceptional 17th century ecclesiastical lectern from the north of Italy. The solid wood column has a polychromed faux marble finish a...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Large Impressive Burmese Gilded Buddha Sculpture in Bhūmisparśa Mudrā . 32 kg
Located in Kastrup, DK
Large Antique Buddha (99 cm) from a Temple in Burma, crafted in hardwood, likely Burma teak. Beautifully and intricately carved, the Buddha is depicted in Bhūmisparśa Mudrā, a class...
Category

Burmese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Hardwood

17th Century Alpine Tabernacle from Hautes-Alpes, France
Located in Dallas, TX
Most likely originating in the Queyras valley of France, this Alpine tabernacle was hand-carved from mountain pine in the 1600s. The Queyras is located in the Hautes-Alpes department...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Metal, Iron

Ancient Buddhist Stone Tabletop Altar with a Lotus Flower
Located in Antwerp, BE
An exceptional and very early Buddhist stone altar equipped with two handgrips for moving it to the spot of the planned sacrifice. Carved by hand from a si...
Category

Asian Hellenistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Schist

Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga (dress up). Spanish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
San Luis Gonzaga, dressing room. Polychrome wood, etc. Spanish school, 18th century. Carving made of polychrome wood that shows, on a rectangular base, a young man without a beard, ...
Category

Spanish Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Other

18th-Century Polish Candle Holders – Primitive Judaica with Silvering Remnants
Located in New York, NY
This rare and authentic pair of 18th-century Polish candle holders embodies the rustic yet deeply symbolic craftsmanship of Jewish shtetls in Eastern Europe. Made of brass with trace...
Category

Polish Primitive Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Cross of Caravaca 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Cross of caravaca xvii century. Very beautiful cross of caravaca made in bronze. 17th Century. Measurements: 14x6 cm. Good condition.
Category

Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Church Torchère Converted to Floor Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Tall giltwood church torchère with deep foliate carvings, Italy late 18th century. This piece is finely hand carved in precise detail with deep foliate carvings decorated with acanth...
Category

Italian Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Silk, Giltwood

Purple Amethyst Mineral Sculpture Crystal Rock Peaks on Metal Decorative Object
Located in London, GB
A stunning deep purple amethyst cluster with unusually high peaked crystals on metal stand. The polished frame shows mineral layers developing from the rough basalt, to the grey/blue...
Category

South American Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Gilt Brass Alms Collecting Dish, Nuremberg, Germany, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Alms collection dish made of gilded brass decorated with a series of moldings and details both on the edge and towards the center. In this area there is a figurative motif in light r...
Category

German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Pair of Italian Baroque Silver Gilt and Painted Hand Form Reliquaries
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Baroque (possibly 17th Century) Silver Gilt and Painted Hand Form religious Reliquaries (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category

Italian Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Antique Ming Dynasty Wood-Carved Buddha and Soapstone Plinth
Located in Vienna, AT
In this listing you will find a rare original piece of historical craftsmanship. On sale is a religious statue of the Buddha. The figurine was attentivel...
Category

Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Soapstone

17th Century Spanish Carved Polychrome and Painted Bust of Christ on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement on your mantel, enfilade or tabletop with this antique "Haute Epoque" carved santo figure. Created in Spain, circa 1680, the bust is set ...
Category

Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Gesso, Walnut

Works of Art Polychrome Guardian Angel with Candelabrum, Netherlands
Located in Antwerp, BE
This 15th century oak angel a piece of works of art is a great quality the carving is sober but extremely refined the artist has succeeded wonderfully in displaying this very modest moment in which the miraculous reveals itself in a very serene and tranquil way. We see the hand of an unknown master in this Gothic polychrome guardian angel in oak. Low Countries, Mosan region,Gothic 15th...
Category

Dutch Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Oak, Paint

A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries. Two Buddhist stupa shaped containers, one with a bulbous beggar’s bowl shaped body and the other with flange...
Category

Burmese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Rock Crystal

Silver Chrism Vessel or Chrismarium, No Original Lid, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Crismera Silver in its color. 16th century. Cover not original. Silver chrome in color with a circular foot decorated with an engraved composition of vegetable elements and a flat circular body with two "ese" handles with vegetal motifs and a small neck at the top covered with a lid topped by a ring (which it is not the original of the piece). The body has engraved, on the one hand, a cross on a pedestal with a shroud hung from it, all within an engraved frame; On the other hand, with a frame similar to that mentioned, appear the letters "ihs" (cristogram of ancient origin, already used in the Early Christian, which gave rise to varied etymologies and was adopted as a seal by San Ignacio...
Category

European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Large 18th Century Golden Wood Statue Of A Holy Bishop Removable Miter
Located in Charmes, FR
Statue in gilded wood with its removable miter or bare head Minimal losses reported and patina of time Accident to one hand (he must have been holding a stick)
Category

French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

18th C. French Walnut Relief of “The Betrothal of the Virgin Mary and Joseph"
Located in Dallas, TX
This exceptional hand-carved French walnut relief, circa 1780, likely represents “The Betrothal of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph”, a traditional Christian theme depicting the mome...
Category

French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Walnut

Early Antique Continental Carved Oak Reliquary Cabinet Carved Columns 18th
Located in Big Flats, NY
An early antique Continental reliquary cabinet offers deeply carved oak construction with central foliate column having square display with acanthus ...
Category

European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Oak

Enamel plaque Madonna with Child Materdei, Jean Laudin, France, 17th c.
Located in Gorssel, GE
Enamel Plaque “Mater Dei” Laudin, Limoges, France, 17th century Painted enamel on copper, gilded details A rectangular enamel plaque depicting the Virgin and Child with radiant halo...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Enamel, Copper

18th Century Giltwood and Polychrome Painted Putti / Cherub
Located in Hastings, GB
Hand carved winged Italian Baroque Putti, water gilded over applied gesso, the face and head polychrome painted. Small hanging hook to the back of the head. Width 23 cm x Height 1...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Gesso, Wood

17th-Century Alpine Wooden Christ Torso with Polychrome Traces
Located in Hamburg, DE
17th-Century Alpine Wooden Christ Torso with Polychrome Traces This finely carved wooden Christ torso, likely from the Alpine region and dating to the 17th century, is a remarkable p...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

German 18th Century Silver Hanukkah Lamp by Herfurth
Located in London, GB
German 18th century silver Hanukkah lamp by Herfurth German, c. 1760 Height 17.5cm, width 23cm, depth 7cm This exceptional German Hanukkah lamp was produced in the 18th century ...
Category

German Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Silver

18th Century Pearl and Murano Glass Bead Altar Palmetti and Urn
Located in Hastings, GB
A stunning late 18th century Italian altar palmetti, hand crafted flowers made from tens of thousands of individual murano glass beads and simulated pearls, woven together to form a ...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Murano Glass, Wood

Gothic Period Carved Stone Statue of Saint Nicholas
Located in Round Top, TX
A wonderful Gothic period hand carved stone statue of Saint Nicholas from the Avignon area of France. The now headless Saint Nicholas holds his staff an...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Stone

Large 17th C Spanish wooden Corpus Christi
Located in Haaltert, BE
Exceptional and large 17th C Spanish Corpus Christi. Made of limewood and delicately sculpted with high quality details. The elongated, thin and stretched anatomical features contrib...
Category

Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

Devotional Pendant, Gold, Enamel, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist. Possibly mallorquin. One of the glasses is fractured. Oval pendant ornamented in its outline by turned gold loops and small metallic pearls. On ...
Category

European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Other

Baptismal shell. Silver in its colour. Toledo, Spain, 18th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Baptismal shell. Silver in its colour. GARCÍA REINA, Manuel. Toledo, Spain, circa 1730-1751. With contrast marks, it is missing. A shell made of silv...
Category

Spanish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Silver

Italian 18th Century Ecclesiastical Barrier
Located in Round Top, TX
An exceptional 18th Century Ecclesiastical Barrier - Divider from Northern Italy. Wonderfully constructed from stunning walnut. Beautiful sculpted carving. Excellent graining and pat...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Walnut

Saint Blaise, Carved, Polychrome and Gilded Wood, Castilian School, 14th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Sculpture "San Blas". Carved, polychrome and gilded wood. Castilian school, 14th century. The figure stands, looking straight ahead with large, expressive ...
Category

Spanish Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Other

Hand Carved Italian Santo
Located in Houston, TX
Hand carved Italian Santo: figure of Franciscan abbot or saint, circa 1780-1800. Note: Regional differences in humidity and climate during shipping may...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood

18th Century French Cuir-ciselé Extra Large Reliquary Chalice or Monstrance Case
Located in Haarlem, NL
Large decorative antique 18th century 2-piece reliquary or monstrance case to hold a religious relic. This is a large case, 87cm high, 38cm wide and 20cm deep (34.3" x 15" x 7.9")...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Leather, Damask, Wood

Impressive Antique Carved Santo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lividly carved in solid oak, this continental religious figure depicts a saint or santo with his hands extending out. The carving is of very high quality and extremely detailed in th...
Category

French Renaissance Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Oak

Impressive Antique Carved Santo
Impressive Antique Carved Santo
$7,000 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Louis XV Painted Silver Leaf Display Case Tabernacolo, circa 1770
Located in Encinitas, CA
An elegantly detailed, late 18th century Louis XV period wooden display case, golden yellow lacquer with silver leaf accents. As a reliquary or tabernacolo, the box may have been used to display or store religious artifacts...
Category

Italian Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Silver Leaf

17thC Church cattedra
Located in Livorno, IT
Louis XIV era church cattedra. At the centre the profile of a cleric, wearing the black doctoral biretta with four flaps , typical for doctorates of pontifical universities and depar...
Category

Italian Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items

Materials

Wood, Nutwood, Walnut, Giltwood, Lacquer

Still Thinking About These?

All Recently Viewed