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Biedermeier Chest of Drawers, North German, around 1820
Located in Greding, DE
Three-drawer Biedermeier commode standing on square-tapered legs. The slightly convex front gives the piece a refined silhouette. Veneered in mahogany, with key escutcheons designed ...
Category
Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Magnets
Materials
Magnets
French Provincial Waxed Pine Bookcase Display Cabinet Cupboard
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH WAXED PINE DISPLAY CABINET OR CUPBOARD
Circa mid-to-late 19th century
Item # 306REP14A
A delightful French Provincial cabinet of the 19th century, it features a positively g...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Magnets
Materials
Magnets
18th Century Italian Walnut Cassone with Carved Figure Ends & Paw Feet
Located in Milford, NH
front two panels have been converted to doors, with magnets added. The cassone dates to the 18th
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Magnets
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Lake Fog
Located in Palm Springs, CA
and collaborative projects, helping to establish the burgeoning workshop as a magnet for experimental
Category
1920s American Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Lithograph
The Drinker - Early 20th Century French Post Impressionist Paris Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
70 cm) including the frame
In the early years of the twentieth century, Paris became a magnet for
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Miss Whitehead - The Bank Nun
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
grotesque magnet for lingering Romantic-era anxieties about the circulation of paper credit, financial
Category
19th Century Antique Magnets
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of Maiden in Coastal Landscape - Scottish Victorian art oil painting
By Robert Fowler
Located in London, GB
abroad in Paris and Munich. His studio became a magnet for other artists, writers and musicians. He moved
Category
1890s Victorian Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
1897 Decorative Botanical Prints – Calceolaria Hybrida, Rugosa, and Alonsoa
Located in Langweer, NL
cheerful flowers are a magnet for pollinators like bees.
3. Alonsoa incisifolia
- Common names
Category
1890s Antique Magnets
Materials
Paper
H 9.45 in W 6.11 in D 0.01 in
Art Deco ATO Mantel Clock
By ATO
Located in Norwich, GB
curved bar on the pendulum is a hollow rod containing a magnet at it’s right hand end. As the magnet
Category
1920s French Art Deco Antique Magnets
Materials
Chrome
1897 Vibrant Botanical Prints – Baby Blue Eyes, Cherry Pie and Blue Eyed Mary
Located in Langweer, NL
both ornamental and a magnet for pollinators like butterflies.
3. Venus' navelwort (*Omphalodes
Category
1890s Antique Magnets
Materials
Paper
H 9.45 in W 6.11 in D 0.01 in
19th c American Cherry Two Part Step Back Cupboard w/Tiger Maple Drawer Fronts
Located in Milford, NH
added on the back for stability, and some of the hardware has been replaced, including magnets added to
Category
19th Century American Federal Antique Magnets
Materials
Glass, Cherry, Maple
H 90 in W 63 in D 18 in
precision table regulator with electric winding system BRUXELLES XX century
Located in Milano, IT
, magnets, two contact wheels and governor for electrical winding. The clock stands on an ebonized wooden
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
H 21.26 in W 14.57 in D 9.45 in
1897 Original Botanical Prints – Perennial Phlox, Gilia Varieties and Collomia
Located in Langweer, NL
blooms and is native to mountainous regions of North America. Its vibrant flowers are a magnet for
Category
1890s Antique Magnets
Materials
Paper
H 9.45 in W 6.11 in D 0.01 in
Large English nautical magnetic compass in brass and glass early 1900s
Located in Milan, IT
Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
Category
Early 1900s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Bown Steel Aseptic Dental Cabinet by Lee S. Smith & Son w/ Twelve Drawers, 1909
By Lee S. Smith & Son 1
Located in San Francisco, CA
easily installed via magnets to the interiors of both cabinets. Stands on 19th century-style bun feet
Category
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass, Steel
H 61.63 in W 32 in D 20.25 in
Galvanometer Antique Measuring Instrument Used for Telegraph Cables 1850 circa
Located in Milan, IT
. Tool constituted by a magnet bar movable inside a coil and connected to a needle. In the absence of
Category
1850s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Wood
H 11.42 in W 5.12 in D 2.76 in
13/14thC Large Thickly Cast Iron Korean Buddha, 9020
Located in Ukiah, CA
Very rare large thickly cast iron Korean Buddha (a magnet sticks to it). In an extremely early
Category
15th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Magnets
Materials
Iron
"Central Park South" Georgina Klitgaard, Female Modernist New York Cityscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
"Washington Square Park" Georgina Klitgaard, People in Cityscape Modernist Scene
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Catskill Mountains" Georgina Klitgaard, Country Landscape Modernist Hills
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bearsville, New York" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist New York Wooded Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fodder Stacks, Bearsville" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Agricultural Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Newton’s Farm" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Hazy Autumn Landscape Painting
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Truck Gardens" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Country Landscape With Train
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Riverbank" Charles Sprague Pearce, American Impressionist Boat Sketch
By Charles Sprague Pearce
Located in New York, NY
, advised him to study in Paris rather than in Munich, Germany, traditionally a magnet for American art
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fodder Stacks, Bearsville" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Country Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Johnny Walker’s Place" Georgina Klitgaard, 1929 American Modernist Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
Harrison helped found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for
Category
1920s American Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
Antique L. M. Ericsson AC110 Iron Skeleton Telephone Taxen Eiffel Dachshund #3
By L.M. Ericsson
Located in Sweden, SE
brass, wire, ebonite and magnet steel. Much of the walnut used for cabinets was imported from the US. As
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Magnets
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
H 11.8 in W 10.6 in D 5.5 in
L. M. Ericsson BC 2000 Telephone Made in 1900 Designed as Old Times Book Press
By L.M. Ericsson
Located in Sweden, SE
number of firms to ensure supplies of essentials like brass, wire, ebonite and magnet steel. Much of the
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Magnets
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 8.9 in W 10.6 in D 4.3 in
"Girl with Doll" Charles Sprague Pearce, American Impressionism, Figurative
By Charles Sprague Pearce
Located in New York, NY
in Munich, Germany, traditionally a magnet for American art students. Pearce arrived in the French
Category
1890s Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fruit" Georgina Klitgaard, Apples and Pears Still Life, Woodstock Female Artist
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
found the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock and the area became a magnet for landscape
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nautical Brass Magnetic Compass with Original Box by E. Vion Paris, Early 1900
Located in Milan, IT
attribute to the Amalfiers the exploitation of the properties of the magnet. The cardanic suspension made
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
H 12.61 in W 4 in D 4 in
Pair of Monumental Carved Stone Garden Fruit Basket from Famed Vouziers Mansion
Located in St. Louis, MO
Florissant, Missouri. The French Country Chateau Vouziers was built in 1926 on a 250 acre estate for Magnet
Category
1920s French Antique Magnets
Materials
Stone
H 54 in W 27.5 in D 27.5 in
"In the Market Place" Algiers
By Lucien Abrams
Located in San Antonio, TX
was a magnet for European artists during the nineteenth century.
Like his French colleagues, Abrams
Category
1880s Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Oil
A Renaissance Revival , Copper & Brass Mounted with Malachite Top, Jewelry Box
Located in Sheffield, MA
500 times in a minute, at a short distance from the poles of a series of 64 permanent magnets
Category
19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Magnets
H 39 in W 24.5 in D 17.5 in
Large French Antique Larder Linen Cupboard in Raw Wood Farmhouse
Located in Wolverhampton, GB
.
The top cupboard locks with the key provided, the bottom shutting with a magnet.
The shelves inside
Category
Early 20th Century French Antique Magnets
Materials
Oak
Reggiani Style Midcentury Spherical Chrome Adjustable Pair of Table Lamps, 1960s
By Reggiani
Located in Cassina de'Pecchi, IT
in Italy in the 1960s. The Bases and the spheres-lights, joined by a magnet, can be separated
Category
1660s Italian Space Age Antique Magnets
Materials
Chrome
H 7.09 in Dm 5.52 in
1960s Italian Burr Walnut Veneer Sideboard
Located in PARIS, FR
compartment. The doors are closed by magnets. The sideboard stands on six ball feet inspired by antique
Category
1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Magnets
Materials
Wood, Walnut
English Georgian Mahogany Hanging Corner Cabinet
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
. Attractive patina. Painted shelved interior. Original back. Later added magnet for door close. A few minor
Category
19th Century Antique Magnets
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish Art Deco Period Cabinet
Located in Hudson, NY
, newly customized. Locks removed and magnet based mechanism installed by previous owner. Highly
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Antique Magnets
Materials
Ash, Birch, Elm, Palisander, Sycamore, Walnut
Early Victorian Pink Tourmaline, Diamond and Pearl Cluster Ring
Located in Brooklyn, NY
[Sri Lankan] Magnet" because it could attract and then repel hot ashes due to its pyroelectric
Category
1840s British Early Victorian Antique Magnets
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Tourmaline, 10k Gold
"CA", France, Movement, Rare French Table Clock with Arcane Time Display
By Mathieu Planchon
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
large five- arm hour wheel with screwed on circular magnet disc.
"Mysterious clock" - no one can
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Magnets
Materials
Wood
H 5.32 in W 11.62 in D 11.62 in
Historic 1926 Casa Del Mar Hotel Santa Monica Chandelier
By Charles Plummer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
quickly became a magnet for the newly rising Hollywood elite. The hotel, designed by architect Charles
Category
1920s American Renaissance Revival Antique Magnets
Materials
Copper
Meteorite Twannberg 128 gramms Swiss Hexahedrite Iron Shaped by Nature TW 1253
Located in Meinisberg, CH
, black and white flamed marble block and held in place by a strong magnet. The specimen can be removed or
Category
15th Century and Earlier Abstract Antique Magnets
Materials
Iron
H 0.99 in W 2.76 in D 2.17 in
Notre Dame, Paris
By Antal Berkes
Located in New Orleans, LA
the focal point of this time. A hundred years ago, Paris was a magnet. Artists and thinkers traveled
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Magnets
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of Translucent Pink and White Opaline Glass Lusters, Late 19th C
Located in Queens Village, NY
, creating a cozy atmosphere.
Like a magnet, Lily was pulled to the lusters and stared at them in awe for
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Magnets
Materials
Gold Leaf, Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel
English Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Wood and Pottery Mantle Clock
By Lewis Foreman Day
Located in Brooklyn, NY
became a magnet for young women moving away from rural towns seeking opportunity - some because they had
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Magnets
Materials
Metal
Saint Catherine arguing with the pagan philosophers
By Gonçal Peris
Located in Barcelona, ES
, especially painting. The city acted as a powerful magnet for patrons and artists from all over Europe, such
Category
18th Century and Earlier Gothic Antique Magnets
Materials
Egg Tempera, Wood Panel
H 32.68 in W 34.26 in D 2.56 in
Weimar Art Deco Portrait
By Isobel Steele Mackinnon
Located in New York, NY
. Hofmann’s Munich-based school was a magnet for foreign students after World War I, ever after Hofmann left
Category
1920s Feminist Antique Magnets
Materials
Gouache, Oil, Tempera
After the masked ball
By Max Rabes
Located in Eltville, DE
Tunisia and Algeria followed, in particular to Biskra, which became a magnet for many artists owing to its
Category
1920s Impressionist Antique Magnets
Materials
Gouache
Art Deco Ruby Diamond Platinum Love Magnet Heart Charm
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed as an elongated horseshoe magnet with a milgrain edge
Terminating as a bezel set ruby
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Magnets
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Large John Smith’s Advertising Mirror, Pub Mirror for Magnet Ales
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A large John Smith’s advertising mirror, pub mirror for Magnet Ales
This is wonderful pictorial
Category
Early 20th Century English Industrial Antique Magnets
English Regency Mahogany Center Table
Located in Stamford, CT
An English Regency mahogany center table with a gilded leaf-carved, pedestal and segmented inlaid top.
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Magnets
Materials
Magnets
Mark III Ship's Binnacle
Located in Norwell, MA
brass hood, port and starboard magnets, brass arms, wet compass and rear chart tube. Measures: 59" tall
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Magnets
Edwardian Mahogany Butler's Bell Box for Servants
Located in Austin, TX
casing of mahogany with brass hardware.
With original brass maker's label: Magnet
Perfect for your
Category
Early 20th Century English Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1916s Pocket Magnetic Compass for the Raf Officers Antique Surveyor Measurement
Located in Milan, IT
Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's friend". Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of
Category
1910s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Small Brass Antique Telescope with Leather-Covered Handle
Located in Milan, IT
" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor’s friend". Even the inventory
Category
1870s French Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
Gübelin Turtle Mystery Water Clock
By Gubelin
Located in New Orleans, LA
basin resides the eight-day movement that operates a magnet. The turtle contains a small piece of metal
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Antique Magnets
1915s Magnetic Pocket Compass Short & Mason Antique Scientific Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called
Category
1910s Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
1917s Verner's Pattern Small Brass Nautical Compass Supplied English Officers
Located in Milan, IT
Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor’s friend".
Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of 1200’s
Category
1910s British Antique Magnets
Materials
Brass
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Antique Magnets For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of antique magnets available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, brass and wood, all antique magnets available were constructed with great care. Antique magnets have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Regency antique magnets are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made antique magnets over the years, but those made by E. Vion Paris are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Antique Magnets?
Antique magnets can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,056, while the lowest priced sells for $649 and the highest can go for as much as $47,000.