Lightning Rod
Pair of Antique American Lightning Rods
Located in Hanover, MA
Sculptural pair of American lightning rods dating from the 1870's. They still maintain their
Category
Antique 1870s American Country Architectural Elements
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Rare 19th Century Large Original Painted Lightning Rod on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic folky oversized 19th century mustard over copper Lightning rod ball on a professional
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Scientific Instruments
Materials
Copper
Pair of Monumental French Iron Lightning Rod on Base Sculptures, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pair of monumental French iron lightning rods from the 19th century is not only steeped in
Category
Antique 19th Century French Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
H 89.5 in W 11.25 in D 9.75 in
Victorian Lightening Rod
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Victorian lightning rod made of a wrought iron tripod base and a slender copper rod
Category
Early 20th Century American Scientific Instruments
Materials
Copper
Contemporary Moai Console Table in Polished Brass Cast and Glass Tabletop
Located in Oporto, PT
. For others, especially the Moai that have "hats" (Pukao), served as lightning rods. What is certain is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Console Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
H 33.47 in W 64.97 in D 15.75 in
Vintage Portuguese Constructivist Armchair, 1930's
Located in Lisboa, PT
, and initially it acted as a lightning rod for the hopes and ideas of many of the most advanced Russian
Category
Vintage 1930s Portuguese Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Cherry, Walnut, Pine
Antique 15th Century English Wrought Iron Lion Coat of Arm Banneret Weathervane
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional and rare 15th Century English wrought iron banneret weathervane with lightning rod
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier English Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
H 33.25 in W 23 in D 4.5 in
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Lightning Rod on Stand
Located in Middleburg, VA
fantastic lines and detail. We commissioned custom bases to hold each rod.
We have two available: the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Architectural Elements
French Art Nouveau Period Advertising Poster for "Spratt's Patent Ltd., " 1909
By Auguste Roubille
Located in New York, NY
lightning rod salesman from Cincinnati, Ohio named James Spratt. He first launched the biscuits in London in
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Posters
H 62 in W 45.5 in D 0.1 in
Late Victorian Copper Lightning Rod Weather Vane
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Late 19th century copper lightning rod salvaged from the top of a barn.
Sits on wrought iron base
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Architectural Elements
Materials
Copper
Pair Antique American Sunburst Top Lightning Rods, Circa 1870
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of antique American lightning rods with twisted copper skinned wrought iron shafts / iron
Category
Antique 1870s American Country Architectural Elements
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Antique Metal, Copper and Glass Barn Lightning Rod c.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An original antique lightning rod with amber glass globe and spiked copper top. The copper
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Copper
Pair Northern Italian Wrought Iron and Marble Lightning Rods, 18th-19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
introduction of its lightning rod in 1766.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Architectural Elements
H 168 in W 12 in D 12 in
Monumental Weather Vane or Lightning Rod
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A monumental, 19th century wrought iron weather vane with elaborate scrolled details throughout, the top ‘vane’ with pierced stars and sun motifs and a fleur-de-lys border, the centr...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Weathervanes
Materials
Cut Steel, Wrought Iron
Iron Gate
Located in Sheffield, MA
Unusual Iron gates topped with decorative lightning rod. Gates and rod can be used separately
Category
Antique 19th Century American Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Unusual Pair of Roof-top Spires in Zinc-coated Metal, c. 1850
Located in Atlanta, GA
& pedestal base. Possibly 19th century versions of lightning rods, albeit in a ornate form.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Balustrades and Fixtures
Materials
Metal
Benjamin Franklin Signature Collage
By Benjamin Franklin
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
experiments that contributed to the understanding of electricity, and invented the lightning rod, which
Category
Antique 18th Century American Federal Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
American Lightning Rod
Located in Hanover, MA
original lightning rods with varying degrees of decorative embellishment. All are from circa 1870 with the
Category
Antique 19th Century American Scientific Instruments
Early 20th Century Car and Driver Lightning Rod Weathervane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a amazing folk art lighting rod and weather vane all in one. The zink auto and man have a
Category
Early 20th Century American Weathervanes
Materials
Zinc, Copper
Basquiat Exhibition Poster Gagosian Gallery, 2013
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Basquiat’s central role in his artistic generation as a lightning rod and a bridge between cultures." (source
Category
Vintage 1980s Posters
Materials
Paper
Antique Metal Enamel Advertising Sign Spratt's Bonio Per Food Dog Biscuits 1910
Located in Portland, OR
, American James Spratt, an electrician and lightning rod salesman from Ohio, was the first to manufacture a
Category
Vintage 1910s English Other Signs
Materials
Metal, Enamel
H 31.5 in W 16.5 in D 2.5 in
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, Signed by Jacques Reich, Circa 1897
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
conducted experiments that contributed to the understanding of electricity, and invented the lightning rod
Category
Antique 1890s American Federal Prints
Materials
Paper
Modernist Craft Box by Dick Seeger
Located in New York, NY
lightning rod for regional craftspeople and collectors. Seeger himself remained an innovative artist, known
Category
Vintage 1960s American Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Illuminated "Ultrafragola" Wall Mirror by Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
lightning rod which liberated them from the dry rationalism they had been taught at college and enabled them
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Fiberglass, Mirror
Lightning Rod
Located in San Francisco, CA
museum mounted sculpture
of old lightning rod
Category
Early 20th Century American More Furniture and Collectibles
Lightning Rod Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor Lamp made from vintage Mid Western Lightning Rod with Orginal Glass Globe.
Category
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Cast Iron Lightning Rod
Located in Culver City, CA
Cast iron lightning rod.
Category
Vintage 1920s Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Cow lightning rod weathervane
Located in New York, NY
Cast zinc lightning rod weathervane with the name James cast on its directional rod. "James
Category
Early 20th Century American More Folk Art
Pair of Lightning Rods
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of wonderful lightning rods with twisted metal stakes topped with bronze branch forms. Rods
Category
Early 20th Century American Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron, Bronze
Lightning rod table lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Table lamp made from an early 20th c. Mid Western lightning rod. Finial made from top of rod
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair of "lightning rod" lamps.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of lamps made out of vintage mid western lightning rods including custom linen shades
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
Antique Lightning Rod Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Twisted Lightning Rod Floor Lamp with a 10.5" finial
The height of the lamp is
Category
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Lightning Rod Floor lamp (2 available)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Floor lamp made from a vintage lightning rod. Newly wired. Comes with custom taupe linen shade
Category
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Horse Lightening Rod Weathervane
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nice lightning rod weathervane mounted on a plywood base. The horse has been shot up as usual
Category
Early 20th Century American Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
LARGE FOLK ART COPPER WIRE BALL
Located in Solebury, PA
This copper wire wound ball is constructed from old wire used in the installation of lightning
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Eight Arm Iron Chandelier
Located in Nashville, TN
Iron, late 19th century Lightning Rod, that we have newly added eight arms to, creating a
Category
Antique 19th Century American Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
Architectural Pottery
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fascinating pair of architectural pottery pieces. They were purportedly used as part of lightning
Category
20th Century Unknown Pottery
Vintage “Log Cabin Birdhouse”
Located in Cathedral City, CA
steel lightning rod crown the top of this cabin fit for a king (bird) and his family.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Garden Ornaments
Materials
Sheet Metal
18th Century Terra Cotta Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Nini, circa 1777
By Jean-Baptiste Nini 1
Located in London, GB
tranche of the shoulder is a shield bearing a lightning rod and thunderbolt, with a crown as its crest
Category
Antique 1770s French Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Terracotta
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Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights an...
Materials
Metal
French Style Wrought Iron Greenhouse with Door and Windows in Green Color
Located in Marbella, ES
French style wrought iron greenhouse with doors and windows that open outwards in white color. Ready for glass panels to be installed.
Category
2010s French Garden Ornaments
Materials
Iron
H 106.3 in W 157.49 in D 118.12 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Venetian Monumental Seated Bird Cage
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Bird Cages
Materials
Metal
Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
KING OF THE MUSEUM
Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Animal Skin
French Late 19th Century Weathervane
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sensational later 19th century girouette - weathervane of a Galleon found in the South of France. The galleon is expertly crafted from beautifully patina'd copper and rests in its ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Weathervanes
Materials
Stone, Copper
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Rooster Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming early 20th American Folk Art carved pine rooster weathervane with a wonderful silhouette with a large tail, applied wings, and copper legs all supported by an iron rod wit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Pine
French Pottery Roof Finial Bavent Normandy
By Bavent
Located in Austin, TX
French pottery roof finial signed Bavent Normandy in four parts.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Country Weathervanes
Materials
Pottery
19th Century 3 Dimensional Arrow Weather Vane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
19th Century three dimensional copper arrow weather vane with wood ball. 40 1/2"H x 36 1/2"
Period: 19th Century
Origin: Eastern US
Size: 40 1/2"H x 36 1/2"
Family Owned & Opera...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Weathervanes
Materials
Copper
Wood Paneled Room with Trompe L'oeil Library Decoration, Late 20th Century
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This piece of woodwork was made at the extreme end of the 20th century, around 1985 and comes from a Parisian mansion.
It presents a grey paneled decoration enhanced with gold, comp...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Panelling
Materials
Wood
H 110.24 in W 701.58 in D 3.94 in
Exceptional Neo Gothic Dining Room Set
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This dining room consists of a dresser, three sideboards including a pair of small open sideboards and a large sideboard with doors, a table, six chairs and two armchairs. In walnut ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Dining Room Sets
Materials
Walnut
Art Nouveau paneling in Walnut with a wood Fireplace with Ceramic
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This exceptional Art Nouveau style pine and burr paneled room is beautifully carved and decorated with blue-green ceramics. Panels with elegant curved and sober lines are covering th...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Panelling
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Walnut
H 127.56 in W 208.67 in D 144.49 in
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the lightning rod you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A lightning rod — often made from metal, iron and wrought iron — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the lightning rod you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right lightning rod, those designed in Folk Art, Mid-Century Modern and Neoclassical styles are of considerable interest.
How Much is a Lightning Rod?
A lightning rod can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,823, while the lowest priced sells for $425 and the highest can go for as much as $18,400.