Steel Decorative Objects

Rare and unique clasped hands sculpture on a marble base. The hands are executed in nickel over steel and have the presence of a great sculpture and the ...

Steel bank vault handle on custom stand. Beautiful architectural decorative design on a custom base we designed. Measures: Wheel is 24" diameter. Base is 1...

‘Cedar’ is a light designed in one very clean stroke, like calligraphy in space. Its sculptural steel spirals are functionally evocative of the symbol of Lebanon, where Charles Kalpakian was born in 1982. With a good grounding in street culture, Charles Kalpakian has retained the physical posture of graph to design this limited edition floor lamp. He offers here a reinterpretation of an iconic motif from Lebanese...

A wall mounted sculpture of a large serpent made of welded steel pipe and other steel parts.

This amazing illuminated sculpture is made of stainless steel, copper, amethyst, rose quartz and molded glass. The free-form has a graceful presence and elegance. Note: The piece r...

Albert Paley Studio, sculptural vase formed, forged, and fabricated of steel with a stainless steel insert. The work has been published in The Art of Albert Paley and in numerous cat...

Large Acacia sculpture on metal plinth. This stunning slice of Acacia arrives from the Philippines from a fallen tree, so as not to cause any deforestation or upset the natural or...

1980s steel and polished stainless metal sculpture signed by Rosette Bir. Base diameter: 13 cm.

Steel box on a smart chunky new stand, with large decorative brass plaque on the top. A good end table or side table. Very decorative.

Amazing Memphis sculpture. This wonderful example of the Memphis period consist of a three leg all steel frame with different shapes and angles creating the illusion of movement wi...

A dramatically oversized patinated forged steel wrench beautifully mounted on a circular base.

This was John Brevard's first bronze sculpture that he created in 2008. The piece was inspired by non-dual states of consciousness. This stunning bronze piece measures: 10' x 24"wi...

A three-dimensional sculpture of a flock of geese flying in front of the Moon, Mercury, and Mars.

A sculpture by Man Ray titled 'Cadeau' in the shape of an iron with a row of nails protruding. Signed and inscribed with the edition number 2290/5...

Wonderfully carved falcon or hawk, mounted on a carved wood hand. Silver talons and beak. All surmounted on a C-shaped chrome steel bracket and black acr...

Outstanding large signed brutalist sculpture of 3 dancers. It has a signature on the base which I believe is the initials "FM". The twisted torsos have great movement and is very ...

Beautifully Mid Century textured bronze plate sculptures mounted on custom iron stands. Finely crafted and ready to place. Perfect for a mantel, in front of a fireplace, or tabletop....

Patinated steel Sculpture by Robert Couturier (1905-2008) made as Homage to Rodin. It depicts a man facing a woman. Signed "Couturier 2/3." Robert...

Geometric abstract sculpture by Alex Andre.

Tommi Parzinger style circular black and polished chrome long 12 candlestick chandelier, cross bar, with central chrome disk and finial. The size of chandelier varies to hang drop...

A unique standing sculpture made of steel rods with projecting, formed angled shapes and protrusions.  

We are fortunate to have the opportunity to represent a new and emerging talent, Ivan Palmer. He has worked with some of the art world's great luminaries a...

Large Italian Glass Vase or Votive on Brass and Steel Pedestal by VeArt Large blue tone pattern glass vase, sits inside a very heavy and substantial solid brass and polished steel pe...

A very well-designed piece of Folk Art made from Industrial roller chain, this piece has four cups for tapers and an upper deck for a pillar candle at the t...

Pair of Italian empire style candelabra with center arrows and u shaped candle holders all intersecting a brass ball. Surmounted on a brushed steel base with brass ball feet, signed.

Steel and ceramic sculpture

Jan Brunk Decanters, pair Sweden, 1998 Sterling silver, jasper 7 h × 6 w × 3½ d in (18 × 15 × 9 cm) 5 h × 5 w × 2¾ d in (13 × 13 × 7 cm) Impressed maker's mark and number to undersid...

An exceptional English fusee carriage clock timepeice by two of the nineteenth centuries greatest clock makers. The eight day single chain fusee movement with maintaining power and jewelled underslung English lever escapement, the back plate numbered 151. The movement is housed in a unique gilt case with unusual faceted feet and finials surmounted by a sprung cruciform finial. The case is undoubtedly the work of Thomas Cole the engraved panels depicting scenes from Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels, the figures contrasted with Cole’s unique horizontally lined background technique. The layered plate construction of the case with concave faceted columns is also typical the brothers’ period of collaboration. The silver engine turned dial with breguet style moon hands suggest the work of J.F. Cole as does the distinctive bridge on the back of the movement that gives extra strength to the mainspring and is documented in several other Cole clocks. We believe this clock is unique the finial and key are a distinctive cross shape, the finial is ingeniously sprung so that if knocked it will not snap but yield and spring back into place (see video). The Cole Brothers worked together supplying clocks to other retails after J.F. Cole narrowly avoided bankruptcy, their work was retailed by Garrards, James McCabe, Arnold and...

Pair of bookends fashioned from a large internal combustion engine . Assembled in a machine shop or aboard a ship . Piston cut in half . Attached to quarter inch thick base them nick...

Rare keywind music box by Nicole Freres. Playing 8 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheet. 7 tunes by Bellini from the opera's Puritana, La Norma. 1 tune by Donizetti. Althoug...

1970s Brutalist abstract sculpture constructed of welded metal with a rich patina to it. Consisting of 3 boxy angular forms welded in opposing angles and directions, there is texture...

Made from found industrial objects, this face takes on different looks at every angle. A wedge, sprockets, gears are adhered to a found painted steel plate to complete this "Flatlay Face" Jim Rose Flatlay Face No. 05, 2021 found industrial objects 4.50h x 10.75w x 10.75d in 11.43h x 27.30w x 27.30d cm JR0299 Jim Rose b. 1966, d. 2023 Bio Born in Indiana, Jim Rose lived in Europe until he returned to the United States to attend college. After one year at Bard College, Jim transferred to the School of the Art Institute in Chicago (SAIC) where he graduated in 1988 with a BFA. His skillful interpretation of the Shaker design is a result of intense research and field study of Shaker furniture, architecture, culture and history. After over two decades of dedicated work, he has mastered the minimalism of the Shaker technique and created his own unique visual vernacular. The quilts of Gee's Bend have become a monumental influence taking this artist's work to new levels of unique interpretation and artistry. His selection of aged steel results in a patina directly related to that of aged wood while his colored strips beautifully mimic worn cloth. Each piece of furniture is masterfully made and intended for daily use. Jim Rose’s steel furniture is featured every year at SOFA Chicago for the past 25 years. Jim Rose b. 1966, Wisconsin Education 1989 B.F.A., Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1988 Student at Large, Welding Technology, Triton College, Chicago, IL 1985 Undergraduate Photography Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Awards 2008 Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Award, Madison, WI. 2005 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2003 Grant Recipient for Shaker Interpretations in Cast Iron, PA Arts Assoc / WI Arts Board 2003 Arts/Industry Residency Program for Visual Artists, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Solo Exhibitions 2017 New Work, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 Simply Steel, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2007 Variation, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Shaker in Steel / New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000 Shaker in Steel / New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Hands and Heart to Steel III, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL National Exhibitions 2017-2018 SOFA Chicago – Gallery Victor Armendariz 2016 - 1995 SOFA Chicago, New York, Palm Beach - Ann Nathan Gallery 2011 - 2002 Art Chicago - Ann Nathan Gallery Group Exhibitions 2017 Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2017 Living with Art: The Newman Collection, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2016 Form Follows Function: The Intersection of Art and Craft, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, Wi 2015 NEO, Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2015 ICFF, Furniture Society, Javits Convention Center, New York City, NY 2013 Vahki Revisited, The Enduring Spirit of a Craft Collection” Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2013 Fearless Furniture, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, IN 2013 Inaugural Exhibition, Museum Wisconsin of Art, West Bend, WI 2012 Sitting Pretty: Furniture from RAM’s Collection, Racine Art Museum, WI 2011 Hiding Places: Memory in the Arts, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI 2010 Living with Art, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, NY 2009 Summer in Wisconsin, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2009 High Honors, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, Museum of Art and Design, NY 2007 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Art Association, Jackson, WY 2007 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX (traveling exhibition) 2006 Show us Your Drawers, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Marriage of the Minds, Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2006 27th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2006 Containers of All Dimensions, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ 2005 Transformation 5: Contemporary Works in Found Materials, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2004 Right at Home: American Studio Furniture, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 2004 American Collections, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2004 More Than Drawers-Wisconsin Cabinets, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2004 Objects of Wonder, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 2003 Planting, Potting and Pruning, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI 2003 Men at Work, Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2002 Case Pieces: Contemporary Studio Furniture, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Univ of WI-Madison 2002 Sitting Pretty: Contemporary Wisconsin Chairs, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI 2001 Anything with a Drawer - Award Recipient, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2001 23rd Annual Contemporary Crafts - Award Recipient, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2000 New Talent in Craft, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin 2000 Who Knows Where or When, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, Wisconsin 1999 The End is Near! Artists look at the 20th Century, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI Selected collections Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Kohler Company, Kohler, Wisconsin Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, Indiana The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, Wisconsin Publications “Selected Artists of Door County” Stonehill Publishing, 2016 “Galvanized Chest” Door County Living Magazine, Autumn 2012 “100 Artists of the Midwest” Schiffer Books, 2012 “Piecework” American Craft Magazine, February 2012 “Hiding Places, Memory in the Arts” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, June 2011 “Second Lives, Remixing the Ordinary” Museum of Arts and Design, NY, August 2008 “Studio Furniture” Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC, May 2008 “Discoveries by Designers” Architectural Digest, December 2005 “Contemporary Metal Furniture” Metalsmith Magazine, Winter 2003 “Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story” American Craft Magazine, October 2002 “Contemporary Studio Case Furniture: The Inside Story” Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002 “Chicago Style...

VINTAGE INDUSTRIAL EX POST OFFICE OCTAGONAL WALL CLOCK CLOCK BY GENT OF LEICESTER. Made in England circa 1940 by British by Gents of Leicester. Beautiful ...

This is a very early and rare abstract Brutalist wall sculpture by the Paul Evans of Belgium, Jules De Waele. Jules is the founder of the Pia Manu studio. Thi...

Handcrafted jewelry box beautifully carved from a single piece of high quality genuine onyx gemstone - each unique onyx stone bowl blends natural onyx shad...

An striking antique painted steel railway station clock. Made in Leicester, England circa 1920 by prolific electric clock maker Gents of Leicester. An unusual design brass bezelled...

Duayne Hatchett (1925-2015) had 21 solo shows in the U.S. from 1966 to 2009. He has four works in the Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as many other collections. This abstract...

A spectacular and fine, dovetailed poplar, rosewood grain painted and ebonized document box. The gold stenciling is of a very fine quality. Retains the original fire gilded steel bai...

Brutalist Cast and Torch Cut Steel Female Nude Sculpture. A curvaceous "Rubenesque" armless and headless nude. The tactile hourglass body is hollow cast steel. Circa 1960-70. Unsigne...

Exceptional wall art sculpture attributed to C. Jere. 3 dimensional torch cut brass, copper and chromed steel "drops" arranged perfectly and welded to a copper frame. Four rear h...

About Set of three steel farm baskets with original labels. Sold as a set. Creator unknown. Date of manufacture c.1940-1950 Materials and technique...

Set of two Mid-Century Modern Italian metal sculptures designed by Marcel Breuer, candle holders produced by Gavina with decomposable elements in chromed steel. The candle holder is...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1880-1900 Antique French steel black painted wall clock with new battery powered movement ...

Desk cigarette box with dog designed by Jennings Brothers for Ronson. Gorgeous desk box created by the Jennings Brothers Manufacturing Company and Ronson. This extremely rare piece ...

Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...

Large and imposing factory clock made in England by Gents of Leicester. circa 1930. The heavy duty steel casing has been stripped of it's paint, this clock bares the signs of it's...

Beautiful midcentury decorative box in clear lucite and steel. This item was designed in the 1970s in Italy in the style of Gabrielle Crespi. This ...

Placido Zuloaga, an extremely rare Spanish gold and silver damascened window frame, circa 1880. The interior is lined and fitted with an orientalist artwork throughout. Signed PZ on the reverse. Placido Zuloaga was a renowned Spanish metalworker and damascene artist known for his exceptional skills in working with gold and silver and for creating intricate and ornate designs on metal surfaces using a technique called damascening. One of Zuloaga's works is this rare gold and silver damascened frame that he created in the late 19th century. The frame is decorated with intricate designs in silver and gold, creating a stunning contrast that is characteristic of Zuloaga's work. The frame is a remarkable example of Zuloaga's artistry and skill, as well as his mastery of the damascening technique. The technique involves inlaying silver or gold wire into the surface of the metal, creating intricate and detailed designs that are both beautiful and durable. Zuloaga's work was highly sought after during his lifetime and is still highly valued today. His pieces are considered to be some of the finest examples of damascene artistry in the world, and his legacy continues to inspire and influence metalworkers and artists today. His works are in private collections and in museums worldwide. Comparative Literature: James D. Lavin, The Art and Tradition of the Zuloagas, Spanish Damascene...

'The Return of History' is a unique artwork by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg. Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centrepieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull. ''We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time''s inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.'' B&G Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass. The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini. Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines. Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning. In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...

Extremely rare Swiza table clock/alarm clock in the shape of the famous Swiss watch "Audemars Piquet Royal Oak" in steel with quartz movement....

Still with it's original box is this Very impressive and rare 1930's Art Deco green and clear glass and chrome 8 day clock. Superb condition, just some mild corrosion to some areas o...

Wonderful masterpiece of the famous Italian Artist Marcello Fantoni made in light brown and gold glazed ceramic and based on a cube steel base in form of an abstract fish sculpture...

Bakelite table phone from the early 1960s.  

Industrial machine blocks. The brutalist form features alternating striations along the sides with two brass dots on either end. These geometric blocks can be used as bookends or as ...

Beautiful “la collection” Van Cleef & Arpels , Paris travel and desk clock with stand. Made of brushed steel, some parts with gold wash. Engraved refe...

This beautiful, carved, driftwood sculpture was made from part of single large tree. This important reclaimed tree root has a bleached natural finish and sits on a natural wood base ...

Dancing Nun 1 & 2 candlesticks, designed and made by British silversmith Callum Partridge. Fabricated from COR-TEN steel and sterling silver, the latter being a ...

Stunning desk or table top box with checkerboard horn veneer and polished steel decoration. A beautifully made box showing true craftsmanship, with innovative exterior hinges. Stamped Rudolph Collection...