French Napoléon III 1860s Carved Walnut Sculpture of a Putto Carrying a Vessel

A pair of French second Empire terracotta architectural fragments from the mid-19th century with fruit motifs. We currently have two pairs available, priced and sold per pair. Born i...

A pair of tall French Napoléon III period candlesticks from the mid-19th century, with fluted accents and carved gilt motifs. Created in France during the reign of Emperor Napoléon III, this pair of candlesticks attracts our attention with its great proportions and complimenting colors. Each features a fluted body highlighted with gilt accents and rests on a circular base adorned with flaming torches and laurel...

A French Napoleon III period eight-light crystal chandelier from the mid-19th century with brass armature. Born in France during the reign of Emperor Napoleon III's reign, this exquisite chandelier features a crystal shaft topped with scrolling accents supporting large pendeloques. The eye is lead to discover the eight scrolling brass arms, each supporting a brass flower-shaped bobèche and a candle sleeve. The chandelier's lower section is adorned with a ring of crystals surrounding a central faceted circular finial that creates a perfect visual conclusion. With its elegant crystal décor...

A pair of French Napoléon III period oil on canvas overdoor panels from the mid 19th century, with floral garlands and ribbon-tied musical instruments. Created in France during the third quarter of the 19th century, each of this pair of oil on canvas overdoors features a delicate hand-painted décor showcasing floral garlands in the upper section, connected to large rinceaux. A ribbon-tied lyre on one of them and a tambourine on the other occupy the center of the composition. Set inside nicely distressed wooden frames, this pair of Napoléon III French overdoors...

A French Baroque style walnut putto from the late 18th century, sitting on a pillow. Created in France during the last quarter of the 18th century, this walnut sculpture charms us wi...

A French Napoléon III period painted terracotta vase from the mid-19th century, with cherubs playing among pink roses. Created in France during the reign of Emperor Napoléon III, this ribbon-tied vase charms...

Set of 3 large black ebonized French Napoleon III candlesticks. The turned candlesticks have an elegant siluette the slightly higher base of 15cm diameter and 7cm height on 3 small round baroque feet forms the base. The conical, slender central base is inlaid at the bottom with a triple turned baluster stem and at the top with a turned plate as a subdivision and on a small baluster above it the slender and elongated candlestick stem. The set of 3 candlesticks...

Grand Tour sculpture depicting a little putto playing a violin, made out of Mediterranean sea red coral. Black onyx base. Neaples, Italy 1860 ca.

Pair of very elegant classicist candlesticks in fine patinated bronze, signed BARBEDIENNE. The execution of the casting is extremely finely worked with delicate leaves on the outer wall of the candlestick, with a head of antiquity on the upper part of the stem which flows into the lower part with fluting and side volutes. The 3 curved legs stand on raised feet with delicate strappy sandals. Measures: The diameter at the top is 3.5cm and at the bottom 13.5cm Ferdinand Barbedienne (* August 6, 1810 in Saint-Martin-de-Fresnay, Calvados department, France; † March 21, 1892 in Paris) was a French sculptor, bronze ware manufacturer, and gallery owner. One of the most important and popular Éditeurs d'art, or publishers of art articles, he had most of the French sculptors of his time under contract. Life and work Ferdinand Barbedienne was the son of a farmer. At the age of 13, he learned the Craft of saddlery. In 1822 he moved to Paris, where he first worked as a clerk in a wallpaper shop. He received start-up capital from his employer to open his own store, which he set up on Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette in 1834. He pursued the idea of exhibiting bronze statues in addition to his core business and mass producing them in small format. In 1838, he joined forces with the mechanic Achille Collas, who had developed the machine á reduction (réducteur for short); a device based on the principles of the pantograph that could reproduce three-dimensional objects in any size - reduced or enlarged. On November 29, 1838, both signed the founding contract for the company Société Ferdinand Barbedienne et Achille Collas, which aimed to commercially exploit the mechanized production of sculptural works for an initial 20 years. Barbedienne took care of the commercial management of the company, while Collas contributed the patent on his invention and seven existing machines, and with his profound knowledge of machinery was responsible for the production processes. Together they decided on the subject matter of the objects, the selling prices, and all other financial matters. In 1841, they produced casts of the Apollo of Belvedere, the Spinario, and 21 pieces with the motif of a bas-relief of the Parthenon. These were followed by versions of the Laocoon group, the Venus of Arles, and the Borghese Fencer, among others. Special interest was initially shown in works from antiquity, for which casts from the Atelier de Moulage in the Louvre served as models. The company continued to produce works by representatives of the Renaissance such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Giovanni Bologna or by French sculptors such as Jean Goujon, Jean-François Flamand, Pierre Puget, François Girardon, Antoine Coysevox...

A museum quality French white marble roundel relief of Emperor Napoleon III, circa 1860. The quality of this marble sculpture of Napoleon III is trul...

This remarkable patinated-bronze sculpture attracts the viewer's eye with its outstanding graceful lines and special elegant proportions. The figure of a woman carrying a vessel on her shoulder, distinguished by a majestic tread, a slender figure in tight-fitting clothes and a proud posture, is an unusual symbiosis of African ritual...

"Sculpture of David Vainqueur, Napoleon III period" Important bronze sculpture with brown patina, signed A. Mercier, cast by Colas, signed F. Bar...