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Place of Origin: British
Bronze table bell, London 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage antique bronze table bell, depicting an old women. London, 1880 ca.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra of Wales by Count Gleichen
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
These bronze figures show Edward, Prince of Wales, standing in a nonchalant pose with one leg crossed over the other, a cigar in his left hand, his hat at his feet and a shotgun slung over his right arm. The elegant Princess of Wales is depicted skating, with feathers in her hat, and wearing a fur-trimmed coat and muff as the wind catches her three-quarter length skirt. Each stamped Elkington & Co Founders and G 1870. English, dated 1870.
Provenance: Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Count Gleichen.
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Count Gleichen, was the son of Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodore of Leiningen, half-sister to Queen Victoria. He ran away from school to England in 1848 and was sponsored to enter the Royal Navy by Queen Victoria. In 1854 he attained the rank of Lieutenant after serving as mate on the flagship Cumberland, where his future brother-in-law was captain and his future father-in-law was admiral. In 1866 he retired from the navy and trained with the British sculptor William Theed. As a sculptor, he carried out several portrait commissions for Queen Victoria including a statuette of Prince Alfred, her second son, and another of Prince Albert Victor...
Category
1870s Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Phateon, a steel & glass train / locomotive inspired sculpture by Jon Lewis
By Jon Lewis
Located in London, GB
'Phateon' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Jon Lewis, created from cast glass, steel, dicroic filter and a 3 1/5 inch gauge steam chassis.
Lewis’ first introduction to glassmaking was in 1989 at Wolverhampton University, where he instantly fell in love with glass as a material.
A reoccurring theme throughout the years within his work has been the synthesis of glass with metal, which under the creative influence of the artist, often results in corrosion, patination and texture. With his Apertura series, blown vessels created from recycled Bang & Olufsen Television glass are coated by ‘spark impregnation’. Lewis intensely grinds iron and other metals, creating a multitude of small, hot, airborne metal particles that instantly bond and finally cover, the surface of his glass. Forever evolving works, the consistent detail for each is a window of pure transparent coloured glass, a framed aperture to the internal space, encased and surrounded by this metallic shell.
In a parallel and completely different body of work, are Lewis' Moonrock sculptures, which combine glass with dichroic filters and employ his own unique technique which began in 1994. Whilst working as a glass blowing assistant in Oregon, an introduction to ‘dichroic thin film interference filters’ as a form of surface decoration on blown glass, saw Lewis see vast potential. This amazing and very technical material, similar to iridescent butterfly wings, produces colour formed by selective reflection as opposed to absorption. The refractive transformation of light through convex and concave lenses and a diffused projection which this film creates, results in artworks that appear to glow from within, emanating a myriad of colours. A constant in Lewis’ glassmaking palette, this series and technique has featured in many notable sculptural & architectural works and derivations.?
These two opposing praxis of the artist’s artistic inquiry, often merge into a single expression. Lewis’ work has evolved into a distinctive vision, a fusion of beauty and uniqueness. Every piece of Lewis' art has a twist, in that each of his designs can be traced back to a single sketch. In many instances scribbled several years before just waiting for that last ingredient of inspiration for it to become a reality and brought to life in his multidisciplinary hot glass and metalwork studio in Essex.
In the artist’s own words;
“In my work I try to create pieces which are hard to identify materially and have an unknown. I enjoy making things whether a glass vessel or a glass furnace, I appreciate things crafted by hand. My history is of engineering and consequently, I love to push the boundaries of what is expected of materials”
Lewis was awarded the Glass Society Prize in the British Glass Biennale 2019. His Transceiver received an Honourable Mention in Trace - Showcasing Sustainable Glass Art, in the Glass Art Society’s Virtual 2021 Conference. His dichroic glass has been used in a number of prestigious architectural commissions, including in the Space Pyramidion at the Child Museum of Cairo and the Bliegiessen Sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick...
Category
2010s Organic Modern British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Serenely Peaceful, Clay Head Study of a Young Elizabethan Woman
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Graceful study of a young Elizabethan woman in natural clay
Eyes closed, wearing a close fitting coif and petite ruff - perhaps a final true portrait
Signed with initials E J to n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Basalt Portrait Medallion, Oliver Cromwell, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A self-framing portrait medallion of Oliver Cromwell, MP: rebel, regicide, suppressor of Ireland, persecutor of Catholics, and Dictator. He was posthum...
Category
Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Ares, a black, white & grey figurative glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
By Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Ares' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is applie...
Category
2010s Classical Greek British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
19th Century, English Folk-Art Stick Handle
Located in London, GB
19th Century Folk-art stick handle.
Made from a single piece of hand carved pine, detailing a hand holding a cricket ball, with geometric patterns to the shaft section. Likely to ...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Late 19th Century Dunmore Pottery Victorian Green Glazed Ceramic Wall Plaque
Located in Middleburg, VA
Late 19th Century Dunmore Pottery Victorian Green Glazed Ceramic Wall Plaque. This plaque was produced by Dunmore Pottery located on the estate of the Earl of Dunmore in Stilingshire, Scotland and depicts woman and cherub...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Large Staffordshire Pottery Porcellaneous Poodle
By Staffordshire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery porcellaneous figure which features a poodle in a playful pose, crouched on a rectangular base. The base has leaf molding around the sides and has two dull gilt...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Artist Lay Figure
Located in Ongar, GB
A quality late 19th century artist Lay figure made from pine. These were made to be used by artists to paint the human form.
Category
19th Century Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Large George iv Silver Sideboard Dish, Made by Joseph Angell II, 1828
By Joseph Angell II
Located in London, GB
A large George IV silver sideboard dish, made by Joseph Angell II, 1828
English, early 19th century
Diameter 75cm, depth 10cm
This magnifice...
Category
Early 19th Century George IV Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Derby Pair of Candle Stick Figures, Bagpiper and Lady with Lute, Rococo, Ca 1765
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful pair of Derby porcelain candlestick figures of a bagpiper and a lady with lute, made between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The pair is one of Derby's f...
Category
1760s Rococo Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century, Royal Wedding Solid Silver Wager Cup, London, c.1973
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Novelty 20th century solid silver wager / marriage cup, the cups design inspired by the early 16th century German example, modelled as a female figure sup...
Category
20th Century British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Rare Large Staffordshire Pottery Otter Hunter Spill Vase
By Staffordshire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire spill vase with a hunting theme which features an otter hunter, his dogs and an otter impaled on his spear. Multi-coloured with ...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver CAP and dipper.
Decorated with Cupid playing the lyre, and Cupid singing. The God of Love suggests this was intended a...
Category
Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of 19th Century English Staffordshire Dogs Figurines
Located in Norton, MA
A fine pair of antique 19th-Century English Staffordshire mantel dogs. These charming dogs are hand-painted with lovely details and sweet faces.
Category
19th Century Other Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Staffordshire Antique Pair Figures with Baskets Containing Flowers
By Staffordshire
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good pair English Staffordshire pottery figures portraying a Seated man and woman with a Basket containing flowers dating from around 1...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Large Oak and Glazed Cased Model of the Tea Clipper Glengarry in Full Sail
Located in Benington, Herts
An exceptional 19th century Model of the tea clipper ‘Glengarry’ in full sail, built by Royden & Sons Liverpool in an oak and glass display case.
English Circa 1868.
The Glengarry was a famous Tea Clipper ship...
Category
19th Century Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Guardian Angel Sculpture in Inflated Steel by Connor Holland
By Connor Holland
Located in Winchelsea, East Sussex
Created during the Coronavirus pandemic, ‘Guardian Angel’ personifies the safety measures of covering your face and social distancing. The overall shape of the sculpture is a reference to the Caduceus, or Staff of Hermes, used as a symbol for messengers, medicine and healthcare. Reminiscent of a knight in plate armour...
Category
2010s British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver cap with chain, surmounted by a wonderfully wrought squirrel.
Note the way the beads have been added individually; this ...
Category
Late 18th Century Neoclassical Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Art Deco Boy Sculpture in Terracotta and Wood, Sign: C. Mulnis
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Style: Art Deco
Material: wood and terracotta
Country: london.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Vintage Sterling Silver Commemorative Presentation Table Ornaments
By Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of vintage English cast sterling silver military related presentation table ornaments; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
These exceptional vintage cast sterling silver commemorative presentation table ornaments have a figural form to a circular base.
The body of each trophy has been realistically modelled in the form of a medical soldier carrying an injured fellow on his back.
The male figures are ornamented with details reproducing the military attire and anatomical features.
Each ornament is further embellished with a terrain texture in junction with the plinth base.
The silver trophies are fitted to cylindrical painted, ebonised wood bases ornamented with hallmarked plaques.
The plaque to one trophy is blank and the other bears the contemporary engraved inscription 'Officers Mess, British Military Hospital, Berlin, 1990'.
The terrain textured sterling silver base of each table ornament bears the retailer's mark 'Garrard & Co Ltd, 112 Regent Street, London', in addition to the full hallmarks of the renowned silversmiths Garrard & Co Ltd.
Each piece of vintage silverware is fitted with a velvet lining to the underside.
Condition
This unusual hallmarked silver trophy set...
Category
20th Century British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Bronze Table Bell, Edimburg, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Scottish vintage antique bronze table bell, depicting the Queen of Scotland, Mary Stuard. Edimburg 1880 ca.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman & Child Sculpture
Located in London, GB
An English sculpture dating from the mid 20th century of a woman and baby child. Created from steel with welds and metalconstruction techniques on a base of solid marble.
Rather unu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Steel
Pair Staffordshire Hen and Cockerel / Rooster Figures
By Staffordshire
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Pair of Staffordshire Pottery figures which feature a hen and a cockerel/rooster, stood on a circular base. Decorated 'in the round' - de...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Minton Majolica Putti Shell Carriers
By Minton
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica figural which features two putti carrying a shell. One draped in grapes, the other draped in wheat. Colouration: green, turquoise, cream, are predominant. The piece b...
Category
1860s Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
19th Century Marble Sculpture “Eve at the Fountain” After Edward Hodges Baily
By Edward Hodges Baily
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century marble sculpture “Eve at the Fountain”.
After Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867)
Unsigned, Atelier /English School Work
Last Quarter of 19th Century
An exceptional p...
Category
Late 19th Century High Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
English Brass Figural Knight & Bear Shield Door Stop with Step Back Base, C 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
English brass figural knight and decorative bear shield door stop with step back rectangular base, Mid 19th Century. Knighted Guy Earle of Warwick.
Category
1850s William IV Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Lead
Surf - Still Life with Fish, a Glass Still Life Art Work by Elliot Walker
By Elliot Walker
Located in London, GB
'Surf - Still Life with Fish' is from the British artist and Blown Away II series winner, Elliot Walker's ongoing body of unique still life artworks. Freehand sculpted in clear glass...
Category
2010s Organic Modern British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Minton Majolica Pottery Girl Harvester Figurine 1864
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Minton majolica pottery figure depicting a girl harvester figurine dating from 1864. The figure sits raised on a round pedestal base and holds a large oval shaped basket u...
Category
1860s High Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Minton Pair of White Biscuit Figures of Gardener and Lady, ca 1835
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming pair of white biscuit figures made by Minton in around 1835. The pair is actually a near-pair: the gentleman is a gardener with a basket of fruit, the lady ha...
Category
1830s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture of a Plaster Torso
Located in Bagshot, GB
A plaster copy of a muscular male torso.
This a great decorative piece for your home or interior project, or for someone who is looking to start a collection.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Grand Tour British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Large Staffordshire Figure #3
Located in Norton, MA
19th century English Staffordshire figure, signed at the bottom.
Category
19th Century Other Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Original Cold Painted Spelter Lady Figural Lamp, c1930
Located in Devon, England
An impressive 38 cm tall this original 1930's Art Deco cold painted spelter table lamp features a nude female holding aloft a milk white glass globe shade. Kneeling on an alabaster b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Spelter
George West Studio Pottery Black Glazed Seated Child Sculpture Dated 1969
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming vintage studio pottery black glazed sculpture of a seated child by George West and dated 1969. The figure is hand modelled in red clay and is he...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Sculpture of a Dancing Faun
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Classic and well-modelled sculpture of a dancing faun.
Category
20th Century British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Cast iron door stop
Located in London, GB
19th Century Cast iron door stop
We share what we love, and we love this charming Victorian cast iron door stop form, in the shape of a little gir...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Christine Gregory Art Deco Pottery Mother & Child Glazed Sculpture Dated 1933
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A beautiful Art Deco pottery sculpture of a mother and child by Christine Gregory (British, 1879-1965) dated 1933. This very tender and well observed portrayal shows the mother holding the child wrapped in her arms and held cheek to cheek...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Staffordshire Figure #4
Located in Norton, MA
19th century English Staffordshire figure, signed at the bottom.
Category
19th Century Other Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Cold Painted Spelter Glamourous Figure, English, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Standing 36 cm is this very attractive Art Deco cold painted 'Hollywood' Figure. Just shows the normal age related marks to a period piece, nothi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Rare Clement Massier Prowling Tiger Figure
By Clement Massier
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Clement Massier French Majolica figure which features a prowling tiger. Colouration: orange, brown, green, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Clement Massier pottery.
Category
1910s Victorian Vintage British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Royal Worcester Figurine, "Bather Surprised"
By Royal Worcester
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This Royal Worcester figurine is made of glazed parian porcelain and entitled "Bather Surprised". Her drapery has been decorated with metallic...
Category
1910s High Victorian Vintage British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Majolica Farmer with Fruits
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century English Majolica farmer with grapes.
Height / 13 inches.
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
English Balance Bronze and Iron, 19th Century
By Europa Antiques
Located in Madrid, ES
Balance
Bronze and iron
England
19th Century
Dim. - 44 cm
Good condition.
Category
19th Century Baroque Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
English Turn of the Century Iron Sculpture of a Jockey with Weathered Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Turn of the Century iron sculpture depicting a jockey holding a ring in his left hand. Created in England during the Turn of the Century which saw the transition between t...
Category
Early 20th Century British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Royal Worcester Pair Porcelain Down & Out Chinaman Menu Holder Figures
By Royal Worcester
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and delightful pair Royal Worcester porcelain Chinaman figures made as part of a Down & Out series of figures produced as menu holders in 1874. The figures stand on a shaped...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Pair of Porcelain Figures, Arlecchino and Columbina, Rococo ca 1758
By Bow Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful pair of figures of Arlecchino and Columbina, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1758. These figures formed part of a series of the Commedia dell'Arte, a very popular series of theatrical figures that served as decoration at the dinner table in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
These figures were used to adorn the dinner table when dessert was served; groups of figures served to express something about the host, the guests, or to direct the conversation. The Italian Commedia Dell'Arte, a comical form of masked theatre, was very popular in those days and Bow copied many figures of the German Meissen series that were brought out in the decades before.
This pair dates from about 1758, which was at the height of Bow's ability to make beautiful figurines often copied from Chelsea or Meissen. The pair is modelled after a Meissen pair by Kaendler. The porcelain is translucent with a beautiful milky glaze - Bow was probably the first pottery using bone in its porcelain recipe. Arlecchino (Harlequin) is playing the bagpipes, dressed in an odd costume of mismatched chintz and playing cards and wearing a funny black trumpet...
Category
1750s Rococo Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Victorian Staffordshire Figures
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures of two gentlemen in period uniform riding black and white coloured horses on oval bases...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Lord Mountbatten by Greta Berlin, 1989
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This bronze is the maquette for a sculpture of Lord Louis Mountbatten wearing a naval duffel coat, peaked cap and sea boots and holding a pair of binoculars. It is set on a highly polished black stone base and inscribed on the back ‘Mountbatten Study, G. Berlin no. 3 of 3’. English, 1989.
We are indebted to Ms Berlin for her kind help in supplying the following information. “I made this piece as a working model, maquette, to show, along with another image, to the clients who were offering the commission for the nine-foot bronze of Lord Mountbatten...
Category
1980s Vintage British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Decorative Piper Figure, Scottish, Statue, After Scots Guards, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative piper figure. A Scottish, plaster statue in the manner of a Scots Guard, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Leeds Pottery Creamware Pottery Bacchus Figure Group
By Leeds Pottery
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good quality Leeds Pottery creamware figure group depicting Bacchus holding a cup and a bunch of grapes and standing alongside a wine barrel believed to date from the latter 19th c...
Category
Late 19th Century Greco Roman Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Industrial Mould, English, Decor, Doorstop, Engineering, Architectural
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage industrial section mould. An English, painted decorative doorstop or engineering pattern with architectural interest, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Victorian Quality Bronze Figure of a Cossack on Horseback
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality bronze figure of a Cossack on horseback kissing his wife farewell with his sword and rifle at his side and mounted on quality bronze horse
A splendid ex...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vivien Mallock: Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Portrait Roundel, 2012
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This is the bronze maquette for a bas-relief portrait commissioned by the City of Winchester in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. The final roundel is six feet in diameter and is shaped as a Winchester Rose with Queen Elizabeth II in the centre. She is wearing a three-strand diamond necklace and the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. Signed ‘VM 1’. English, 2012.
The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara was made by the House of Garrard...
Category
2010s British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Cobalt Voyager, unique glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
By Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
Located in London, GB
'The Cobalt Voyager' is a unique intense electric blue and black hand-blown and cut glass artwork with steel hull by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centerpieces 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...
Category
2010s Organic Modern British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Vintage Decorative Figure of Moses, English, Bronze, Statue, After Michelangelo
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage decorative figure of Moses. An English, bronze and marble statue after Michelangelo, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Striking rendition of a historic...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Minton Parian Figure of Don Quixote's "Dorothea" by John Bell
By John Bell, Minton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Minton Parian figure of Don Quixote's "Dorothea" by John Bell, a fine example of Parian, after a John Bell sculpture.
Category
Mid-19th Century High Victorian Antique British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Scultura III Tomasso by Brothers Fine Art, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Scultura III Tomasso by Brothers Fine Art. Published by Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2010. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pages. The Tomasso Brothers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper
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