Art Deco Bronze Center Piece Covered Urn

Art Deco two handled covered bronze urn. German, 1920s.

Murano aubergine centerpiece with rope handles. Hand made Venetian glass. ...

A pair of French mid 19th century bronze and marble garniture urns. Figured sienna marble. Patinated open urns with scroll floral handles.

Pair of Roman classical two handled urns. Patinated cast iron. Mid 19th century grand tour.

Antique French provincial terracotta amphora. Hand thrown clay. Circa 1900.

Bronze art deco ram sculpture by Paul A. Lobel from the RKO Roxy Theater, Rockefeller Center, New York. Hand wrought. Provenance: RKO, Roxy Center Theatre; Mr. Eugene Lee Schoen; Mr. Neal Prince & Mr. Herbert Wade Hemphill Jr.; Mr. Neal Prince; The Trust of the above; Heritage Auctions. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques Paul Lobel (1899 - 1983): The accomplishments of Paul A. Lobel, industrial designer, metalsmith, sculptor and cartoonist/illustrator, may be viewed as the quintessential American success story. Born in Romania, at the turn of the century, he emigrated to the United States while an infant, and, from humble beginnings on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, grew up to attain a one-man show in Paris in 1925, win two awards at the International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris in 1932, be the subject of two exhibitions at the American Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He also founded an innovative jewelry and metals studio/shop in New York’s Greenwich Village. Furthermore, his contemporaries regarded him with awe and almost everything he attempted came to fruition. In the summer of 1926 Lobel exhibited 35 works, including drawings, etchings, paintings, metalwork and sculpture, in a one-man show at the Grande Librairie Universelle in Paris. During the next year, he toured London, Rome, Florence, Rotterdam, Brussels and Berlin, then, broke, returned to America where he again rented desk space and tried to resume his advertising career. But he was haunted by the modern design that he had been exposed to in Paris. So, after borrowing money to open a metalwork studio on Lexington Avenue, he sought out architect Eugene Schoen, an enthusiast of modern design, whom he had formerly been introduced to by Boardman Robinson. Schoen was in the process of opening a gallery devoted to showing the work of designers and craftsmen imbued with the spirit of modernism...

19th Century bronze mounted pair porcelain decorative urns with exterior hand painted romantic scene and floral details. Artist signature "P.Philippot". Each urn is in great antique ...

An elaborate continental planter is superbly fashioned with exterior pierced sides. It is appointed with dramatic caryatid handles.

Old English Sheffield silver plated covered decorative urn with side handles and exterior design details. The piece is in great condition. Minor we...

This elegant bronze jardinière with repousse motifs was created in Italy, circa 1990. The oblong vintage planter dressed with side handles, sits on small curved feet decorated with acanthus leaf motifs, over a scalloped apron embellished with shell and floral decor; it is further decorated with a large shell motif in high relief in the center. The oval bombe planter is further dressed with the original removable zinc liner. The Louis XV style jardiniere...

This elegant bronze silver plated jardinière was created in Paris, France, circa 1870. The oblong antique planter sits on small curved feet and leaves, over a scalloped apron decorat...

An original in style of Gallé large hand blown green glass bowl with bronze stand, circa 1900. The hand-blown chartreuse colored iridescent glass bowl and wavy form having a textured...