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Period: Mid-19th Century
Pair Italian Neoclassical Craved and Gilt Wood Mythical Beasts, mid 19th century
Located in Austin, TX
A powerful and dramatic pair of Italian neoclassical carved and gilt wood mythical animal figures on faux painted bases, mid 19th century or earlier, Italy.
The fantastic beasts are well carved, with dramatic wings that follow the sensuous curve of the neck, and a sinuous body ends in an eel-like tail gracefully curled in upon itself. The bearded heads feature a flattened snout with sharp teeth and a lolling tongue, and pointed horse ears and mane. The long forelegs stretched out in front of them and ending in pawed and clawed feet.
The beasts have characteristics of several different mythical animals, making them hard to positively identify. The most likely candidates would be dragons, hippocampi, or chimeras.
The beasts are unfinished to the back, indicating they were originally part of a relief decoration, possibly from a mirror. They have now been mounted to wooden bases faux painted to imitate porphyry.
They would make perfect bookends or mantle sculptures.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Gesso, Softwood, Giltwood
English Brass Dolphin Intertwined Trident Doorstop, Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
English brass winged dolphin intertwined trident doorstop resting on molded edge rectangular base, Early 19th Century.
Category
English George IV Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
American Mahogany and Cast Iron Copying Press with Paw Feet, Charleston, SC 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast iron and mahogany two-drawer copying press with a turned bulbous cork screw handle, floral decorative pressure plate, flanking fluted decorati...
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American American Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass, Iron
Matching Pair Grand Tour Bronze Greco Male Figurine Bookends On Alabaster Base
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Stunning and Unusual Pair of Matching Grand Tour Bronze Spelter Greek Male Figurines on Alabaster Bases.
The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a...
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Greek Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze, Spelter
Pair Of Antique Marly Horse Bookends, French, Grand Tour, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique Marly Horse bookends. A French, bronze and slate Grand Tour book rest, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860.
Subs...
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French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Slate, Bronze
Pair Of Antique Putto Bookends, Italian, Decor, Cherub, Grand Tour, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique putto bookends. An Italian, plaster decorative cherub book rest in Grand Tour taste, dating to the early Victorian period, circ...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Plaster
Antique Book Slide, English, Walnut, Extending, Novel Stand, Victorian, C.1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book slide. An English, walnut extending novel stand, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Fantastic Victorian bo...
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British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Walnut
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Self Closing Coromandel Book Slide
Located in Norwood, NJ
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel self closing adjustable book slide, circa 1860 in date.
It features a pair of oval Sevres style plaques depicting cherubs at pl...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Antique Extending Book Slide, French Burr Walnut, Brass, Library Rack, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique extending book slide. A French, burr walnut and brass book rack, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1850.
Superb Victorian ...
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French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
Wooden Antique Venetian Shelves with Caryatids, Wall Consoles
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/1584 - Unusual pair of wooden shelves with caryatids: perfect with a simple wooden shelf.
They were in a Venetian house.
Category
Italian Beaux Arts Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Wood
French Green Marble Bookends with 18th Century Bronze Dore Bolts
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of 1840 French imperial green marble bookends with mounted 18th century Cremona bolts. With handled knobs. High quality bronze doré. Circa...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Hand Painted Book Slide / Bookends Dog, After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous pristine Victorian papier mache book slide / expanding bookends with most exquisite hand painted Newfoundland dog after Landseer's "A Disti...
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English Late Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Pair of English Polished Steel Wheat Sheaths Book Ends, Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English cast polished steel wheat sheaths book ends resting on step back rectangular plinths, Early 19th Century.
Category
English George IV Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Steel
Cavalli In Bronzo Fermalibri
Located in Badia Polesine, RO
Coppia di cavalli fermalibri in bronzo
Provenienza: Milano
Materiale: Bronzo e base in legno
Dimensioni: 15x7x18 cm
Condizioni: Ottimo stato di conservazione
Descrizione: Elegante c...
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Italian Other Antique Mid-19th Century Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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