Antique Grotesque

This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...

draftsman Frédéric Bouchot (1798- 1865). Plate 10, from the series Souvenirs Grotesques, Dupin and C.ie

featuring two cherubs and a grotesque gargoyle. Wonderful patina and can be polished if desired. Works great

Antique Lithograph of Italian Faience Dish, Grotesque Style, Delange, 1869 Large-format antique

This gothic style architectural segment of a building facade located ion Harlem, NYC, was carved 1924-1926 by William Bradley & Son Cut Stone Contractors. In 2020, each limestone scu...

” like green glaze featuring gnomes, grotesques and ghouls supporting the box. Made by the Atlantic

16th–17th Century Renaissance Grotesques – Lavish Ornament Panel from L'Ornement Polychrome, Plate

An Interesting Early 20th Century Gilt Bronze and Crystal Twenty Six Light “Grotesque” Chandelier

points in the form of grotesque mask sculptures with a crown of feathers are the perfect finish to this

Antique Gold Stick Pin Featuring Classical Grotesque Mask, English, c.1880 A fine-quality antique

17th Century Ceiling Ornament – Baroque Interior Panel with Grotesques, Plate LXXX This elegant

18th Century French Ceiling Design – Neoclassical Fresco and Grotesques, Plate XC This elegant

visage the theatrical presence of a “grotesque” or mascaron rather than a leonine head. A beaded

"Japanese Netsuke – Grotesque Mask, Edo To Early Meiji Period (circa 1820–1880)" A finely carved

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We love our wonderfully esoteric Grotesque man (or "other") crafted by a talented unknown carver in

Antique 19th Century Victorian pair of solid silver inkwells, crafted in a grotesque style

by two grotesque portrait cartouches.  

Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver pair of novelty grotesque salts. Expertly cast and

Grotesque Profile of Man with High Hat is an engraving on ivory-colored paper realized by Charles

Two masterpieces by the Master of the Fertility of the Egg, nearly impossible to find in homogeneous pairs on the private market, both in terms of style and dimensions. They represen...

17th century, pair of ink drawings on paper with studies for grotesques, friezes and helmets

grotesques pour souligner leur humanité et leur sagesse spirituelle. Chine, province du Sichuan.

centered with a finial, and each knee is carved with a grotesque mask. The leather, while weathered, has a

the dauphin grotesque pedestal which is placed on a raised square foot. The fountain backsplash is

The 'Pantheon Charivarique' (Grotesque Pantheon) was a series of satirical lithographs by Benjamin

the desk's skirting, including grotesque masks at either side as well as shells and acanthus leaf

classical relief decoration. The surface is enriched with grotesque-inspired ornamentation, geometric

This striking Renaissance style carved gilt wood sculpture depicts a "grotesque" dolphin surmounted

interlaced Viking revival ornament incorporating grotesque animal heads, scrolling foliage and geometric

seats and shaped backrests decorated with superb Renaissance Revival grotesque masks framed by scrolling

with grotesque ornament, exemplifies the decorative vocabulary associated to Cornelis Floris de Vriendt

work. The chairs feature striking lion or grotesque head finials adorning the crest rails, complemented

studded seat raised over ornately carved apron with centred grotesque masque flanked with scrolling

stem which has been mounted with grotesque masks and is set on a curved fluted tripod base on paw feet

to the 15th century. A protean figure hovering between the apotropaic grotesque and a celebration of

mythological creators amidst scrolled foliage. At the two ends are masculine grotesque masks with top and

, who popularized this type of symmetrical decoration known as grotesques, derived from Roman era

marquetry decoration featuring grotesque masks, ribbons, scrollwork and floral detail, with an upper wooden

painted enamel panels depicting a grotesque mask and two cherubs framing a vase of flowers. A clock

crafted aquatic scene, crowned by a grotesque mask and flanked by finely detailed lion heads. Gunports and

compelling - all twelve socket arms issue forth from the mouths of twelve grotesque faces encircling the

A very finely cast French Napoleon III bronze garland festooned cassolettes with grotesque mask

"vices" he saw in Berlin following World War I. The figures' exaggerated, almost grotesque features are

featuring vegetal motifs topped with grotesques of female busts. Pinecones and a pearl adorn the upper

This etching is part of Balli di Sfessania, Jacques Callot’s celebrated series depicting grotesque

Renaissance Revival styling with grotesque face formed finials over a curved back, 'C' scrolled arms, a saddle

the mermaids of the sea (purgatory), past earthly temptations and grotesque trials, toward the angelic

acanthus leaf decoration, which is carried on around the front base.  Grotesque face to reverse with a

castle's and on the top a grotesque head. This beautiful period piece is made out of forged iron and comes

physical structure, as in Ritratto del conte N. (Portrait of Count) or deforms it into grotesque figures

exploitation, and the grotesque underside of bourgeois society. The caricatural deformation of bodies and

carved arrangement of grotesque masks surrounded by scrolling foliage and mythological elements. These

scenes and grotesque faces embossed to the sides on each handle. Similar vases are kept in museums around

by floral scrolls, one centred on a grotesque mask and the other on a palmette, with the original A

demon from a possessed woman. The grotesque creature emerges vividly from the woman’s mouth, a dramatic

. Boilly balances caricature with empathy, creating figures that are expressive without becoming grotesque