Pair of 19th c Cast Iron & Wood Benches with Oak Leaf Motif & Dog Head Handles
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of painted cast iron benches with wooden seats, featuring an oak leaf and acorn motif, dog head handles on the arms, and cabriole legs with paw feet.
Iron
Arts and Crafts Cast Brass and Iron Fire Screen in Black, Single Panel
Located in Doylestown, PA
Offering an Arts and Crafts cast brass and iron single panel fire screen with a lattice design of oak leaf garlands and acorn motifs, early 20th century.
Brass, Cast Iron
Antique Cast Iron Town Fountain with Oak Leaf Decoration
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This drinkable city fountain was made at the end of the 19th century. Its circular basin has the same classic form from the precedent centuries, it is put on a foot decorated with oa...
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A Boldly-Scaled American Arts & Crafts Cast Iron Oak Leaf Bowl
Located in San Francisco, CA
A boldly-scaled American arts & crafts cast iron oak leaf bowl; the well-rendered leaf with thick stem flanked by 2 acorns; with a central vein emanating to the scalloped edge
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H 6 in W 11 in D 11 in
Black Cast Iron Faux Bois Sundial with Acorns – Architectural Garden Sculpture
Located in Elkhart, IN
Pieces like this bring structure and timeless character to a garden—equally at home centered within a parterre, placed atop a stone pedestal, or tucked among boxwoods. * Material: C...
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H 5.5 in W 10 in D 10 in
Iron Faux Bois Garden Sundial With Acorns and Oak Leaves, Time Began in a Garden
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage cast iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring acorns, oak leaves, and Roman numerals with the phrase, "Time began in a garde...
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H 33.75 in W 51.5 in D 20.5 in
Victorian Cast Iron Rustic Oak Vine & Serpent Bench, James Haywood C. 1860
By J & G Haywood
Located in Atlanta, GA
English Victorian Cast Iron Rustic Oak Vine & Serpant Bench, James Haywood - Derby C. 1860 This substantial cast-iron garden bench is an English Victorian example cast in an express...
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H 31.5 in W 35.44 in D 22.45 in
Pair of Victorian Cast Iron Serpent and Twig Garden Seats or Benches, circa 1860
By McDowell, Stevenson & Co
Located in Glasgow, GB
A Victorian pair of cast iron garden seats in the serpent and twig pattern and dating circa 1860.
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19th Century Iron Bench in the Manner of Coalbrookdale
Located in Milford, NH
Cast iron oak leaf and ivy design with acorns, wooden slat seat.
Iron
The Finest 19th-Century Cast-iron Urns
Located in Katonah, NY
A superb pair of cast-iron “Versailles” urns, each body cast with acorn and oak leaf lower section beneath a Greek key frieze and with Janus head handles of a king and queen with boa...
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