Scythe Antique

This late 19th century French walnut buffet boasts beautiful hand carvings of garden attributes that include a shovel, scythe, and garden hat, a salute to Provence, the region of its...

She holds in her right hand a scythe and in her left hand a bunch of wheat. On the base is engraved "Concours de la race ovine Berrichonne du cher - 2 Mai 1905 - Prix d'honneur - Mr.

Each vase is further embellished with swag mounts draped around the periphery, and a bundle of wheat, hat and harvesting scythe under the traditional Louis XVI ribbon bow.

Among the others, on the left a child is playing with soap bubbles: the intent to contrast the transience of life with the pleasures of the senses is evident; high up in the clouds, ...

In the other hand he holds the scythe, the attribute of the Grim Reaper and symbol of Death.

To her right is a rake and a scythe with a bushel of wheat and a cow and her calf to the background, below are oak leaves and floral decoration.

Her cheeks are rosy from a day in the fields. She holds a scythe in one hand and a sheaf of wheat in the other.

On one side, a man of a certain age, bearded, holds up a scythe, and has a winged child on his back; on the other side of the dial are two winged children, one with an arrow and the ...

Superbly modelled as a man sharpening his scythe and a woman carrying a basket of eggs, each leaning against a tree stump and raised on a naturalistic rockwork base.

This lovely barometer is housed in a most active carved and gilded pine frame, the ovular body with simple molding from which sprout a large selection of harvest tools: two spades, a...

His hat is well-pinched, sitting high on his head, as he glares into the distance with his scythe slung across his right shoulder. The woman farmer is barefoot and clad in a long, ga...

Galle, Nancy These hand-painted dishes have scalloped decorative borders in blues and gold with Provencal motifs of dragons, peacock, heraldic scythe axes and flowering vines. A few...

A winged hourglass symbolizes the transience of time, while the scythe behind it symbolizes the transience of life.

Within mountainous terrain and partially hidden by rocks, a muscular man, devoid of all clothing, carries a scythe as a weapon. The work, originally painted by an artist known as ‘Ch...

. · Size: 33x26x70 cms. (Height without scythe 60 cms.)

The excellent clock's case (mainly made of ormolu / parcel-gilt bronze) is manufactured in following manner: The clock's chest is attached to high two-tiered base whereas the upper p...

The piece depicts a view of a lone farmer standing in a vast field resting against his scythe. Signature: Signed and dated 1890 lower left Dimensions: Framed: 25.5"x22.5" Unframed...

The work depicts a worker in a field resting against his scythe as he talks to a woman holding a basket behind her back.

La Thangue’s two oil paintings, The Man with the Scythe and The Return of the Reapers both reflect La Thangue’s interest in photo-realism and have both been exhibited at the Tate, Lo...

The ushabtis would be called upon to perform their menial tasks, each figure's purpose is often attested to by objects in their hands, such as bread-baker holding grain or farmer hol...

In the middle two peasants, she with a wicker basket on her head full of wheat and a scythe in her hand, he sitting, with a stick and a pannier on his shoulders, entertain themselves...

Scythers Resting. 1924. Etching. 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 (sheet 11 x 9).

KATHE KOLLWITZ (German 1867 -1945) WOMAN WITH SCYTHE / BEIM DENGELN 1905 Klipstein (90 xii/xii) Etching on heavy wove paper, unsigned. 11 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches, Full sheet with deckl...

An evocative painting in oil, depicting a rural river scene with a farmer holding a scythe, and mountains in the distance. Unsigned. Well-presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame, as...

This framed etching and drypoint print is entitled "Beim Dengeln" (Sharpening the Scythe) by Kathe Kollwitz from her Der Bauernkrieg (The Peasant War or Revolt) series.

Neo classical school, France, end of the 18th Century Allegory of Time, Pen and black ink on paper, gray ink wash 30.5 x 19 cm irregularly shaped In good condition, some foxings In a...

The detailed winged figure of Chronos holding a scythe and a snake.

The detailed winged figure of Chronos holding a scythe and an hour glass.

An early 18th century oil-on-board portrait of the Goddess Demeter, holding a scythe and a sheaf of wheat, with a wreath of grain as a crown on her head, in period costume.

The time, an old man with a scythe, symbol of the ephemeral character of life.

The time, an old man with a scythe, symbol of the ephemeral character of life.

The cabinet having a single door with bands of intertwined carving and a central panel of acanthus leaf lozenges with a carved figure to the center holding a wheat sheaf and scythe. ...

It is surmounted by an allegory of Time, which is represented as a winged old man holding a scythe. The clock rests on four arched ormolu feet, ornamented with scrolls and foliage, 1...

The harvest plaque features a rake, shovel, scythe, sickle, hat, wheat, grape leaves and fruit basket.

A charming early "verdue" tapestry by Aubusson, depicting a peasants in a field or garden during the harvest, the man kneeling to rescue a small bird that perhaps fell from its nest,...

The carvings on the lower door include an unusual motif of garden attributes with hat, scythe, and sheaves of wheat and basket. The handle of the drawer is a deep relief carved owl's...

Old Father Time, carrying his scythe, shakes smoking bombs in a large pan. In the smoking clouds are written, 'Roman Question, Foreigh Question, Eastern Question, Roman question, Aus...

The agricultural theme is repeated on the pendulum where a shock of wheat and a scythe are surrounded by delicately painted flowers, leaves, and grapes.

The carvings on the lower door include an unusual motif of garden attributes with hat, scythe, sheaves of wheat and basket. The handle of the drawer is a deep relief carved grapevine...

This exquisite Italian decorative panel features a delicate hand-painted décor, depicting two cherubs surrounded by a ribbon-tied beaded medallion, below which are represented pastor...

Both center door panels are decorated with wheat and grape motifs including a farmer hat, a harvesting scythe and a neoclassical urn on the right door. Both curved doors are decorate...

The curved left door features a wicker basket filled with a bundle of wheat, a hat and a harvesting scythe under the traditional Louis XVI ribbon bow.

Small, sculptural porcelain, semi-nude putti figures are seated at their bases. One figure holds a scythe and wheat sheaf – an image of harvest time in the autumn -- and the other pu...

Two workers are cutting wheat with scythes, barefoot but wearing long pants, long sleeves, vests, and hats.

There is father time himself with the hourglass in one hand and the scythe in his other. Both these symbols need no explanation.

Topping the outer edge of the left colonnade is a statue of a man with a scythe and a woman sowing seed, representing Labor and Wealth.

As was The Weavers, this subject, too, might have been suggested by a Hauptmann drama, When completed, the Peasant War consisted of pieces in etching, aquatint, and soft ground: Plow...

Detail of a man resting on a bed with his scythe and rake.

19th century Parian ware group of cupid having his wings clipped with a scythe by Saturn as he sits on a stone. 'Clipping the wing of love'

Depicting Ceres, the Roman Goddess of Agriculture seated in a cloud holding a scythe and wheat, with an attendant, (in the Greek tradition she was known as Demeter.)

A large 19th century cast iron architectural bas relief roundel depicting summer harvesters: Classical figures of a man offering fruit to a woman (in a curious reversal of Eve) and a...

The dramatic and large oil on canvas painting depicting a full skeleton resting upon a monument, holding an hourglass and scythe, painted in profile to a slate ground, and mounted in...

The center relief depicts a flower bouquet in basket with scythe and is painted white. Two smaller medallions flank the center carving and are gilded with the rest of the plaque in a...

This theme is related to the idea of veritas filia temporis (Time is the father of Truth). The scythe and the hourglass, as we see here, both represent the unstoppable forward mo...

Ceres holds a sheaf of wheat in one hand and a scythe in the other; Bacchus holds a bunch of grapes in one hand and a glass in the other.

A pretty French bronze mantle clock with the finest original gilding; the case showing a tired young shepherd relaxing during harvest, his scythe in hand, wheat sheaves all round him...

The shapes of much African money look like objects known Africans-scythes, knives, bracelets, organic forms. Each African group had its own currency, but the values in African money...