Christophe Fratin Decorative Objects

Bronze sitting life size sculpture of a greyhound dog. The dog well cast with soft facial features and ribbed and muscular body, the patina in warm Copper tones. Dimensions: 24" Wi...

A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900. The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...

A beautiful life-size Greyhound or Whippet sculpted in bronze, this handsome fellow has terrific presence in any room.

English porcelain reclining greyhound, circa 1810. Marked Copeland and Garrett.

A lost wax watch holder bronze, depicting a standing Borzoi greyhound, fully detailed. Circular green veined marble base. A hook holds the pocket watch. France circa 1880.

Fratin bear cup is signed Daubrée editor, 19th century, silver plate bronze. The cup is mounted on foot and is composed at the base of elephant heads and...

Very sensitive rendering of a greyhound at rest with a rich dark brown patina with lighter highlights showing through. The dog is shown reclining with one paw turned up, a detail I find endearing as a dog owner, my border collie does this too! Mounted on a polished black slate base, marked Fratin on the base. Also stamped with the foundry mark 'Daubree, Editeur'. A fine desk top, shelf, or mantel piece for the dog lover, Christopher Fratin (1 January 1801 – 16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831 to 1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City’s Central Park. Today, Fratin’s sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...

This Fratin bear cup has engraved signature, 19th century, silver plate bronze. The cup is mounted on foot and is composed at the base of elephant heads ...

A Extra Large Bronze Sculpture as a Greyhound This Sculpture is Quite Rare due to its size Allways makes me smile as he has such a comical face Dates C20th

This Fratin bear cup is signed Daubrée editor, 19th century, silver plate bronze. the cup is mounted on foot and is composed at the base of elephant head...

After Christophe Fratin (French 1801-1864), a majestic 12 point stag in brown patinated cast bronze, modeled with head turned to towards hind, inscribed "FRATIN", and mounted to a re...

Inscribed Fratin with Charpantier, Paris Foundry.