Emile Müller Mounted Objects

Antique bust from France made circa 1900. The sculpture is crafted in terracotta with a beautiful original patina. It showcases the bust of famed German composer, Beethoven including...

Plaster Lion Relief Plaque. Fierce expression, flowing mane and intricately cast, evoking ancient architectural ornamentaion. Exceptional historical aged and patinated surface captur...

Wonderful pair of antique painted terracotta garden sculptures or figures with a perfectly aged and weathered patina. Each piece standing just over 2 feet tall.

Art Deco Bookends by Emile Joseph Nestor Carlier, French, c 1925, cast in silvered metal as a man clad in a loin cloth playing the pans flute and a similarly clad woman playing the cymbals, covered in a silver plating signed "Carlier" on the base, "Fabrication Francaise...

Well executed antique French terracotta figurative sculpture signed T. Foris (1921). This gorgeous French terra cotta figurative sculpture depicts two dancing maidens. .

An exquisite terracotta statuette of a beautiful nude young woman with a serene countenance, her arms stretched up to fan her cascading hair. The setting in which she stands is embel...

Rare Contortionist Car Mascot / Sculpture by Emile Carlier, French, circa 1910. A Nude 'Contortionist' Car Mascot / Hood Ornament / Desk Paperweight Sculpture. Sculpture depicting ...

French Terracotta Academic Sculpture Of A Foot. This stunning antique French terracotta sculpture of a foot is beautifully executed and makes the perfect coffee table accessory or bo...

EMILE PICAULT French, 1833-1915 "Reveil de la Nature" (The Awakening of Nature) Sand-cast patinated bronze signed to naturalistic base "E. PICAULT" with the title of the work embo...

Hand-carved in France during the early 1900s, this pair of hunt plaques feature raised game carvings on each panel, backed by luxurious reddish-brown burlwood with intense graining. ...

A beautiful vintage earthenware wall mask of a Child. It is marked at the backside. It would make a beautiful Decoration on each wall. Made in the 1950s it displays the joy of that g...

With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge. Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...