Friedrich Goldscheider Furniture

A superb pair of late 19th century Austrian polychrome terracotta busts by Friedrich Goldscheider, both figures stamped to the reverse. This pair of busts are in excellent original c...

This 19th-century French sculpture features a young drummer, captured in a moment of intense focus and energy. Rendered in rich patinas of bronze, the figure is dressed in historical...

Superb polychrome terracotta bust representing a woman from Antiquity with a proud gaze carrying a dagger. Beautiful quality sculpture, whether at the level of the hairstyle, the f...

A well-modelled bronze bust depicting a young woman wearing a traditional regional bonnet and layered dress, rendered with finely detailed textures throughout the fabric and headwear...

Ceramic bust of an African American, strong imagery done in the Modernist ethos of the Abstractionists, WPA artists of the day. The ceramic bust is mounted on a black painted wooden ...

Finest workmanship bust with original and beautiful patina from an important Belgian sculptor 'George Van der Straeten.' This stunning bust depicts a beautiful young lady with a big...

An exceptional large Austrian 19th century painted terracotta dog. In reclining position, hand painted with original glass eyes. ...

Art Deco Italian figure of a woman dancig with a music instrument. Sculpture of a dancing nude girl. Bronze with a dark green patina. Mounted over a marble base. We have specializ...

African iron wood carved bust of a bald man

I found this very lovely Austrian cold painted terracotta model of a Pug Dogie in seated position with little red collar adorned with gold pain...

A classic decorative Bust statue. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of white alabaster on a marble base. Very decorative and nice to display in your library or ...

An Austrian 19th-20th century Orientalist terracotta bust of a young girl in Middle-Eastern Garb. The young smiling beauty wearing a head scaft and shawl tied with a broche-pin brooch pin and jewlry around her neck, raised on a circular ebonized wood stand. Probably by Friedrich Goldscheider (Goldscheider'sche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik) - The backside stamped: "T - No. 258". circa 1900. The Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory (German: Goldscheider'sche Porzellan-Manufactur und Majolica-Fabrik, (now) Goldscheider Keramik) is an Austrian ceramic manufactory. In 1885, Friedrich Goldscheider came from the small Bohemian city of Pilsen to Vienna and founded the Goldscheider Manufactory and Majolica Factory. It became one of the most influential ceramic manufactories of terracotta, faience and bronze objects in Austria with subsidiaries in Paris, Leipzig and Florence. For over half a century Goldscheider created masterpieces of historical revivalism, Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) and Art Deco. Famous artists such as Josef Lorenzl, Stefan Dakon, Ida Meisinger and the two perhaps best known Austrian ceramic artists Michael Powolny and Vally Wieselthier worked for Goldscheider. Several of the artists who worked for Goldscheider also worked for other Viennese studios, such as Augarten, Keramos or for the German brands Rosenthal and Meissen. The Goldscheider family emigrated in 1938 to United Kingdom and USA. Walter Goldscheider startet a new factory in Trenton, New Jersey and returned to Vienna in 1950. Marcel Goldscheider went to Stoke-on-Trent and produced figurative ceramics for Myott and opened his own studio in the 1950s in Hanley. Both brothers died in the early 1960s. More than 10,000 different models were created over a period of three generations. Since the very beginning many of these won first prizes and gold medals at innumerable world fairs, exhibitions and trade fairs. Goldscheider figures...