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19th century Grand Tour patinated bronze figure statue of Silenus, The God of Wine. - Identical to that found in Herculaneum. An Greek mythology, Silenus was the tutor...

An impressive late 19th century gilt bronze mounted three-light marble lamp The Verde green marble with bronze foliage designs, the corners with thre...

Exceptional antique French bronze architectural element used as decorative object of art. Beautiful oxidized green-turquoise patina, lion heads vines and Greek key motif. one of a ki...

A nice quality pair of late 19th century French gilt bronze mounted Chinese porcelain lamps. Fine bronze mounts separate the six painted panels decorated with chinoiserie figures ...

A very good quality late 19th century Bohemian glass vase / lamp, having a wonderful turquoise ground, with gilded decoration, an inset pai...

Great pair of fine quality 19th century French bronze cassoullettes mounted as lamps and recently rewired. Original finials now used on the harps of the lamps. Could easily be return...

A wonderful pair of late 19th century two tone bronze nine-light candelabra. After Clodion. Each cast as a female and a male figure from a bacchanale upholding eight scroll branches with a central branch in the fotm of a quiver, on a bronze-mounted circular base of granite. Claude Michael Clodion, [1738-1814], was the son-in-law of sculptor Augustin Pajou; he trained in Paris in the workshops of Lambert Sigisbert Adam, his maternal uncle and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, the most successful sculptor of the time. After winning the Prix de Rome, he moved to Italy, sharing a studio with Jean-Antoine Houdon and studying antique, Renaissance, and Baroque sculpture. In 1771 Clodion returned to Paris, where he continued to produce mostly in terracotta. He also worked with his brothers in other media, decorating objects...

A beautiful late 19th century gilt bronze-mounted sèvres style porcelain lamp. Raised gilt decorations, the front scene is of a reclining maiden among flowers being attended by c...

A beautifully cast pair of French 19th century neoclassical patinated figural bronze nine arm candelabra after a model by Jaen Jacques Pradier They are signed J. Pradier and were converted into lamps in the 20th century. Each candelabra is cast as classically draped maiden with one representing Phyrne and the other unknown, standing on a circular stepped dark green marble socle base. There are no visible foundry marks on the bronzes. Born in Geneva in 1792 in Switzerland, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814-1818 at the Villa Médici. Pradier made his debut at the Salon in 1819 and quickly acquired a reputation as a competent artist. He studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827 he became a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante...

A very impressive and decorative pair of late 19th Century Chinese Celadon porcelain vases / lamps. Each with wonderful raised floral and folate decoration with birds perched on the ...

A pair of late 19th century French gilt bronze-mounted Chinese Canton porcelain lamps Painted interior scenes with many people, each separated by floral designs, the neck with gilded monkeys and lizards, and sitting on a bronze base. Measures: Height Vase...

Pair of French vases with ormolu mounts on granite, now mounted as lamps.