About Barbara Israel Garden Antiques
Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel founded Barbara Israel Garden Antiques in 1985, after a serendipitous purchase of a large collection of estate statuary lead her down the garden antiques path. Now in her 30th year in business, Barbara is recognized as an authority on the subject. Barbara’s exhaustively researched book, Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste (1999), is the definitive work in the field. She is also the author of A Guide to Buying Antique Garden Ornament (2012), a user-friendly handbook packed with tips on conservation, identification and m...Read More
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Featured Pieces
19th Century French Cast-iron Fountain
Located in Katonah, NY
A two-tier cast-iron fountain with two fountain bowls, the lower bowl larger, each bowl with scalloped edge and cherub masks on the underside, the smaller bowl surmounted by a founta...
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Antique 1870s French Neoclassical Revival Fountains
Materials
Iron
Vintage Wrought-iron and Glass Dining Set
Located in Katonah, NY
A dining set comprised of a simple wrought-iron table with circular glass top together with six wrought-iron side chairs, the back of each chair with tulip-form scrollwork and a frie...
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Vintage 1940s American Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Iron
Stoneware figural statue of Erin, the personification of Ireland
Located in Katonah, NY
A rare stoneware figure of Erin, the female personification of Ireland, the partially-draped figure playing a small harp and standing alongside a tree trunk encircled with roses and ...
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Antique 1860s English Neoclassical Statues
Materials
Stoneware
A Life-Sized Composition Stone Statue of a Gentleman Hunter
Located in Katonah, NY
A composition stone figure of a gentleman, standing in long coat and knickers and wearing a wide-brim hat, his proper left hand grazing his chin, his pensive countenance with downwar...
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Vintage 1920s English Neoclassical Revival Statues
Materials
Cast Stone
A Pair of Terracotta Urns with Swags and Lion Masks
Located in Katonah, NY
A pair of stoneware urns by J.M. Blashfield, each body ornamented with four lion masks joined by festoons of fruit and flowers, stamped on inside of rim, “J M Blashfield, Stamford”, ...
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Antique 1870s English Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Stoneware
A Bronze Cherub Holding a Fish
Located in Katonah, NY
A bronze fountain figure of a winged cherub holding a fish, the figure standing with proper right foot aloft, the right foot standing atop rock-work base with seashells, the fish of the koi variety, the whole in the spirit of Andrea del Verrocchio’s ca. 1470 “Putto with Dolphin”, and after a similar figure by Leonardo Rossi...
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1990s Italian Renaissance Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Mid-century English Cast Stone Birds on Pedestals
Located in Katonah, NY
A pair of composition stone birds on pedestals, the birds resembling eagles but with exaggerated, stylized features, including wavy oversized crest feathers, the birds upright lookin...
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Vintage 1950s English Modern Statues
Materials
Cast Stone
Bronze Figural Sundial by Robert Ingersoll Aitken
By Robert Ingersoll Aitken
Located in Katonah, NY
A bronze figural sundial with satyr figure by American sculptor Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878-1949), the satyr holding a large stylized shell while crouched beneath it, the shell top...
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Vintage 1910s American Aesthetic Movement Sundials
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th-century cast-iron twig seats marked by maker
By Janes Beebe & Co
Located in Katonah, NY
A rare pair of cast-iron seats in the “Twig” pattern, marked “JANES, BEEBE & CO.”, cast between 1847-1859. 33.5 ins. high, 34.5 ins. wide, 20 ins. deep.
Janes, Beebe & Co. was one o...
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Rustic Patio and Garden Furniture
Materials
Iron
Cast-iron Classical Figure of Diana de Gabii
Located in Katonah, NY
A fine cast-iron figure of Diana de Gabii, the Goddess standing next to a tree trunk and draped in robes, on its integral base.
This model of Diana is one of many replicas derived f...
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Antique 1880s French Neoclassical Statues
Materials
Iron
A Decorative Plaque of a Gardener in 17th-century Dress
Located in Katonah, NY
A composition stone wall plaque with arched top depicting the botanist and gardener, John Tradescant the Younger, standing in 17th-century dress with...
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Early 2000s English Tudor Garden Ornaments
Materials
Cast Stone
Carved Marble Figure of a Faun, Inspired by the Antique Original
Located in Katonah, NY
A carved marble figure of a faun playing the flute, the figure’s head is tilted to meet the flute in playing position, with left leg crossed in front of the right leg, and with left ...
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Antique 1890s Italian Neoclassical Revival Statues
Materials
Marble
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