Bridges Over Time Decorative Objects

A lovely and well cast 19th century or early 20th century example of the Pompeian Dancing Faun. This grand tour Neo Classical bronze stands approx 12.75 inches tall about half size...

A clever fitted sculptured steel box in the Brutalist style by the noted Des Moine Iowa artist James Bearden. Titled “Barnacle Box,” the piece was acquired directly from the rtist. T...

A wonderful Brutalist torch cut steel sculpture by the noted Des Moines Iowa Artist James Bearden. This piece was acquired directly from the artist. It is monogrammed on the side JB....

A vintage 1970s Aurora clock. These stunning clocks are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art MOMA in NY. Developed in the 1970s by a NASA engineer and an architect these stu...

A stunning torch cut steel and fused bronze vessel by the noted Des Moines, Iowa artist James Bearden. This piece is part of the artist’s Spore series and we are fortunate to have a ...

A lovely and well cast example of the Pompeian Dancing Faun. This grand tour bronze stands approx 12 inches tall on it’s marble base and is about half size of the original unearthed...

A wonderful whimsical terracotta group of a mother horse and her foal by the Austrian Master Kitty Rix Tihacek. It is well marked and monogrammed on the base. It is impressed with th...

A beautiful Black Marble Cubist style sculpture of a nude woman. Grand in scale this sculpture is large and quite substantial. It is heavy. Nice grained. It is not signed but we ac...

A beautiful porcelain nude lady byHugo Meisel (German, 1887 - 1966) for Schwarzburger Werkstatten. The glazed procelain is elegantly down. "Schwarzburger Werkstatten Fur Porzellank...

A nice little bronze Grand Tour souvenir bronze of the Dying Gaul a famous sculpture of antiquity preserved in Rome. This bronze has nice detail. The patina is worn in some places and it is in estate found condition. We haven’t tried to clean or polish it. Some patina loss minor nicks and surfaces scratches, please see the detailed photos. For this interested this from Wikipedia about the original sculpture: The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian[2] (Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a copy of a now lost Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze.[3] The original may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Galatians, the Celtic or Gaulish people of parts of Anatolia. The original sculptor is believed to have been Epigonus, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon. Until the 20th century, the marble statue was usually known as The Dying Gladiator, on the assumption that it depicted a wounded gladiator in a Roman amphitheatre.[4] However, in the mid-19th century it was re-identified as a Gaul or Galatian and the present name "Dying Gaul" gradually achieved popular acceptance. The identification as a "barbarian" was evidenced for the figure's neck torc, thick hair and moustache, weapons and shield carved on the floor, and a type of Gallic carnyx between his legs.[5] Description The white marble statue, which may originally have been painted, depicts a wounded, slumped Gaulish or Galatian Celt, shown with remarkable realism and pathos, particularly as regards the face. A bleeding sword puncture is visible in his lower right chest. The warrior is represented with characteristic Celtic hairstyle and moustache with a Celtic torc...

A nice neoclassical bronze Grand Tour souvenir candlestick. Likely late 19th/early 20th century bronze from Italy. Nice color and detail. It is approximately 123.5 inches tall. In go...

A lovely inlaid wood and Shagreen Jewelry Box by the acclaimed design firm of R&Y Augousti. This lovely handcrafted piece is made in the Philippines. It features a shagreen border on...

A beautiful pair of Lino Sabattini post modern silver plated candlesticks from his Harmony series of 1989/90. They are marked on the side of one upright. they each have four candleho...

A lovely Neoclassical Bronze of a woman draped in a toga with a lyre. Mounted on a small marble base. Nice age and patina. Signed although I believe the signature may have been adde...

A nicely cast bronze Neoclassical Grand Tour souvenir of the Herculaneum Athlete or Runner. It’s nicely done with fine detail and has a Panama Pacific Exposition label on the base, w...

A lovely post modern sculpture by the noted artist Bob Stimmel. Titled “Urban Reverie II” on the base and numbered 19/50. It is in good condition with a few flecks of paint missing ...

Luc Lanel (French, 1893-1965) for Christofle, France. Art Deco patinated and gilt bronze dinanderie vase, early 20th century. The vase is of bottle form featuring a cylindrical neck ...

A lovely bronze neoclassical Grand Tour Souvenir depicting Cupid fashioning and arrow on his anvil. The sculpture is after the antique. It is numbered. Most likely Italian. It has ni...

a monumental pair of steel sculptures depicting a man and woman by the noted California artist Suzanne (Susanne) Regan Pascal. We’ve been fortunate to have had quite a few of her works of=ver he years ago, mostly in her main medium of carved slag glass. This is our first opportunity to present some of her steel sculpture. The larger male figure is almost 10 feet tall. The sculpture are in good condition with minor nicks, abrasions scratches and imperfections. A brief bio from Askart follows: Biography from the Archives of askART Photo of Suzanne (Regan) Pascal Suzanne Pascal...

A beautiful Gucci desk set from the 1970’s. This set belonged to the estate of Daniel Schwartz and we acquired it with the Alligator set Frank Sinatra Gifted to him which is availab...

A stunning Malachite box out an estate collection of 4 rare specimen boxes. This box has beautifully graining and great color. It still has the remnants of a label on the bottom. It ...

A stunning Lapis Lazuli box out an an estate collection of 4 rare specimen boxes. This box has beautifully graining and great color. It still has the ...

A beautiful vintage Rhodochrosite box out of a collection of 4 rare stone boxes we recently acquired out of an estate collection. This box has stunni...

A stunning Rhodochrosite box retailed by the venerable Leopoldo Menegetti of Florence/ Firenze. The box probably dates to the 1950’s and is from a co...

A lovely bronze antique sculpture of a fisherman after the antique excavated in Naples in the early 19th century. These Grand Tour Souvenirs were extremely popular in the 19th and ea...

A beautiful pair of whimsical candlesticks by Pierre Casenove for Fondica. They feature birds in flight. One is colored red. Both are signed Casenove. They each have felted bottoms....

A fabulous Gucci 5 piece Desk set in a Crocodile or Allifgator grain leather or real skin. It was gifted by Frank Sinatra to his close friend and neighbor Daniel Schwartz of Rancho Mirage, a neighboring town of Palm Springs. It is marked on the inside DS Noel FS. It was purchased from the estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz. The desk pad has a new green paper blotter. The ink blotter has a new matching green paper. The set is in remarkably good condition. We have a similar set listed for sale on this site. This set dates from the 1970’s. It was featured in an ad in Architectural Digest from the period. The desk pad is approximately 19.25x15.25 inches. The leather is in good condition. There are numerous rough edge spots and minor marks throughout. The letter opener has some gold plate loss. Please see the detailed photos Provenance: Black leather pieces gifted by Frank Sinatra to Daniel Schwartz. Property from the Estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz, Rancho Mirage, California. Footnote: Frank Sinatra and Daniel (Danny) Schwartz first met in the early 1960s at Sinatra's Cal Neva Resort and Casino in Crystal Bay, Nevada, where they formed a close, decades long friendship. Schwartz and Sinatra were neighbors at the Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage and golfed together, spent evenings at Melvyn’s Restaurant, Palm Springs, attended weekly dinner parties with family and friends, enjoyed trips to Las Vegas for games of Baccarat and Sinatra’s performances. Schwartz and his wife, Natalie, hosted Sinatra’s appointment as Honorary Mayor of Cathedral City, California in 1971. Beyond their friendship, Schwartz and Sinatra shared numerous business ventures including thoroughbred ownership and philanthropic projects such as the Barbara Sinatra...

A wonderful steel ribbon sculpture by the noted California Artist Elijah David Herschler. The piece is signed on the very bottom on one side. It...

A wonderful pair of 19th Century carved oak folk art figures that are mounted on newer iron stands. These are likely English or possibly American. Beautifully carved and rendered. Th...

We were fortunate to acquire a few pieces of the late noted Palm Springs artist Bill Anson. He was a former NASA engineer who turned to art later in life. This unsigned work is in hi...

A nice porcelain or parian type figurine of a nude female by Rudolf Kaesbach for Rosenthal. In very good condition signed on the base and marked Rosenthal on the bottom. It is 12 inc...

Lovely porcelain figurine of a nude by the Augarten Porcelain Manufacture of Vienna, Austria. Marked with the company logo on the base. In excellent condition. Some museum wax and st...

A magnificent monumental pottery horse by the Guerrieri Cermic works of Murano Italy. The piece is at the same time whimsical and charming while also quite imposing as you can see i...

A nice little Cartier Crystal Inkwell. It came with a matching Pasha Pen. It is dated 1989 and signed on the interior of the lid and features the logo on the...

A wonderful whimsical Elephant. It is hand built of terracotta with white clay tusks and toes. Not signed or any indication of origin, but out of a local Palm Springs estate. It’s in...

A wonderful Mexican Chicken or baby Chick most likely by Alexander Blazquez. We’ve had quite a few of his pieces over the years. The labels were always paper and prone to come off. M...

A Large Neo Classical Bronze Grand Tour Sculpture depicting a Faun and Pan perhaps. I’ve seen this described as Satyr and the infant Dionys...

A lovely Majolica Giraffe. Large glazed terracotta sculpture of a sitting Giraffe stamped on the base Italy three times in a seal. In good condition with some minor glaze imperfectio...

A wonderful bronze abstract in the form of a female nude mounted on a terrazzo base. It is by the noted Mexican artist Jonas Gutierrez Castillo. It is signed Jonas 99 PA near the base. PA stands for Pruebas de Artista or Artist's Proof. The bronze has a beautiful warm brown gold patina. The base is a heavy terrazzo with lots of inclusions. The base has some losses to the edges which are pictured in detail. The bronze has some patina inclusions or spots, pictured as well. One of the artist's more notable works is a massive bronze title the The Stone Eater on Puerto Vallarta's Malecon. We've attached a biography of the artist courtesy of Galleria Dante of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico below: Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco in 1966. The artist began to sculpt at an early age. In 1980, he helped create the monumental public sculpture "La Estampida", which is located at a busy intersection in his hometown, near the emblematic building of the Hotel Riu. Jonás Gutiérrez is known in Puerto Vallarta for his monumental 2.4-meter-high bronze and obsidian sculpture...

A wonderful large kinetic sculpture by the noted Minnesota artist Bruce Stillman. We've been fortunate to own quite a few of Mr. Stillman's works over the years and have always enjoy...

An interesting decorative sculpture, this etched horn is mounted on a tesselated bone base. It is very much in the style of Maitland Smith or a similar company. The horn is likely a ...

A fabulous and rare Gucci 4 piece desk set in either Alligator or Crocodile real leather or embossed leather. Likely from the 1970's although I've see...

A wonderful and extremely detailed bronze of a girl holding a bunny by the noted American Artist Edward Fenno Hoffman III. It is signed and dated 1977 and also numbered 4/10. It is p...

A massive studio pottery sculpture out of terracotta. Beautiful glazed it earthen hues. Quite striking, it has an open top, and slightly flared base. The bottom has two firing cracks...

An elegant hand thrown studio pottery vase in an earth tone glaze. Lovely shape and quite large at a shade under 2 feet. 6 inches in diameter. In good condition, with minor imperfect...

A whimsical cute bronze with great patina and color by the noted San Francisco California artist Douglas Brett. It is mounted on what looks like black granite. it is signed and dated...

A set of fabulous aluminum two sided monumental sculptures by the renown British Sculptor Roy Rasmussen. They were identified for us by a relative of the artist as "Ida II and Maren". They are mounted to bases by posts that can be easily set into the ground where they can be mounted outdoors. As aluminum they will not rust and can withstand the weather. Both are signed and dated 71. They are 77 inches tall as pictured. The actual rectangular pieces are 66.75 inches tall. They are 22.5 inches wide and approximately 8 inches deep. In good condition with minor imperfections and age appropriate wear and tear. From the artist's Website: Born in London, England in 1919 of Anglo Danish parentage, he was the third generation of a family of craftsmen in metal. His grandfather had originally worked with metal in Denmark, but it was an uncle in the United States who had used aluminium to produce artistic sculptural forms attracting press coverage. This was the catalyst which led him to embark on studying the techniques of exploiting that medium. Early working life had exposed him to the crafting of sheet metal and different welding techniques through the car industry at Rolls Royce and then working later in the production of artificial limbs. Initially pursuing art of a representational nature with great success, his first work was completed and exhibited in 1954. A year later he presented two new works, which were then exhibited at the Aluminium Centenary Exhibition in Britain run by the Aluminium Development Association at the Royal Festival Hall and visited by H.R.H Prince Philip. Roy Rasmussen was to earn widespread recognition from this landmark beginning. A chance spell in Egypt as a young man (due to military service during the War) had exposed him to ideas and inspirations which would be nurtured and regenerated some decades later. The mysteries and splendors of Egyptian art were enveloped and symbolized into shapes and emblematic forms, and were to remain a powerful influence in many of his works, as he turned away from purely representational or figurative sculpture. From the early 196os his works were exhibited widely: from many London West End galleries to, internationally, exhibiting at shows such as the British Council at the German Industries Fair and the English Expressionists at the Galerie Creuze in Paris. He had in the late fifties joined the artist Lyall Watson who founded and opened the Woodstock Gallery, off of Bond Street in London, and worked closely with him as a director and artist of the gallery throughout its formative years. In 1967 he left the Woodstock Gallery and moved to the newly opened John Whibley Gallery on Cork Street in Mayfair where he remained as resident artist until it closed in 1977. His association with the Free Painters and Sculptors group, where he had been an early member since the 1950s, was further sealed in 1984 when he became director of their Loggia Gallery with its sculpture garden, in Buckingham Gate, Westminster. He exhibited there throughout the many years following. After his death in 2014 the Free Painters and Sculptors set up the Roy Rasmussen Award to be presented annually, 'in recognition of one of our founding members Roy Rasmussen, a revered sculptor and historian, whose years of dedication have inspired generations of FPS artists'. SELECTED LIST OF MAJOR AND NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS Aluminium Centenary Exhibition, Royal Festival Hall 1955 Society of Portrait Artists 1957 Drian Gallery Exhibition 1957 'New Vision' Denis Bowen New Vision Gallery 1957 'Painter and Sculptor Collaborate' Woodstock Gallery 1959 Inaugural Exhibition Woodstock Gallery 1959 'Symposium' Royal Institute of British Architects 1959 'Expressionistes de Londres' Galerie Raymond Creuze, Paris 1960 'Art Alive' International Collection, Northampton 1960 Maurice...

A wonderful bronze cat by the noted California artist Barbara Beretich. It is titled Tanko and is signed and dated underneath 9/21/96. It is numbered 6/24. It has developed a beautif...

A nice vintage mid century modern George Nelson for Howard Miller 4766 Clock in working condition. The clock has an alarm function that is working as well. The clock bears a Treadway...

A wonderful example of a mid century design by George Nelson for the Howard Miller clock company, this Chronopak Model 4765A clock is in beautiful condition and running well and keep...

A nice metal sculpture of Pan playing his pipes or flutes. neoclassical grand tour sculpture after the antique. This beautifully cast and finished example is mounted on a round marbl...

A lovely and well cast example of the Pompeian Dancing Faun. This grand tour bronze stands approx 11.75 inches tall about half size of the original unearthed in Pompeii. Beautiful p...

A beautiful Art Deco compact by Black Starr and Gorham. It is Sterling Silver with a 14k Gold accent on top, fitted with 3 small precious stones likely rubies. The compact is in est...

A pretty graduated set of Candlesticks or Prickets by Dolby Cashier from the 1980's. This was a brand name or trademark of Gallery House Inc of Illinois...

A lovely working Movado Ermeto traveling alarm clock. Covered in a lizard or faux lizard skin. The clock watch winds as you open and close the case. Opens and closes smoothly and has...

Stunning pair of massive “Hand” vases by Pols Potten of The Netherlands. Marked PP Global from Holland on a sticker. These appear to be hand thrown with ribbing up the pieces. Beauti...

A wonderful abstract sculpture by the noted Palm Springs artist Anwar Fonseca. Mr Fonseca’s art has been featured regionally and this evocative work is titled “Desert Owl.” It is la...

A lovely Victorian mother of pearl inlaid inkwell with cut glass ink containers. It's likely rosewood or some other hard wood like macassar ebony. It is in good condition for its age...

A nice collection of mounted vintage car horns. These are likely early to middle 20th century examples. They are mounted on newer black painted iron bases...

A nice abstract figurative bronze cast at the prestigious Roman Bronze Works of New York in 1963. It is so signed and dated. It also is monogrammed J.E.M...