Joseph Dasta Antiques Decorative Objects

Very unusual grand tour tiebacks. Portraits of Greek or Roman men. Carved walnut with some gilding. 19th century.

Parian bust of Diana. After the antique Greek Roman original. 19th Century. grand tour

Parian bust of Diana. After the antique Greek Roman original. 19th Century. grand tour

Parian bust of Apollo. After the antique Greek Roman original. 19th Century. grand tour

Solid brass pineapple covered urn. Warm gold color.

Antique repousse Sheffield table top frame. Hand wrought silver on copper. With original silk backing.

Antique American gilt picture frame. Rabbet measures 12.5" x 10.5" Perfect for a 12" x 10" painting. '

Large classical Etruscan Style Terracotta Vase. Hand painted.

Large antique Chinese bowl of good fortune. Mid 19th century cloisonné. Rich with color and symbols. In Chinese art bats represent good fortune. Bats flying upside down mean "blessi...

Carved profile bust of Leonardo Da Vinci. Mounted on velvet covered wood plaque. 19th century.

Bronze art deco ram sculpture by Paul A. Lobel from the RKO Roxy Theater, Rockefeller Center, New York. Hand wrought. Provenance: RKO, Roxy Center Theatre; Mr. Eugene Lee Schoen; M...

Poignant bronze sculpture of nurturing mother elephant and her calf. Rich brown patina with hints of verdigris. By American sculptor Dan Ostermiller. Signed and dated 1992. Casting n...

Abstract brutalist welded chrome sculpture by Jason Seley "Sculptor's Harp 2". An abstract deep sea monster. Created 1966. Seley's preferred medium was chrome bumpers. Unsigned. J...

Bronze sculpture Polished and patinated bronze sculpture. "Furnace Flowers" by mid century modern Italian sculptor Francesco Somaini (Italy 1926-20...

A large and early sand cast aluminum Modernist sculpture of a giraffe by Cuban American artist Manuel Carbonell. Pedestal included. Height is 73” with base. Presented by Joseph Da...

Vintage set of three French toleware planters. Mid 20th century.

Fancy brass , black lacquer with gilded decoration. A work of art. Swedish Coat of arms on dial. . Circa 1910. Working condition. Made by L.M. Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden.

Exotic carved teak sculpture. The sentinel with his sword drawn. 19th century architectural artifact.

French hand painted and gold gilt tole box. Late 20th century. Artist signed.

Chinese dragon boat double inkwell. Original glass inserts. Circa 1870's bronze. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fift...

Life size leopard wall mount. Hand painted terracotta. Italian. Mid 20th century. # modern Hollywood regency animal cat

Grand tour bronze sculpture of the "Crouching Venus" after the antique. Fine patina. 19th century. Ferdinand Barbedienne (French, 1821-1902). # nude fe...

John Conrad Lewis (American, b. 1942) Moon Bowl 1979, from the Moon Bottle series. Hand-blown glass with abstract landscape of red, pink, and blue ir...

Pair Venetian brass seahorse. Heavy cast brass. This is typical of the decorative mounts on the gondolas used to hold the tie line.

Antique continental brass Napoleon doorstop and desk bell. 19th century. Bell is 6.75" tall.

19th century grand tour carving of the "Medici" lion. Carved green porphyry granite. This is an unusually large size. Pieces carved porphyry granite are uncommon. It's hardness makes...

Victorian lady's hand door knocker. Heavy cast brass. Great decorative desk paperweight. 19th century.

Bronze heron by American sculptor Wayne Williams. Signed and dated 1993. Edition 2/2. Mounted on a walnut base. From Finger Lakes Magazine 2001: Art is everywhere in the Finger Lakes. Inspired by the region’s diverse scenery and lifestyles, artists pursue their creativity outdoors, in studios and in workshops. In the many well-established museums and galleries or at the newer fledgling arts organizations, a wide array of artistic styles and talents are represented. Often the artists, like Wayne Williams, share their artistic skill and passion through teaching at local colleges. Williams, who is retired after a 35-year career at Finger Lakes Community College, found his calling there. “I didn’t want to teach in public schools,” explains Williams of his career choice. “I wanted to be at the college level. CCFL (the Community College of the Finger Lakes, as it was then known) was literally creating a college, right from scratch.” The year was 1968 and Williams was charged with coordinating the new college’s art program. Rand Darrow, a CCFL student in that first year, remembers attending Williams’ art classes in a commercial building on Main Street just south of the railroad tracks in Canandaigua. Darrow appreciated his instructor’s relaxed manner. “He was a great teacher,” recalls Darrow, “cracking jokes all the time.” Darrow graduated with a major in Liberal Arts and continued on to SUNY Oswego where he earned a BA in fine arts. He taught art to elementary and middle school students for 30 years. These days Williams and Darrow typically cross paths at the Wayne County Arts Council in Newark where Williams and his wife, Marleen, are heavily involved. Williams offers classes in figure drawing and sculpture and hangs the gallery’s shows, including his former student’s “Slavic Tales of Novgorod” this past August. “I’d like to take a sculpture class from him,” says Darrow. In 2003 when Williams retired, the college honored him and another retiring art professor, Tom Insalaco, by renaming its art gallery the Williams-Insalaco Art Gallery. It was known formerly as Gallery 34 to recognize its origins at 34 North Main Street in Canandaigua. Williams held professor’s rank from 1976 and served as director of the art gallery beginning with its opening in 1983. Williams, who was born and raised in Newark, New York, says he began doing art at about age 8. By the time he was in junior high school his career direction seemed clear. He received local and national awards for his art and a scholarship to Syracuse University, from which he graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture. He continued with graduate work at Syracuse, receiving an MFA in sculpture in 1962. He worked full time as a sculptor until he began teaching. At one point Williams admits he wanted to be a painter, but didn’t want to adopt the abstract expressionist style in vogue in the 1950s, preferring to pursue the realist tradition. He advises any would-be artist to “do what you do because you love it.” After graduation he traveled abroad, spending time in Belgium, the land of his ancestors. “My family’s name was originally Willems,” explains the 73-year old who still relishes the time spent in the Flemish countryside. Williams speaks excitedly about art, referencing the lives of great artists. He acknowledges that American artists do not have the same stature as those in Europe, where Old Masters like Brueghel and Rembrandt are national heroes. These days the energetic Williams, known primarily as a sculptor, is active at the Phelps Arts Center where he is on the board of directors. In mid-September when a group of visitors on a motor coach tour explored artworks displayed in the beautiful church-turned- gallery, they were treated to a large number of Williams’ bronze and metal sculptures, along with his charcoal drawings. “I’ve always loved his work because he deals with things, people, and animals you understand,” says the center’s Director Emeritus Marion Donnelly, who has known him for many years. Outside the Phelps Community Historical Society, Williams’ life-size figure of a farmer raises his pitchfork above a colorful flower garden on the front lawn. Inspired by the peasants working the fields in Europe, the metal figure is shown with wooden shoes. This is Williams’ largest copper piece, loaned to the Phelps museum in connection with Artistry in Sculpture, a community exhibition in 2009. Williams added a new base using a metal wagon...

Carved Carrara marble bust of Augustus Caesar. Italian grand tour. Mid 19th century. #roman classical greek sculpture

Islamic Persian iron helmet with chainmail. Engraved with Arabic symbols. Early 20th century. Lucite display stand is included.

Amazing early American mortar and pestle. Possibly Native American. Hand carved hardwood from a single piece of wood. Early 19th century. Great old patina. Pestle/scoop measures 26" ...

Murano controlled bubble vase. There is a warm gold tone to the glass. A heavy globular form. Hand made Venice, Italy. Mid 20th century.

Abstract brutalist welded chrome sculpture by Jason Seley "Sculptor's Harp 2". An abstract deep sea monster. Created 1966. Seley's preferred medium was chrome bumpers. Unsigned. J...

Pair of Roman classical two handled urns. Patinated cast iron. Mid 19th century grand tour.

Majolica boxer dog. Life size.

Murano hand made latticinio bowl. Vintage mid century.

Murano glass mezza filigrana bowl. Hand made mid 20th century.

18th century continental eglomise painting of St John the Baptist preaching. Eglomise is a method of reverse painting on glass. In a go...

Neoclassical style hand painted wooden vases. Solid wood. circa 1960s. Near pair. Slight difference in color.

Cocobolo carved vase. Beautifully figured wood.

Ceramic Asian vase with shagreen glaze. Can also be used as a lamp base.

Antique monumental cloisonné floor vase. An exotic form with colorful enamel. Japanese Meiji period. Late 19th century. Enamel on bronze. Measure:...

Fine French orientalist bronze statue of David after the battle with Goliath by Antonin Mercie. This subject received the Medal of Honour when it was shown at the Paris Salon des Beaux Arts. Late 19th century. 42" high. Please, contact us for shipping options. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques Antonin Mercie(1845-1916) Mercié entered the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and studied under Alexandre Falguière and François Jouffroy, and in 1868 gained the Grand Prix de Rome at the age of 23. His first great popular successes were the David and Gloria Victis, which was shown and received the Medal of Honour of the Paris Salon. The bronze was subsequently placed in the Square Montholon.[2] The bronze David...

Grand Tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers or The Pancrastinae...

Large antique art pottery floor vase. Heavy drip glaze. Possibly Belgian. Early 20th century. Unmarked.

Modern Murano vase by Fratelli Tosa. Ebony and azure blue satin glass. Hand made Venetian glass. Retains the Tosa foil label. Mid-20th century.

Bronze statue of young goatherder by Oscar Gladenbeck. circa 1900. Signed "Oscar Gladenbeck Friedrichshagen". # nude male Grand Tour.

Exceptional and expressively carved solid walnut near life Size statue of nude woman raised on attached fluted column pedestal base in overall beautifully aged original rich surface ...

Roman verdigris bronze oil lamp. Flying cranes with running Mercury. After the original found in Pompeii. This lamp base would originally have had small oil lamps hanging from the cr...

Orientalist silver and gold gilt bronze box. Continental. 19th century. Original key and velvet lining.

Majolica Italian grey hound. Mid-20th century.

Italian ceramic terrier. 1950s. Very Hollywood Regency.

Murano blown glass lamp base. With unusual applied fee. Attributed to Barovier. Mid 20th century.

Murano glass "cefalopode" vase in the ancient Roman style. Finely made. Attributed to Salviati. Early 20th century.

Collection of six Italian leather boxes. Mid 20th century. Measures: Largest box 7.5" x 3.25" x 1.75. Smallest box 2.5" x 2" x 2".

Antique bust of Apollo of Belvedere. Finely carved carrara marble. Mid-19th century. Italian. Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques # nude male greek roman mercury statue...

Grand tour circa 1860s bronze of the Wrestlers. Rich fine dark brown patina. Marked "F. Barbedienne Fondeur." The Wrestlers also known as The Two Wrestlers, The Uffizi Wrestlers...

Bronze statue of young goatherder by Oscar Gladenbeck. Circa 1900. Signed "Oscar Gladenbeck Friedrichshagen".

Antique monumental cloisonné floor vase. An exotic form with colorful enamel. Japanese Meiji period. Late 19th century. Enamel on bronze. Measure:...

Large French Neoclassical sculpture of Androcles and the Lion. Exceptional quality casting and patina. Mid 19th century. The runaway slave Androcles became friends with a wounded lion...