About Château Mike Bailey
Pearce Gallery offers an exquisite selection of antique bronze and canvas meticulously curated over the last 25 years. Each of these pieces was carefully hand-picked, considering their origin, background, quality, and state. With a preferred focus on French art of the early 19th century, Pearce Gallery offers pieces of art that transmit the significance, taste, and erudition of that which is portrayed, while, at the same time, adding a touch of sophistication and historical charm to surroundings.
Established in 20231stDibs seller since 2023
Featured Pieces
19th Century Demosthenes Bronze Sculpture by Barbedienne Foundry
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
A bronze figure representing Demosthenes (384-322 BC), a Greek statesman and orator. The sculpture is based on a Roman copy of an original Greek statue. The chocolate-brown patina of...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated Female Figure in French Fire-Gilt Clock from Empire Era
Located in 263-0031, JP
A French fire-gilt clock depicting a seated female figure - Urania, I presume, judging from the iconography. Empire Era, 1800-1815. The gilding sh...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Bust of Lucius Verus
Located in 263-0031, JP
Lucius Verus was Co-Emperor with Marcus Aurelius during the first nine years of Marcus’ reign. A handsome guy, his image became popular during and after his imperial days. This bust ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Holy Water Font
By Louis Kley, F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
Signed “Kley,” after Louis Kley, a French sculptor (1833-1911). Stamped with the circular “Collas” stamp indicating that the reduction of this cast from the original was performed ac...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Figure of a Marine, after the original by Charles Anfrie
By Charles Anfrie
Located in 263-0031, JP
The French sculptor Charles Anfrie (1833-1905) created a number of pieces on martial themes. This work, bearing a cartouche reading “Après le Combat,” shows what I surmise is a Frenc...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Bust Depicting Moliere by the Barbedienne Foundry
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
Houdin’s expressive yet classically poised bust of the 17th-century French playwright, originally in marble, has been finely cast and worked by the the Parisian bronze foundry Barbed...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Busts
Materials
Bronze
A Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Boy with a Goose
By F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in 263-0031, JP
After the Hellenistic original, apparently by the sculptor Boethus, a marble variant of which can be found in the Louvre. This sculpture, along with the Dying Gaul and the Scythian K...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Hellenistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble and Fire-Gilt-Bronze Directoire-Era Portico Clock Retour d'Egypte Style
Located in 263-0031, JP
A small, svelte French portico clock from the Directory Era, 1795-99. In the "Retour d’Egypte” style that became quite the hot thing following Napoleon’s - ahem! - incursion into Egy...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Egyptian Revival Mantel Clocks
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of Fire-Gilt and Patinated Bronze Candlesticks c. 1815 - 1830
Located in 263-0031, JP
These candlesticks couldn’t be more emblematic of the Restauration Era. The maker has taken the classical attributes so fetishized under the Empire Style and supplemented them with n...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Restauration Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Louis Philippe Era Animalier Chenets
Located in 263-0031, JP
These chunky chenets make no bones about their Romantic lineage and exhibit all of the passion you’d expect from artisans working in the period 1830 to 1848. Here, a nice yin-and-yan...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Restauration Era Fire-Gilt Bronze Clock Representing Hera
Located in 263-0031, JP
A mantel clock from the French “Restauration” era of 1815-1830 in fire-gilt bronze. The dial is enamelled white and the hours are depicted with Roman numerals. The figure represents ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Gilded Bronze Candlesticks from French Restauration Era
Located in 263-0031, JP
A pair of candlesticks in chiselled fire-gilt bronze from the French Empire or early Restauration Era. The pair, exemplifying the neoclassical iconography so popular in the Napoleoni...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
