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Young Boy Riding a Turtle, Patinated Bronze Fountain Head Sculpture, c. 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
A delightful circa 1920 antique patinated cast bronze fountain head sculpture depicting a cherubic young boy riding a turtle, and more specifically, a Galápagos tortoise.
With a ben...
Category
Early 20th Century Empire Revival Fountains
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Wells Fargo Building Painted Cast Iron Winged Mountain Lion Grotesque, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking and uncommon circa 1900 painted cast iron winged California mountain lion and bighorn sheep motif grotesque (aka gargoyle) believed to be from a Wells Fargo bank building ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Beaux Arts Architectural Elements
Materials
Iron
Antique Chinese Ming Dynasty-Style Equestrian Roof Tile, 18th C.
Located in San Francisco, CA
A circa 18th century Chinese Ming dynasty-style equestrian form glazed pottery roof tile.
Classic figural depiction of a proud celestial warrior on horseback, hand-crafted of eart...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Ming Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Earthenware, Terracotta
Large Hand-Carved Cypress Knee Figural Sculpture After Botticelli's Venus, 1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively sized and strikingly beautiful semi-nude female figural sculpture strongly evocative of Sandro Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", hand-carved from an unusually large cypr...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cypress
Large Mexican Folk Art Wrought Iron Rooster Weathervane, c. 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large circa 1940 Mexican Folk Art wrought iron rooster weathervane presented on a rustic reclaimed wood base.
Features a sheet metal rooster perche...
Category
Vintage 1940s Mexican Folk Art Weathervanes
Materials
Wrought Iron, Sheet Metal
XL Blueprint Copy of “Proposed Golden Gate Bridge Crossing of San Francisco”
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fascinating and expansive six-foot-wide 1950s copy on paper of a historically important and rare 1923 panoptic engineering blueprint titled “Proposed Highway Crossing - San Francisco to Sausalito” by John G. Little & Co. It depicts a pair of suggested solutions for bridging the world famous Golden Gate, the mile-wide strait where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean.
Both crisply rendered San Francisco-to-Sausalito crossings are meticulously drafted in full at 1” = 400’ scale, with each having a total length of 22,780 feet (4.31 miles). The proposal at top depicts a high-level bridge with three 1,100 ft. spans, and the proposal at bottom depicts a combination trestle-and-tube design that presciently evokes the similarly submerged Transbay Tube that would open fifty years later nearby. Little estimated their respective costs to be $14,000,000 and $11,000,000—or approximately $215,333,000 and $169,190,000 when adjusted for inflation.
As shown in the aerial view map at top right, the proposed connection points would’ve been near where Van Ness...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Industrial Prints
Materials
Paper
Vintage Monumental Carved Wood Tiki Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a large vintage 1960s carved wood Tiki sculpture.
Classic style, giving you the feel of the tropics.
It's signed by the artist S.K.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brutalist Statues
Materials
Wood
Malcolm Leland Ceramic Bird Shelter for Architectural Pottery Model 21 L
By Architectural Pottery, Malcolm Leland
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a Malcolm Leland "Bird Shelter" for Architectural Pottery. A Model 21 L, first designed in 1951.
Shelter has a dark gold glazed, a long white hanging cord, and remov...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Garden Ornaments
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Sculptural and Tall Wrought Iron Plant Stands
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of tall wrought iron plant stands that are as sculptural as they are functional.
The body and base are each comprised of six 2 ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Wrought Iron
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Pair of 17th/ 18th Century Italian White Marble Baroque Ornaments
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Unique and very beautiful pair weathered white marble baroque ornaments. They most likely once adorned a church altar.
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Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
This beautiful and thick casted antique fireback is displaying Gabriel the angel congratulating Maria with the birth of Jesus Christ.
It all takes place under the star of Bethlehem while being watched from the side by a mule or and ox.
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Daydreaming Frog Bronze Sculpture with Golden Patina, Tubed as a Fountain
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American Cast Bronze Garden Fountain with Figural Boy Holding Koi Fish. C. 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast bronze garden fountain with standing figural boy holding Koi fish on a two-tiered shell form scrolled base with turtle at his feet, Late 19th century.
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Antique Cast Brass Lion Wreath Door Knocker
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3 Piece Wrought Iron Yard Gate Set
Located in New York, NY
Three piece wrought iron garden gate with twisted and square stock spindles and corner scrolls which is hinged and latched onto the matching side panels. There is existing old paint ...
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
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Located in Buisson, FR
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Located in London, GB
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Materials
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French 19th Century Folk Art Metal Rooster or Cockerel Weathervane
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful metal weathervane representing a rooster or cockerel,
France, 1850-1900.
Weathered and small losses. Measurement here below is inclusive the wooden base.
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Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Weathervanes
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