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Pair of French Empire Gilt Patinated Bronze Three-Light Candelabra ca. 1815
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF EMPIRE GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Paris, France ca. 1815-35 raised on antico verde marble plinths
25 1/2" H x 9" W x 4 1/2" D
A very finely chiseled ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare French Bronze Sculpture Heron and Frog by Henri Alfred Jacquemart
By Henri Alfred Marie Jacquemart
Located in Shippensburg, PA
HENRI-ALFRED MARIE JACQUEMART
French, 1824-1896
Le héron pêcheur (Heron Devouring a Frog)
Patinated bronze, signed to base "A. JACQUEMART"; almost certainly cast by Auguste Delafon...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Sheep by Rosa Bonheur ca. 1860
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ROSA BONHEUR
French, 1822-1899
"Mouton Broutant" or Grazing Ewe
Dark-brown patina sand-cast bronze Signed in base "Rosa B." almost certainly cast by Peyrol (unmarked) circa 1860...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Antique Smoker’s Cane Walking Stick with Money & Matches Box
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VICTORIAN SMOKING CANE WITH A ROTATING MONEY BOX AND MATCH COMPARTMENT
Unmarked, probably English; late 19th/early 20th century
35" H x 2 1/8" W
An interesting smoker's cane, the ...
Category
20th Century British Folk Art Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Nickel
Antique English Carved Folk Art Dog Head Cane over Ebonized Black Shaft
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CARVED FOLK-ART DOG HEAD CANE OVER EBONIZED SHAFT
Probably English, circa late 19th century
37 1/4: H x 2 7/8" W
A very attractive late 19th century Victorian walking cane, it fea...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Mare and Foal” by Isidore Bonheur
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ISIDORE JULES BONHEUR
French, 1827-1901
"Mare and her Foal"
Sand-cast nuanced medium-brown patinated bronze
Signed in cast "I. BONHEUR" and cold-stamped PEYROL verso
Cast circa 187...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Panther of Tunisia” by Antoine-Louis Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1796-1875
Panther of Tunisia [smaller version]
Sand-cast patinated bronze
Signed in cast BARYE
Cast executed last quarter of the 19th century
3 1/2" H ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Dogs Chasing Rabbit” by Pierre Jules Mene
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIERRE-JULES MENE
French, 1810-1879
"Chasse au Lapin" (Dogs Hunting a Rabit)
Sand-cast and patinated bronze
Naturalistic base with cast signature "P.J. MÊNE"
Cast circa 1870 (Mêne-...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Original Antique Swiss Carved Black Forest “Walking Bear” ca. 1920
Located in Shippensburg, PA
RARE ORIGINAL CARVED BLACK FOREST "WALKING BEAR"
Probably Swiss, circa 1920
Retaining original glass black eyes
9 3/8" H x 5 1/8" D x 16 1/8" W
A finely carved Black Forest bear, ...
Category
20th Century Swiss Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture of Tunisian Water Carrier by Marcel Debut
By Marcel Debut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MARCEL DEBUT
French, 1865-1933
French Orientalist Model of a Tunisian Young Man Carrying Water
Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "Debut"
24 7/8" H x 11 3/8" D x 8 5/8" W
A...
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Marble Sculpture Statue Bust of Venus de Milo after the Antique
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR MODEL OF VENUS DE MILO AFTER ANTIQUITY
Italian a late 19th to early 20th century copy of the original of Antiquity carved from a single block of Carrara marble unsigne...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Rare French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture Arab Warrior after Jean Didier Debut
By Jean Didier Debut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JEAN-DIDIER DEBUT
French, 1824-1893
French Orientalist Model of a Janissaire Warrior
Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "E. Debut", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Ga...
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Bronze Sculpture “A Young African Kudu Cow” (2001) by Dan Ostermiller
By Dan Ostermiller
Located in Shippensburg, PA
DAN OSTERMILLER
United States, b. 1956
A Young African Kudu Cow (2001)
Patinated bronze on marble base signed to the reverse "(c) Dan Ostermiller 97 2/12" impressed "D" within "O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Pair of French Charles X Gilt & Patinated Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF GILT AND PATINATED CHARLES X CANDLESTICKS
Raised on animal paws circa first half of the 19th century
ref. 407RYG09P
13 1/8" H x 5 1/8" W x 4 1/2" D
A lovely pair of cand...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Charles X Candlesticks
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour 19th Century Marble Bust of Antinous as Hermes by Filli Pugi
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FILLI PUGI
Italian, fl. 19th century
Bust of the Capitoline Antinous after Antiquity
Carved Carrara Marble signed verso “Filli Pugi Firenze” executed circa late 19th century
Ite...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture of Tunisian Fruit Seller by Marcel Debut
By Marcel Debut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MARCEL DEBUT
French, 1865-1933
French Orientalist Model of a Young Boy Selling Fruit
Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "Debut", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Garanti Au T...
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Italian Antique Bronze Sculpture of Narcissus by Giorgio Sommer
By Giorgio Sommer
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR
Italy, late 19th century
"Narcissus"
Patinated bronze cast by the Giorgio Sommer foundry in Italy, original ink stamp to underside cast circa 1890-1910
stock ref. 406...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare British Bronze Sculpture “Snake Charmer” (1876) by Sir Thomas Brock
Located in Shippensburg, PA
SIR THOMAS BROCK R.A.
British, 1847-1922
"Snake Charmer" (1876)
Sand-cast and patinated bronze Unsigned, chiseled foundry mark for COX & SONS FOUNDERS cast circa 1880
Item # 409...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 36” French Bronze Sculpture of Warrior “Vainqueur” by Eugene Marioton
By Eugene Marioton
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EUGENE MARIOTON
French, 1857-1933
"Vainqueur"
Dark-brown patinated bronze signed "E. Marioton", foundry cachet for Siot-Decauville, cold-stamped D718 cast circa 1910
stock ref. ...
Category
20th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modernist American Bronze Sculpture “Resting Pig” by Dan Ostermiller ca. 1997
By Dan Ostermiller
Located in Shippensburg, PA
DAN OSTERMILLER
United States, b. 1956
Resting Pig (1997)
Patinated bronze on marble base signed to the reverse "(c) Dan Ostermiller 97 18/20"
Item # 412PXO13S
A rich, fine and ...
Category
20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Egyptian Bronze Sculpture “Goddess Isis” by Jules Franceschi
By Louis Julien (Jules) Franceschi
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LOUIS JULIEN (JULES) FRANCESCHI
French, 1825-1893
The Goddess Isis
Patinated bronze signed to the edge of base "J. FRANCESCHI" cast circa 1890-1900
Item # 409LRJ22W
A very fi...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Western Bronze Sculpture “Après la Danse" (1999), Dan Ostermiller
By Dan Ostermiller
Located in Shippensburg, PA
DAN OSTERMILLER
United States, b. 1956
"Après la Danse" (1999)
Patinated bronze signed in cast "(c) Dan Ostermiller" edition 20/20
ref. 412NFW10W
10 1/4" H x 13 5/8" D x 14 3/8...
Category
20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Modernist Sculpture Bust of a Man by Lucile Leslie Swan & Valsuani
By Valsuani Foundry
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Lucile Leslie Swan
United States, 1890-1965
Bust of a Man
Lost-wax patinated bronze signed in cast "L. Leslie /33", sealed verso "A. VALSUANI cire perdue"
Item # 410REP02A
Cast using the lost-wax method the Valsuani foundry was renowned for perfecting, this fine modernist bust showcases loose modeling to create a chaotic surface while articulating an exactiingly realist sense of her sitter. His powerful features and stoic profile evoke a character of great seriousness. The bust is cast hollow and is raised on an early wooden plinth.
Leslie Swan (born Lucile Swan, May 10, 1890, Sioux City, Iowa) was an American sculptor and painter, known for her sensitive and evocative portrayals of human figures, informed by her extensive travels and intellectual exchanges. After receiving early education at an Episcopal boarding school, she moved to Chicago in 1903 and began her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1908. In 1912, she married fellow artist Jerome Blum. Over the next decade, Swan’s artistic career took her to Corsica, Japan, China, Tahiti, and France, where she immersed herself in the diverse cultures and artistic traditions she encountered.
In 1924, following her divorce, Swan relocated to New York City, where she continued her work as both a painter and sculptor. Five years later, she accepted a significant commission from the Cenozoic Laboratory in Beijing, beginning a transformative period in her career. It was in China that she met the philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and their friendship would profoundly influence her work and life. Swan's portrait bust of Teilhard, now housed at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, remains one of her most celebrated pieces. She also created a reconstruction of the Sinanthropus skull, a project supervised by German anatomist Franz Weidenreich.
During her time in Beijing, Swan modeled a variety of subjects, from Western intellectuals to local Chinese figures. Her sculptures of children, Chinese jugglers, and sword dancers...
Category
20th Century American Busts
Materials
Bronze
Rare American Bronze Sculpture “Princeton Tiger” by Alexander Phimister Proctor
By Gorham CO.
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR
American, 1860-1950
"Princeton Tiger" (1910)
Dark-brown and autumnal patinated bronze signed in cast "AP PROCTOR 1912", "GORHAM CO FOUNDERS 0454 # 88" ...
Category
20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Standing Ram”, Isidore Jules Bonheur
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ISIDORE JULES BONHEUR
French, 1827-1901
"Standing Ram"
Patinated bronze sand-cast ca. 1870 signed to base "I. BONHEUR" no foundry mark but almost certainly cast by Peyrol under...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare 26” Georges Gardet “Desert Drama” Antique French Bronze Sculpture
By Georges Gardet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGES GARDET
French, 1863-1939
"Le Drame au Désert"
Patinated bronze Signed in cast "Georges Gardet" cold-stamped 3105 conceived 1887, cast circa 1910
Item # 411RAL12A
A ver...
Category
20th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Standing Greyhound” by Emmanuel Fremiet
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL FREMIET
French, 1824-1910
"Chien Levrier"
Patinated bronze signed E. Fremiet in naturalistic base cold-stamped 85, a Charles More cast
Item # 411PRB18X
An exquisite mo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American School Art Deco Bronze Sculpture “Hercules & The Hydra” ca. 1940s
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ART DECO
United States, circa 1940s
Hercules and the Lernean Hydra
Patinated bronze unsigned designed as a fountain
Item # 410TUG09E
Stark, minimal and thoroughly modernist, th...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of a Woman” by Cesare Ceribelli
By Cesar Constantino Ceribelli
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CESARE CONSTANTINO CERIBELLI
Italian, 1841-1918
"Bust of a Young Woman"
Polychromed and chemically patinated bronze signed to the reverse shoulder "C. Ceribelli" raised on origin...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of French Bronze Antique Mythological Amphora Garnitures ca. 1880
By Ferdinand Levillain, Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF BAS-RELIEF MYTHOLOGICAL AMPHORA GARNITURES RAISED ON ROUGE MARBLE BASES
Attributed to Ferdinand Levillain and Ferdinand Barbedienne unmarked executed circa 1880
Item # 604V...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Garniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Finely Cast French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture “Playtime” by Marcel Bouraine
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MARCEL-ANDRÉ BOURAINE
French, active 1918-1935
"Playtime"
Lost-wax cast and verde patinated bronze signed in cast "M. BOURAINE", the base edge "Susse Frs. Edts Paris", "cire purdu...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Marble Bust Sculpture of Classical Woman by Joseph Mozier ca. 1851
By Joseph Mozier
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JOSEPH MOZIER
United States, 1812-1870
Bust of a Classical Young Woman (1851)
Carved Cararra marble Signed to the reverse "J. MOZIER, Sc: ROME 1851"
Item # 406QSO30A
A stunningl...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture “Satyr with Deer” by Ary Bitter ca. 1930s
By Ary Bitter
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ARY JEAN LÉON BITTER
French, 1883-1973
"Enfant satyr aux biches s'abreuvant" (Young Satyr with Drinking Deer)
Lost-wax patinated bronze raised on original Rosso Levanto marble base...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare American Marble Bust of Classical Woman by Thomas Ridgeway Gould
Located in Shippensburg, PA
THOMAS RIDGEWAY GOULD
United States, 1818-1881
Bust of a Classical Woman (1872)
Carved Cararra marble signed to the reverse "T.R. GOULD fecit / FLORENCE / 1872"
Item # 407NXP09P
...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Resting Bull” by Rosa Bonheur ca. 1870-90
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ROSA BONHEUR
French, 1822-1899
"Boeuf Couché" (Resting Bull)
Patinated sand-cast bronze Signed "Rosa B" in base conceived 1846, cast circa 1870-90
Item # 408TGI08P
The original...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Giuliano de Medici after the Antique, 19th century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AFTER MICHELANGELO OF ANTIQUITY
Grand Tour Model of Giuliano de Medici from the Medici Chapel in Florence
Patinated sand-cast bronze numbered on the back corner "5505", otherwise u...
Category
Early 20th Century European Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1880s French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Find in Pompeii!” by Hippolyte Moulin
By Thiebaut Freres
Located in Shippensburg, PA
HIPPOLYTE ALEXANDRE JULIEN MOULIN
French, 1832-1884
"Une Trouvaille à Pompéi" (A Find in Pompeii)
Sand-cast and patinated bronze Signed on base "Moulin", sealed with foundry cache...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Circa 1880 French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Resting Bull” by Rosa Bonheur
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ROSA BONHEUR
French, 1822-1899
"Boeuf Couché" (Resting Bull)
Patinated bronze Signed "Rosa B" conceived 1846, a lifetime cast circa 1880 cold-stamped PEYROL to the reverse
Item...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Carved Alabaster Sculpture Statue of Napoleon, 20 1/2” H
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRENCH SCHOOL
Circa late 19th/early 20th century
"Standing Napoleon"
Carved alabaster signed in script to the reverse of the base "Moreau"
Item # C104701
A lovely decorative scu...
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Fine Japanese Meiji Bronze Okimono Sculpture of a Rat with Chestnut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
UNKOKU
Japan, late 19th/early 20th century
A Rat Grasping a Chestnut
Patinated bronze signed to underside
Item # 407CJE29P
A fine late 19th to early 20th century bronze okimono ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Parian Porcelain Bust of “Tanagra” after Emmanuel Villanis ca. 1890
By Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL VILLANIS
French, fl. 1880-1920
"Tanagra"
Parian porcelain bust over gilt bronze plinth raised on marble base over bronze plate signed in shoulder "E. Villanis" cast circ...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Bronze Two-Handled Pompeiian Cups circa 1875
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GRAND TOUR PAIR OF BRONZE IVY AND VINE BAS-RELIEF DECORATED TWO-HANDLED 'SCYPHUS' (OR 'SKYPHOS') CUPS ON BLACK MARBLE SOCLE AFTER ANTIQUITY
Cast by the fo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French 19th Century Bronze Sculpture “Gardant du Gibier” by Pierre-Jules Mêne
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIERRE-JULES MÊNE
France, 1810-1879
"Chien Gardant du Gibier" (1850)
Sand-cast patinated bronze signed in cast "P.I. MÊNE 1850" cast circa 1870-1880
Item # 405ZIM29Q
One of Mên...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Narcissus”
Located in Shippensburg, PA
RAND TOUR
Italy, late 19th century
"Narcissus"
Patinated bronze cast by the Michele Amodio foundry of Naples, signed to base cast third quarter of 19th century
Item # 406SKN07W
...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French 1880s Bronze Sculpture “Tiger Walking” by Antoine-Louis Barye
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
France, 1796-1875
Tigre Qui Marche
Sand-cast bronze with medium-brown, black and coppery patination signed "BARYE" with gently raised edges, incised "F. BARBED...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English Antique Marble Bust “Lady Layard” by John Warrington Wood ca. 1870
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JOHN WARRINGTON WOOD
British, 1839-1886
Bust of a Woman, almost certainly depicting Lady Layard (1870)
Carrara marble signed to the reverse "WARRINGTON WOOD SCULPT ROMA 1870"
Item # 405UGP17Q
A very finely carved marble bust that almost certainly depicts Lady Layard (British, 1843-1912) at 27 years of age. While the bust is not titled, John Warrington Wood had a relationship with the family, first sculpting Lady Mary Enid Evelyn Layard's husband and cousin Henry Austin Layard the year before in London in 1869. Wood exhibited that bust at the Royal Academy in 1870 and the same year Lady Layard would have sat down with him in Rome for the completion of this bust. Interestingly, Henry Layard decided he did not like the bust that was completed of him and eventually re-commissioned Wood to complete the bust again 12 years later in 1881, that example held in the permanent collection of The National Gallery in London. The same year, John Warrington Wood executed a second bust of Lady Layard that is held in the permanent collection of the British Museum of Art (acc. no. OA.10557). It is interesting to view the painting completed by Vicente Palmaroli y González...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Fine and Rare “Valet de Limier” Antique Bronze Sculpture by Pierre Jules Mene
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PIERRE JULES MENE
French, 1810-1879
"Valet de Limier" (1879)
Sand-cast bronze with medium-brown patination with underlying copperish hues Cast signa...
Category
20th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Tiger and Tortoise” after Georges Gardet
By Georges Gardet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGES GARDET
French, 1863-1939
"La Tigre et la Tortu" [The Tiger and the Tortoise] (1886)
Sand-cast bronze with verde, red, brown and black patination signed to the base "GEORGE...
Category
Early 20th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare American Western Sculpture “Desert Rat” (1928) by J. Clinton Shepherd
Located in Shippensburg, PA
J. CLINTON SHEPHERD
United States, 1888-1975
"The Desert Rat" (1928)
Patinated bronze signed "(c) 1928 J. CLINTON SHEPHERD", cold stamped "GORHAM CO FOUNDERS QGCB"
Item # 405KOB04A
An exceedingly rare cast of J. Clinton Shepherd's study of a Western miner and his pack mule titled "The Desert Rat", it features a tired old-timer with his worn and weathered features trodding along with his pickaxe resting on top of the full pack and a sturdy walking stick in his other hand. The sheer rarity of the cast perhaps is due to the timing of his model, which was modeled in 1928 and started production at Gorham almost in sync with the beginning of the Great Depression. Shepherd saw his income from sculpture dwindle to such a degree that he was forced to begin illustrating thriller novels during the 1930s. The only other model we have seen on the open market was offered at Christie's in New York on November 30th of 1990 (lot 86) with an estimate of $ 10-15,000. An example of this sculpture is recorded in the Smithsonian American Art Museum index of American Art as being preserved in the permanent collection of the University of Delaware (acc. no. 64.2.007); it is also held in the Birmingham Museum of Art (acc. no. 1978.41).
Joy Clinton Shepherd was born on September 11, 1888, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Charles and Emma Shepherd. He was the third of five children, and his family lived on Twenty-third Street. His father, a men's suit salesman, enabled Joy to attend college after high school. Joy studied at the University of Missouri at Kansas City before leaving in 1909 to travel to the Northwest with his brother, where they lived with the Crow Indians and learned their customs.
In 1910, Joy moved to Chicago and enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago where he graduated in 1914. He subsequently studied at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and afterwards worked as a freelance artist. He married Gail English, a fellow art student, in 1915. In 1916, he joined the Illinois National Reserve as a bugler. Despite a hearing defect, he served until 1919 when he moved to New York City to work as a freelance artist for magazines like Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post.
Joy adopted the signature "J. C. Shepherd" and found success throughout the 1920s. He and Gail moved to Westport, Connecticut, and had two children, Joy and Charles. In addition to illustration, he pursued a career as a sculptor of western bronzes.
The Great Depression shifted his work to pulp magazine covers...
Category
20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Bronze Sculpture “Matador with Cape” (1953) by Malvina Hoffman
By Malvina Hoffman
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MALVINA HOFFMAN
United States, 1885-1966
"Matador with Cappo” (1953
Lost-wax cast, polychromed and patinated bronze signed in cast "M. HOFFMAN 1953", edge engraved "ROMAN BRONZE W...
Category
20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Rococo Gilt-Bronze Malachite Encrier Inkwell Desk Set ca. 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ROCOCO ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE VENEERED ENCRIER
Circa 1880 unmarked of exceedingly fine quality
Item # 404XKP19B
An exceedingly fine malachite veneered encrier (inkwell), it feat...
Category
Antique 19th Century Rococo Inkwells
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Circa 1880 Antique French Bronze Sculpture Bust by Eugene Aizelin
By Eugene-Antoine Aizelin, F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EUGENE AIZELIN
French, 1821-1902
Bust of a Young Woman (1864)
Patinated bronze raised on an original turned rouge marble base over brass rim signed on shoulder "Eug. Aizelin 1864"...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Busts
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
19th Century Pair of French Louis XVI Style Antique Bronze Violet Marble Vases
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED BRECHE VIOLETTE MARBLE VASES
Circa third quarter of the 19th century
Item # 403TET18P
A lovely matched pair of vases in the Louis XV ta...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price / set
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Pair of French Antique Four-Light "Satyr & Bacchante" Candelabra after Clodion
By Claude Michel Clodion
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE FOUR-LIGHT GILT AND PATINATED CANDELABRA OF YOUNG BACCHANTESSE & SATYR
After the models by Claude Michel, known as Clodion France, circa 1870
Item # 403SAY11...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Henry Dasson Four-Light Candelabra after Clodion circa 1895
By Henry Dasson
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VERY FINE PAIR OF CANDELABRA WITH SATYR PUTTO EACH RAISING FOUR-LIGHTS
Cast by Henry Dasson after the original models by Claude Michel known as Clodion gilt and patinated bronze ove...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Bronze Sculpture “Charles VII, The Victorious” by Antoine-Louis Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1796-1875
"Charles VII, The Victorious"
Sand-cast dark-brown over medium-brown patinated bronze signed "BARYE", cold-stamped underside "43" "00" and pu...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Sculpture “Tiger Devouring Gazelle” after Antoine-Louis Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1795-1875
"Tigre Dévorant une Gazelle (second edition)"
Medium-brown autumnal patinated sand-cast bronze Signed in cast "BARYE", incised "F. BARBEDIENN...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,800 Sale Price
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Fine 19th Century Near-Pair of Regency Tole-Painted Chestnut Urns
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A FINE NEAR-PAIR OF REGENCY TOLE-PAINTED CHESTNUT URNS WITH LION MASKS
Probably Dutch, ca. first half of the 19th century
Item # 402YTP08P
An incredibly beautiful pair of chestnut u...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Regency Urns
Materials
Chestnut, Paint
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Awakening of Nature” by Emile Picault
By Émile Louis Picault
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMILE PICAULT
French, 1833-1915
"Reveil de la Nature" (The Awakening of Nature)
Sand-cast patinated bronze signed to naturalistic base "E. PICAULT" with the title of the work embo...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare French Modernist Bronze Sculpture of “Eve” (1937) by Aime Octobre
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JEREMIE AIMÉ DELPHIN OCTOBRE
French, 1868-1943
"Eve" (1937)
Lost-wax verdigris and medium-brown patinated bronze signed in the cast "AIME OCTOBRE 1937",...
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
