Yew Tree House Antiques Sculptures

A pair of substantial cast iron recumbent lions with faces reminiscent of Maurice Sendak illustrations, in centurion poses as if flanking an entrance, still with traces of original p...

A majestic paddling swan with exquisitely carved features from spirited head, vigilant eyes and curved neck to webbed feet and showy tail. The raised wings with intricate profuse fea...

Two horses in solid bronze with rich oxidation and traces of original gilt, prancing and rearing, with raised knees, flared nostrils, flowing manes and flying tails, mounted on iron ...

An equestrian stable mascot of a champion horse, finely sculpted in English oak, capturing his alert, expressive face, with great attention to detail. Glass eyes. Mounted on a shield with carved...

Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with ...

A pair of Arts & Crafts brackets hand-carved in the shape of pouncing foxes on oak branches. Originally bench or table brackets, they have developed marvell...

A late 19th century-early 20th century carousel zebra by eminent creater Karl Muller in carved, painted wood. Ex-coll. Muller/Thummel studio in Molbitz, Ge...

Hand-carved wood lacquered box in the shape of a stylized toad with eyes and legs and lift-off top. Heavy and substantial. Japanese, early 20th c.

Fine Georgian marble bust of Major General Montagu-Roger Burgoyne, the 8th baronet of Sutton, Signed G. Garrard. Sculp, 1818. Sir Montagu-Roger Burgoyne, eighth baronet (d. 1817), army officer, was, like his father, a cavalry officer who rose to the rank of major-general. He entered the army as cornet in the Scots Greys in 1789, and in 1795 became lieutenant-colonel ofthe 32nd light dragoon guards. He was afterwards an inspecting field officer of yeomanry and volunteer corps. On 1 November 1791 he married Catherine (1772/3?1855), daughter of John Burton of Owlerton, Yorkshire; they had three sons and three daughters. Burgoyne died at his mother's house on Oxford Street, London, on 11 August 1817, whereupon the baronetcy passed to his eldest son, John-Montagu Burgoyne George Garrard ARA (31 May 1760 – 8 October 1826) was an English animal, landscape and portrait painter, modeller, sculptor, engraver and printmaker. He played a major role in lobbying Parliament to introduce legislation to protect the copyright of works by modellers of animal and human figures. Garrard came from a family of artists, tracing his descent back to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (c. 1561/62–1636) who was a painter to Queen Elizabeth I of England. He studied art first under a well-known drawing-master called Joseph Simpson,[3] then with Sawrey Gilpin, and in 1778 became a student of the Royal Academy, where, in 1781, he first exhibited some pictures of horses...

Very fine carved hammerhead shark executed in vividly grained exotic hardwood on naturalistic stand.

An early 19th century French carved bantam sporting a crown, well carved in pine. Good detailing to face, plumage, tail feathers and feet. Possibly originally from a ring toss game...

Unusual pair of lifesize English late 19th century sculpted lead dogs with raised front paws, and having expressive faces and well detailed coat. Note, s...

A handsome 19th century swift with beautiful fruitwood base on ball feet and matching turned acorn finial, brass centre rod and wooden collapsible ribs with original silk ties. Used ...

Fine French full bodied gilt copper rooster weathervane, with expressive face, fully formed tail and fantastic verdigris surface, on contemporary cast iron base

Charming early 19th Century Swedish folk art mangle board having a stylized horse handle, the body with geometric carving and traces of original polychrom...

Very rare carved and painted wood talbot, a now extinct breed of dog often found in heraldic devices in both England and Ireland, this example in original painted surface and possess...

English carved and polychrome decorated wood tobacconist’s trade sign in the form of a “Turk” wearing a distinctive headdress and dressed in a long robe, this advertising figure rela...

Most unusual English early 19th Century folk art carving of a wild man, most likely a newel post figure, depicted with groomed European hair, beard a...

A mid 19th Century folk art trade sign of demilune form, depicting a Native American chief holding a peace pipe and tomahawk wearing a headdress of white and red feathers, wearing a decorated tunic, supported by “s” scrolls, possibly a cover for a paddle boat wheel...

Rare pair of carved oak newel post figures probably depicting Sir Robert and Lady Brown, circa 1735. He is depicted with a page boy haircut, wearing a l...

A generous iron boot scrape with twisted shaft handle and bronze finial of a ram's head mounted on a heraldic helmet. Decorative scrolled base imprinted with "1928". In the manner...

Italian 19th century bronze bust of Augustus Ceasar, finely detailed and well patinated, standing on turned ebonized wood and marble socle plinth base.