Louchet Foundry

19th century Grand Tour patinated bronze figure statue of Silenus, The God of Wine. - Identical to that found in Herculaneum. An Greek mythology, Silenus was the tutor...

Gilded bronze bust of a courtesan by Eugène Antoine François Aizelin. Bust of a courtesan by Eugène Antoine François Aizelin ( 1821-1902 ), 19th century, gilt bronze and marble base...

Exceptional antique French bronze architectural element used as decorative object of art. Beautiful oxidized green-turquoise patina, lion heads vines and Greek key motif. one of a ki...

An impressive late 19th century gilt bronze mounted three-light marble lamp The Verde green marble with bronze foliage designs, the corners with thre...

Sculpture by René Lalique in sculpted glass Signed

Gilded bronze bust of Louise Brongniart by Houdon. Sculpture of a bust of Louise Brongniart by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), reproduction of the XIXth century.     h: 23cm , w: 1...

Small 1890s dore bronze bust of Shakespeare on a marble base.

A bronze Statuette of Arlequin by Charles-René de Paul de Saint-Marceaux Cast by Barbedienne. The mischievous Harlequin, arms crossed in contemplation, wearing a grin and a mask, tr...

Small bronze bust mounted on marble base of His Royal Highness, King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria. Quality detailing throughout.

A very impressive and decorative pair of late 19th Century Chinese Celadon porcelain vases / lamps. Each with wonderful raised floral and folate decoration with birds perched on the ...

A beautifully cast pair of French 19th century neoclassical patinated figural bronze nine arm candelabra after a model by Jaen Jacques Pradier They are signed J. Pradier and were converted into lamps in the 20th century. Each candelabra is cast as classically draped maiden with one representing Phyrne and the other unknown, standing on a circular stepped dark green marble socle base. There are no visible foundry marks on the bronzes. Born in Geneva in 1792 in Switzerland, Pradier was the son of a Protestant family from Toulouse. He left for Paris in 1807 to work with his elder brother, Charles-Simon Pradier, an engraver, and also attended the École des Beaux-Arts beginning in 1808. He won a Prix de Rome that enabled him to study in Rome from 1814-1818 at the Villa Médici. Pradier made his debut at the Salon in 1819 and quickly acquired a reputation as a competent artist. He studied under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in Paris. In 1827 he became a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts. At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante...

Pair of French vases with ormolu mounts on granite, now mounted as lamps.