Leeds Pottery Creamware Pottery Bacchus Figure Group

A good quality Leeds Pottery creamware figure group depicting Venus and Cupid with a large fish believed to date from the latter 19th century. The molded figure group stands raised on a square shaped base and is well modelled with nice detail with Venus dressed...

A very fine mid-century studio pottery sculptural figure of a lady by renowned potter Adam Dworski (Croatian, 1917-2011) and probably made in his early da...

An unusual large art pottery figure of a grotesque smiling cat with glass eyes from an original design by Blanche Vulliamy made by Charles Hubert B...

A rare antique Austrian or Bohemian majolica pottery figure of a Infantry soldier, a Bavarian Reservist in light grey uniform dating from the latter ...

A delightful English Art Deco pottery figure of a lamb decorated in green glazes made by Denby and dating from the 1930’s. The figure is hand crafted and stands on four legs with its...

A fine midcentury vintage Italian ceramic figure of a resting puppy dog by Giovanni Ronzan. This figure is well modeled with molded and painted feature...

Exceptionally rare early figure of Bacchus in black basalt. The mixed-case mark places this figure between 1780 and 1785. He is portrayed in typical style, his head garlanded with grapes and with a wine cup to his lips. Bacchus, also known as Dionysus in Greek mythology, is the enigmatic god of wine, fertility, and ritual madness. He symbolizes freedom, ecstasy, and the blurring of societal norms through his rituals and festivities. Bacchus is often depicted in myths as a deity who challenges the status quo, promoting an atmosphere where conventional rules do not apply, and his followers are liberated from their everyday constraints. Born from Zeus and the mortal Semele, Bacchus is unique among gods, bridging the divide between the divine and the human. His followers included the wild and ecstatic maenads, female devotees who often reached states of divine frenzy, and the satyrs, mischievous half-man, half-goat beings. The worship of Bacchus was marked by theatrical processions, dances, and plays, reflecting his patronage of the theater and the dramatic arts. Bacchus’s mythology...

Large Staffordshire figure of Benjamin Franklin, Named Franklin on base, mid-19th century This Staffordshire figure of Benjamin Franklin has a white base with the words Franklin mol...

Great sample of the well known Austrian artist, Erna Kopriva. She was assistant of Joseph Hoffman and worked at Wiener Werkstatte . Similar pieces are now...

GianBattista De Salvo for Casa Dell'Arte Albisola, Italy 1920s Rare figures Excellent condition Measures: H 30 cm.

Cleopatra and Mark Antony, in enamelled creamware. After a model by Ralph and Enoch Wood, and quite likely made by this important partnership. The figur...

Newcastle Prattware Pottery model of a horse, Attributed to St. Anthony Pottery, Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1800-1810. The horse with cropped ta...