Stone Building and Garden Elements

This refined early Victorian chimneypiece, crafted from fine Italian Carrara marble, showcases intricately carved corbels with foliage motifs, a large bevelled shelf rests atop. A m...

This circular well from the Louis XIV period is entirely carved in stone. The shaft of the well is composed of an eight pieces arrangement forming a "boudin" molding. The curbstone is marked by the patina of time and is thus irregular in shape. The base of the well is surmounted by a stone structure composed of two trapezoidal molded stones that hold a wooden winch and its chain. The whole base is topped by a one piece stone roof, the upper edge of which forms a four slope roof. While on one stone is engraved the date "1830", we believe that this stone well...

On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning and rare, two toned faux marble fiteplace you could hope to find. In original and unfinished condition. Outstanding design is ex...

A BOLD AND EXPRESSIVE FORM WHERE GEOMETRY AND HARMONY COLLIDE. ITALIAN FOR WRINKLE, 'GRINZA'S ZIG-ZAG STRUCTURE' IS BOTH TIMELESS AND ELEGANT. DIMENSIONS (PEDESTALS SOLD INDIVIDUAL...

An antique late 18th/ early 19th century Italian Statuary marble mantlepiece of fine quality Small in scale and beautifully made in Italy around the year 1800. The exquisitely carve...

Hand Carved Marble Sink Container Stone Jardinière Basin Planter Antique Farm LA . 19th Century small Hand Carved water fountain Basin Lavabo Of Hand Carved pinkish hue Marble container . Color and patina keeps changing with the light and Elements . Could be installed with a simple bronze metal spout in a powder room , adding the charm needed for your space. The Decades left its marks on this Square carved container with a round interior bowl , as you can see some losses , minor cracks , chips , scratches , overall good condition . Installed will be the focal point of the space . mounted as a small kitchen Hand Wash sink , It is a piece of art that holds history and beauty in its proportions. Architectural element is very versatile and it will be the centerpiece in a contemporary design interior with cactus , in traditional provincial Italian Spanish Mediterranean French designs etc . Antique dealer California West Hollywood Melrose Ave La Cienega Blvd. you could use it as a planter since it has a good depth and it can hold a good of soil , in a kitchen on top of the counter to grow some herbs . Interior exterior in an entryway or on top of a credenza or console . You can flip it upside down and use it as a Stone base pedestal to elevate your pots or mount your art or sculptures . Variation in the color with a great patina. Your contractor could chose to use a copper or brass flange to cover the existing holes and direct the water to the gasket and drain. Some designers seal them with 511 impregnator sealer or the Aqua mix to make the stone water proof, ask your contractor. you could turn it into an outdoor...

Late 19th century antique Belgian black marble fireplace mantel with marble columns. This is a nice tall mantel and the marble columns have a beautiful pattern with great color tones. Salvaged years ago from an estate in France outside...

Reclaimed Antique Carved Stone Fireplace Mantle chimney surround Los Angeles CA . Rare 18th century Louis XIV carved stone fireplace from Provence. Under Louis XIV, everything is full of richness and luxury, everything is grandiose and monumental. But wealth is never excessive. Without heaviness, the style seeks symmetry and perfection. Artists of this period also knew how to create new decorative motifs, new canons of beauty and new architectural rules. Under the reign of the Sun King, in the middle of the 17th century to early 18th Century , the general profile of the hood fireplace became a trumeau gradually . There is now more depth in front of the shelf and the gradual disappearance of the first ledge generates a more significant height of the trumeau. The jambs are narrower at the base and rather swollen on their upper part, recalling the balustrade legs of the furniture of that time. Molded Cornice Framing. This fireplace will be the perfect focal point for any room, living room, bedroom, library, dining room ... The depth could be adjusted when installed, since we pull the fireplace as is mostly without cutting the extra stone pieces that were partially in the wall. The simplicity of the Carved line and the symmetry, makes this fireplace versatile in any design, even in a modern space, a provincial design, an Italian design, or even a Spanish style house a Farm house or a winery. This fireplace mantle with trumeau...

Truly a one-of-a-kind offering, this chateau column base was hand-carved in Dijon, France, circa 1750, making it a Louis XV period architectural. Carved from a single block of limest...

An impressive English Art Deco style marble washbasin with accompanying original mirror splashback, manufactured by John Bolding and Sons, 19th and 20th century manufacturers of high...

This is a unique set of Baroque Style Lion Statues. They are Very old and show there age.

A French mid 20th century faux bois garden bird bath. This cast stone garden ornament features a lovely faux bois pedestal base with faux bois top for a shallow birdbath. Wear consis...

An English moulded bolection fireplace in Nero Marquina black marble with white veins. An elegant shape, based on a period original. Modern. Shelf widt...

Pair of tall granite urns, carved from one piece of solid stone. Unpolished. They are heavy! The depth of the inside opening is 7.5”. Diameter of opening is 12”.

Beautiful octagonal limestone columns, typical of Salento although found everywhere in Italian and European medieval architecture. These products are made to measure, ask us for quotes.

A set of three American Midcentury painted concrete mushroom garden ornaments with traces of red, turquoise and yellow paint and nicely weathered appearance. Introduce a dash of whimsy and a sprinkle of nostalgia into your garden with this set of three American Midcentury painted concrete mushroom garden ornaments. A testament to the charm and allure of simpler times, these captivating mushrooms flaunt traces of red, turquoise, and yellow paint, embodying a spirit that is both playful and timeless. Each mushroom in this charismatic trio presents a unique size, thoughtfully curated to imbue your garden with a delightful sense of natural irregularity. The gentle arch of the mushroom caps combines with the sturdiness of the concrete, evokes a tender balance between grace and resilience. As if kissed by time itself, the mushrooms boast a beautifully weathered appearance. The faded hues of red, turquoise, and yellow paint dance across their surfaces, whispering stories of sunny days and gentle rains. These traces of color are like echoes of laughter and joy, remnants of the garden parties and gentle mornings they have witnessed. Position these endearing mushrooms amidst the flourishing foliage, where they can engage in hushed conversations with the flowers, or let them grace a pathway, guiding wanderers with their gentle charm. These ornaments are not just decorative pieces; they are carriers of dreams and small wonders...

Antique English Garden Urn probably from the early 1900's that's a bit unusual in that the top is concrete, while the base appears to be hand-cut stone. We're not experts and this is...

Pair of Hollywood Regency hand carved marble garden Foo Dog sculptures on marble plinth bases.

The mid-century Willy Guhl square jardiniere is a minimalist yet sculptural planter crafted from durable fiber cement, typically produced by Eternit in Switzerland. Known for its cle...

An alabaster statue of David after the antique. In Neoclassical style, this impactful sculpture is expertly carved. This depiction of Michelangelos original...

Important and massive reproduction of the 18th century style French marble fireplace in Louis 15 style. With serpentine shaped shelf and bowed frieze, decorated by spring flowers in...

An exercise in minimalist rigor, this coffee table makes for a spot-on addition to terraces or patios of contemporary inspiration. A coarse-grained texture rich in crystals naturally...

This extraordinary fireplace is made of Noir de Mazy marble, which is complemented by the luxurious green marble type Verde. Despite the clean lines, this is a very elegant piece. Th...

Waterjet marble patterns Yarmony Marble: Bardiglietto, Nero, Rojo, Bianco Americano Price for square metrer € 2.940   

Monumental concrete basin planter by Willy Guhl. Handmade in Switzerland in the 1960s. Just under 4 feet in length. handmade in the shape of a peanut. P...

A French antique crystal "Boule d'Escalier" newel post finial, This newel post finial has an exceptional appearance that would make a strong decorative statement. Mounted on its ori...

A European carved stone lion from the 19th century, or potentially older. This antique stone lion statute features nice hand carved details, includ...

A Highly Important Empire Period Rosso Antico Chimneypiece Inset with Specimen Marble Portrait Reliefs of Roman Emperors The carved and veneered surround comprising a moulded shelf supported by a bold dentil cornice, above an inverted breakfront frieze carved with a central triglyph panel, flanked by a pair of rosettes carved in shallow relief, the frieze mounted with six carved hardstone profile portrait medallions of Roman Emperors, the stop-fluted jambs raised on moulded footblocks; in excellent condition with small restorations commensurate with age and use; the pale inclusions in the stone naturally formed. This spectacular neoclassical marble chimneypiece is carved from Rosso antico, the frieze inset with six portrait reliefs of Roman Emperors, each carved in marmo giallo on a bardiglio background, five variously incised: VESPASIANUS, TIBERIVS, OTHO, JULIUS CAESAR, TITUS. Rosso antico (marmor taenarium) is first recorded as being quarried in 1700 BC at Akra Tainaron (Cape Matapan), Greece.¹ The majority of this stone, however, was extracted throughout the Roman period, when it was one of the most coveted materials for carving due to its rich red colouring and association with highly prized Egyptian ‘Imperial’ Porphyry.² Rosso antico was chosen in antiquity for portrait busts, notably depicting Bacchic subjects such as Dionysus and satyrs due to its rich red wine colour which symbolised conviviality whilst conveying the education and cultivated taste of the owner.³ In the Renaissance, Rosso antico was also used for architectural detail on important buildings, such as the steps leading up to the choir in the medieval church of S. Prassede, and the large columns at the entrance to the Camera dell'Aurora.⁴ In 121 AD, G. Suetonius Tranquillus, secretary to Emperor Hadrian, wrote a biographical history of the first twelve emperors of Rome entitled De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars). A Renaissance edition of Tranquillus’ work was published in 1470, followed by further reprints and translations into all the main European languages. Many of these were illustrated with prints of emperors taken from coins and statues, or imagined by the artist based on Tranquillus’ accounts. These interpretations were copied, in turn, by Renaissance designers for medals, Limoges enamels, and busts, as well as paintings such as the Eleven Caesars, a series of eleven half-length portraits of Roman emperors made by Titian in 1536–40 for Federico II, Duke of Mantua.⁵ These paintings were later given to King Charles I, before being passed in the Commonwealth to the Kings of Spain. Unfortunately, the series was destroyed in the catastrophic fire of 1734 at the Royal Alcazar of Madrid, and is now only known through copies and engravings.⁶ From the middle of the 17th century until the end of the 18th century, there was an insatiable demand for marble carvings, often sold as Roman or assembled from ancient fragments, thus perpetuating the reverence for antiquity that was the quintessence of the Grand Tour. Rosso antico was in extremely short supply, even after the ancient quarries at Skutari were rediscovered in 1830, and remained one of the most highly valued of all stones. Described in 1776 as ‘dark red; scarce and dear’, it was mostly used for small objects such as Grand Tour desk ornaments, inevitably using material re-cut from classical fragments, due to its rarity, as was the case with porphyry.⁷ The portrait roundels on this chimneypiece are typical of those produced in Rome and Florence in hardstones, semi-precious stones, gold, silver, bronze, and mother-of-pearl, which, being easily transportable, would be taken home from the Grand Tour to be mounted within wooden, gilded or brass frames, as fashion dictated.⁸ A group of gold portraits of Caesars, dating from around 1660, are in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. Images of Roman emperors were not limited to Italy, England and France, however, as examples executed in Deshima for the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) show. Medallions depicting Roman emperors, invariably made of black and gold Japanese hiramakie or takamakie lacquer on copper, were produced for the Dutch market at the end of the 18th century. Examples can be found in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.⁹ There are two possible sources for the Imperial profiles on the chimneypiece: the engravings of The Twelve Caesars by Marcantonio Raimondi, or the Imperatorum Imagines by Hubert Golz.¹⁰ The portrait medallions also bear remarkable resemblance to a set of eighteen carved portrait reliefs of Roman Emperors, also of marmo giallo, almost certainly bought by David Ker (1742–1811) of Portavo, Co. Down, on his Grand Tour between 1792–4 in either Florence or Rome. Ker’s diary entry for 17th October 1793 is interesting as it reveals that he was offering his brother a choice of chimneypiece designs, which further supports a Roman origin for the offered example.¹¹ Indeed, fire surrounds incorporating antique fragments had been promoted from the late 1760s by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–78), encouraged by Rome-trained architects including Robert Adam (d.1792). One such example, inset with mythological tablets carved from Rosso antico, was acquired by the 9th Earl of Exeter from Piranesi himself for Burghley House.¹² Another can be found at Islington House, Dorset.¹³ A third, inset with giallo antico and Rosso antico, follows Piranesi’s engraved design dated 1769 for a fire surround mounted with three marble portrait reliefs.¹⁴ It should be re-emphasised that Rosso antico was so precious that it was only ever used for small tablets or details rather than an entire chimneypiece, as with the offered example; likewise, while portrait reliefs are occasionally seen on the jambs of Italian surrounds, it is exceptionally rare to see the frieze mounted with a group, especially of this scale: the combination indicates an architectural commission by an extremely wealthy patron. The sophisticated lines of this chimneypiece epitomise the French Empire influence on the Italian states at the turn of the 18th century. This idiosyncratic ‘Roman’ taste is encapsulated by that of Napoleon, who identified with Rome’s Imperial past. Napoleon’s desire to establish a visual link between himself and Roman emperors is demonstrated by the portraits of his court painter, Jacques-Louis David, inspired by portraits of Emperor Augustus. This Imperial taste extended to architecture, furniture and porcelain, the latter two of which are combined in a group of magnificent ormolu-mounted guéridons commissioned in Sèvres between 1803–11, made to immortalise Napoleon’s reign.¹⁵ The second guéridon in the series, the Table des Grands Capitaines (Table of the Great Commanders of Antiquity), commissioned in 1806, is made almost entirely of hard-paste Sèvres porcelain. The top, painted in imitation of sardonyx, is centred by a portrait cameo of Alexander the Great, surrounded by twelve smaller heads of commanders and philosophers from antiquity: Pericles, Scipio Africanus, Pompey, Augustus, Septimus Severus, Constantine, Trajan, Caesar, Mithridates, Hannibal, Themistocles and Miltiades.¹⁶ Louis XVIII presented the table to the Prince Regent (later King George IV) in 1817 as a token of appreciation for Napoleon’s defeat two years earlier, and George IV treasured it so highly that it became part of the ceremonial backdrop for all his state portraits. The table remains in the Royal Collection.¹⁷ This chimneypiece remained, until recently, in the possession of a noble Dutch family, who acquired it from the owners of a bombed Knightsbridge house in the 1940s; unfortunately, its provenance prior to this has been lost. The use of Rosso antico on this scale, inset with these splendid Imperial profile medallions, appears unparalleled. 1. J. B. Grossman, 'Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone' (Los Angeles, 2003). Grossman states that this material was ‘...quarried in three places during antiquity: on Cape Tainaron present day Matapan on the Peloponnese of Greece; on Crete; and at the site of Iasos in Asia Minor. 2. L. Lazzarini, ‘Rosso antico and other red marbles used in antiquity: a characterization study’, Marble, Art Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Ancient Sculpture’ (1990), 237–252. C. Gorgoni, L. Lazzarini, P. Pallante, ‘New archaeometric data on Rosso antico and other red marbles used in antiquity, ASMOSIA VI, Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone’ (2002), pp. 199–206. J. Deér, trans. G.A. Gilhoff, The Dynastic Porphyry Tombs of the Norman Period in Sicily (Cambridge, 1959), p. 144. R. Gnoli, Marmora Romana (Rome, 1988), pp. 187–191. 3. A notable example is a satyr from the Emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, now in the Capitoline Museum, Rome. Another is the head of a satyr in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, accession no. 2006.110. See T. Opper, Hadrian. Empire and Conflict (London, 2008), p. 165, fig. 149. 4. De Luca, Marmi antichi (Rome, 1998), p. 126. Faustino Corsi, Catalogo ragionato d’una collezione di pietre di decorazione (Rome, 1833), p. 93. 5. For related Limoges medallions, see set of ten circular Limoges enamel medallions depicting Roman emperors, en grisaille with gilding, from the workshop of Jacques I Laudin, sold Christie’s London, Fine Renaissance Bronzes and Works of Art, 19 December, 1977, lot 95. 6. See set of drawings sold Sotheby’s London, Of Royal and Noble Descent, 24 February, 2015, lot 184. 7. J. J. Ferber, Raspe’s Travels through Italy in the Years 1771–1772 (London, 1776), p. 218. 8. See Sotheby’s London, Pelham, the Public and the Private, 8 March 2016, lot 75: ‘A set of twelve mother-of-pearl cameos of Roman Emperors, Southern Italian, early 19th century’ 9. Oliver Impey, Christiaan J.A. Jörg, Cynthia Viallé, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580–1850 (Amsterdam, 2005) pp. 48–57, no. 56 & 57. 10. For a further reference, see the candlesticks by Jacques I Laudin in the Waters Art Gallery, illustrated in P. Verdier, Catalogue of the Painted Enamels of the Renaissance (Baltimore, 1967), p. 389, nos. 207 & 208. 11. John Ingamells, A Dictionary of British and Irish travellers in Italy 1701–1800 (London, 1997), pp. 572–3. 12. Oliver Impey, Four Centuries of Decorative Arts from Burghley House (Virginia, 1998), p. 53, fig. 23. 13. Country Life, 12 June, 1997, p. 162, figs. 9–11. 14. A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Roma e il Regno delle due Sicilie, Vol. II (Milan, 1984), pp. 592–93, p. 260. 15. S. Grandjean, 'Napoleonic Tables...

Concrete olive jar planter by Willy Guhl with great patina and prominent presence. Simple and elegant design perfect for any garden or patio. Excelle...

A wide Chinese stone drum carved of solid Dali marble, a refined white marble sourced from historic quarries in Yunnan province. Five drums available. Each varies slightly due to th...

Petite ridged planter by Willy Guhl. Concrete planter in the shape of a rectangle with an upper rim and ridged sides. Great scale. Very good vintage condition. Only one available.    

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Circular form rose rock crystal quartz knob with polished brass base. Created by Phoenix Gallery, NYC. Custom size and finish upon request.

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Wonderfully charming pair of early antique lion head support for planter, trough or cassone sculpted in stone. Great as stand alone sculptures.

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Pair of Italian hand carved sandstone fluted campana form garden urns with flanking egg & dart borders, acanthus scrolled handles, and resting on circular squared plinths. Early 19th...

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