19th c. French Cast Iron Sculpture of a Head of Woman

A pair of 19th century French cast iron Medicis garden urn planters with black painted patina. Tall proportions with flared fluted form and pedestal base. Circa 1870-1880. Weight: 3...

A 19th century French cast iron garden urn planter with handles, pedestal base. Green painted patina with minor losses and some rust. Good condition. Circa 1880-1900. Weight: 25 lbs....

A French cast iron miniature sampler bed with white painted patina and brass finial decorative elements. Woven iron straps support a 13.5" x 29" mattress (not included). Canopy with ...

A pair of 19th century French black painted cast iron garden urn planters. Beautiful weathered rusty patina with some paint loss. Circa 1850-1870. Weight: 59 lbs. each 14"H x 21" Di...

A pair of 19th century French cast iron garden urn planters. In three parts, the tall urn rests on a pedestal base which has a removable rim. Fine cast details with large lion head h...

A 19th century French cast iron bistro table with white painted finish and original white veined marble top. Nice casting with orange painted rosette medallion detail. Minor paint lo...

This 19th century antique cast iron statue fountain. Fantastic, vibrant patina with traces of ancient paint.

A superb quality and palatial pair of French 19th century lifesize cast-iron sculptures - torcheres of Native American Indians titled "L’ Indienne" designed by Jules Salmson (French, 1823-1902) and Cast by Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne, each standing figure representing a Native American Indian male and a female scantily dressed in their native robes, one arm raised holding a light-torch with an opaline glass globe, both wearing earrings, seashell necklaces and arm-braces, raised on cylindrical cast-iron stand. Signed/cast on each pedestal: “VAL D’OSNE”. (Electrified). Paris, circa 1870-1880. Overall hHeight: 127 inches (322.6 cm) Pedestal height: 39 inches (99.1 cm) Indian man's width: 22 inches (55.9 cm) Indian man's depth: 26 3/4 inches (68 cm) Indian woman's width: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Indian woman's depth: 25 inches (63.5 cm) These fantastic and impressive pair of cast-iron sculptures, most likely representing Hiawatha and Minnehaha, were probably comissioned to Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne for export to the America's to decorate governmental buildings and parks which makes these pair a rare find and now available for a private collection. Iron sculptures were preferred over bronze for outdoor park and building decorations for their long lasting resistance to all types of weather conditions. An identical pair of sculptures, also by Val d' Osne, are currently exhibited at the National Garden of Congress in Santiago, Chile. View Pages No. 87, 88, 89. Another identical pair are also currently exhibited at The Musée de la Ville - Indian Museum "O Indio do Museo da Cidade" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Another identical pair decorate the front of the Ópera Teatro Amazonas, Manaús, Brazil. A single figure of the female Indian...

Set of statues from cast iron lions from the 19th Century. Came from a mansion near Bruxelles, Belgium.

A beautiful and very high quality French 19th century cast iron statue of a young boy dancing and skipping while playing the flutes, signed by the famous A. Durenne sommevoire. Excep...

Classic pair of 19th C. cast iron seated lions, in very good vintage estate condition. The lions are constructed of several pieces, typical of early production, both are free of lat...

Important French 19th century multi figural bronze sculpture of a male and female, in a warm brown patina with unusual and rare parcel gilt and silver intricate decoration. Depicti...