Antique Vanderbilt Hotel Terra Cotta Ariadne Bust

This 1931 stately hand carved bust carved in limestone is of Robert Fulton (Nov. 14, 1765 - Feb. 25, 1815) who was an engineer and inventor, especially k...

Large highly decorative 1920s terra cotta with an egg and dart border salvaged from the façade of a New York City Building. This would make a great center building piece or garden st...

Recovered from a NYC building, this architectural glazed terra cotta flower piece has been made into a round side table. The iron table base is finished with a quarter inch thick gla...

These statues are commonly referred to as Wengzhong. They are so named after a mythological Ruan Weng Zhong who was a highly regarded general during the Qin Shi Huang period. Ruan is said to distinguished himself in fighting their arch rival; the Huns...

Retrieved from a North Bergen, New Jersey synagogue before it's demolition a few years ago. Solid bronze religious sculpture of Moses parting the Red Sea...

Highly detailed cast aluminum with a zinc finish from 1958. This statue was retrieved from an exterior courtyard of The Norwegian Lutheran Church in Brooklyn. Please note, this item ...

A large and heavy terracotta bust of an Asian warrior. The head is a separate piece that fits into the neck. This bust has a distressed finish consisting of remnants of a white paint...

From the 1912 Vanderbilt Hotel in New York City, Manhattan, located on Park Ave. In the 20th century, the hotel business declined, and the Vanderbilt Hotel suffered foreclosure in 1935 during the Great Depression. In 1966, an investment group purchased the 54-year old structure with intentions of renovating it into a dual function office and apartment building. The top 18 floors would become studio and one-bedroom apartments while the lower floors would be offices and commercial space. “New aluminum-and-glass curtain walls are being erected to sheath the office floors, while the masonry façade of the hotel will be retained on the upper stories,” said one article. But that was just the beginning of the brutality. Penthouse apartments were being constructed on the roof, but the view was obstructed by the terracotta parapet and its massive sculptures. In June 1966 eighteen of the heads were removed, resulting in a gash in the roofline. “The heavy pieces were removed over a period of several days by a 10-man crew of the Drachman Demolition Company,” said The New York Times, “which used jack...

Delightful terra cotta cherub playing Horn. Made in France in the late 19th century.

Terra cotta facade ornament cherub. Nice quality. Cute and rare

Terra cotta facade ornament cherub. Nice quality. Cute and rare

Pair of terra cotta decorative panels. Probably from a fireplace.