Pair of French Wirework Raisin Dryers

These hand carved capitals show the sinuous organic long lines of Art Nouveau as it starts to transition to Art Deco. The interlocking lotus palmettes are deeply carved with exceptio...

A pair of neoclassical large Val d’Osne cast iron urns with decorative snake motifs. Exquisite tones of brown rust and gorgeous patina. Wonderful scale insi...

Pair of engraved armorial beakers. The first is a "die" beaker, engraved with a coat-of arms on the front, and flowers on the reverse side. The second is a "token" beaker, the Utrach...

A pair of 19th century Italian Carrara marble garden tables with circular tops on baluster column pediments with square plinths. Elegant gadrooning on the central column. The lower c...

A pair of medium Val d’Osne cast iron snake urns with a robin’s egg blue patina. Exquisite tones of brown rust and very rare robin's egg blue patina. M...

A late Gothic limestone gargoyle water spout. Original iron bracket in central gutter. Stunning hairline cracking in stone due to old age. Perfect o...

Lovely handmade iron wirework basket . Very nicely made and a great statement on your countertop or table. France, circa 1850-1900. Weathered.

Pair of resin dishes in glazed terracotta. In the South West of France, the country named Landes was a poor country having very few natural resources, the inhabitants lived on meager harvests whose land was manured by their flocks of sheep. The Landais also exploited the resin of the maritime pine: it was collected at the foot of the tree using a very artisanal technique which offered low yields: tapping with “crot” (from the Gascon cròt: hole). To harvest the resin, ancient resin workers dug a hole at the foot of the pine, generally between the roots, which they lined with moss. The resin obtained, if it had not crystallized on the care before arriving at the base of the pine, was full of impurities: twigs, sand, insects, and it contained very little turpentine. A first progress was to put dishes at the bottom of these holes which made it possible to collect the resin with fewer impurities, In 1844, the resin pot...

Whimsical sculpture in the abstract form of a chicken . Fun wire work fruit basket . Good condition minor paint loss .

Each painted green with gilt rinceaux decoration. Oval form with loop handles.

Each yellow with transfer decoration.

French Pair of Tazza Cobra Detail. Gorgeous detailing, see photos.