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Material: Gesso
Gold Leaf Gilded Frame Baroque Style Classic 34x28cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful vintage gold leaf gilded pine frame with gesso acanthus decoration, frame fully decorated in classic baroque style, first half of the 20th century.
Nice size of frame to b...
Category
Early 20th Century European Baroque Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oval Golden Wooden Frame Classic Flowers Baroque Style France 57x47cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful large vintage oval golden pine frame with stucco decoration, richly decorated all around with flowers and patterns, completely in classic baroque style, first half of the 2...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Pair Serge Roche Gesso & Painted Plaster Exotic Fruit & Flower Topiaries, 1950s
By Serge Roche
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Serge Roche Gesso & Painted Plaster Exotic Fruit & Flower Topiaries
France, Circa 1950s
This rare pair of French Modern sculptural masterworks, attributed to the workshop ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Wood Gold Gilt Painted Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fabulous wooden rectangular frame with fantastic gilt. This wood frame will accommodate artwork 12x14 . Add some vintage charm to your favorite water color, print of oil painting wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Egyptian Painted Sarcophagus Mask
Located in Astoria, NY
Egyptian Painted Sarcophagus Mask, gesso over wood composite, mounted on metal base. Overall: 11" H x 7.5" W x 3.75" D. Provenance: From a Fifth Avenue Collection.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Vintage Gold Frame Baroque Style Classic Pine Wood 64x53cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large gold-colored vintage pine frame with beautiful age patina, completely in baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and patterns, first half of the 20th century.
N...
Category
Early 20th Century European Baroque Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Italian Antique Cast Gypsum Death Masks Set of Five
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian set of Five death mask
Italian death mask cast, circa 1930s. Showing in the 19th century glass country cabinet.The price is only for the mask t...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
$1,440 Sale Price / set
37% Off
Vintage Wooden Baroque Rococo Style Frame Classic Gold 35x29cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage wooden classic frame with beautiful age patina, completely in baroque or rococo style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and patterns in relief, patinated to make it lo...
Category
1980s European Baroque Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Large Carved Gilt Wood Frame, French Rococo Style
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Ornate French Rococo Style Carved Ornate Gilt Wood Frame. This gorgeous hand-crafted frame has lots of charming details including shell motifs and cross hatch features. This su...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Chinoiserie Pagoda
By Renzo Mongiardino
Located in New York, NY
Chinoiserie pagoda. Very decorative Italian painted plaster and wood three-tiered pagoda alla Mongiardino emanating from marine inspired grotto base with four masks issuing water in...
Category
20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Shell, Wood
$2,800
Vintage Gilded Frame Baroque Style Red Velvet Classic 65x55cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large gilded vintage pine frame with red velvet frame on the inside, completely in classic baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers and patterns, first half of the 20th...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Baroque Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Velvet, Wood
Chinese Carved Wood Bodhisattva Guanyin, Late Ming Dynasty, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive carved wood figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, known as Guanyin in China, late Ming Dynasty, early 17th century, China.
Guanyi...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Mid-Century French Wood Painted Ornate Art Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Fabulous wooden rectangular frame with fantastic patina. This wood frame will accommodate a 12x9 piece of artwork. Add some vintage charm to your favorite water color, print of oil p...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Rococo Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Paint
20th Century Golden and Lacquered Wood and Plaster French Frame, 1990
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Large French frame from the late 20th century. Object of great size and impact, in wood, plaster and resin, carved, lacquered and gilded (bronze tint). Ideal frame to combine with a ...
Category
1990s French Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
18th Century Spanish Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, Handcrafted Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Completely hand-crafted in 18th century Spain, this sculpture of the Virgin stands 1.5 meters / 5 feet tall and was most certainly created for devotional purposes, to be displayed in a church or chapel.
Besides its impressive size this sculpture is an excellent, museum-quality example of the Spanish “Estofado” polychrome technique, developed during the Gothic period to imitate rich brocade fabrics. The finely carved “fabric” areas of the sculpture would be first covered in gesso, and then a layer of gold leaf would be applied. The gold leaf would then be painted over with various colors of tempera paints. Once dry, the painted surface would be incised or scratched away in patterns, revealing the gold beneath.
The sculpture was professionally restored in 2022 by a firm that is often hired by the Spanish government to work on historic building interiors and museum pieces. The virgin was carefully cleaned, repaired and its condition stabilized. A complete and fully-illustrated restoration report will be included with purchase.
Often confused with the virgin birth of Jesus, the belief that the Blessed Virgin Mary herself was conceived “immaculately” without original sin has been variously defended and debated within the Catholic Church since the pre-Middle Ages. For centuries, artists struggled to create an acceptable visual representation of this highly abstract concept, in part taking inspiration from the Book of Revelation and other scriptural sources.
We see the Virgin standing on a half moon (biblically inspired, though also an ancient symbol of chastity) with her long natural hair loose down her back, another indication of purity. Both her white tunic and flowing blue mantle...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Carved Caesar Bust
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely carved wood bust of Julius Caesar taken from an original marble bust, carved in aged pine and gesso decorated. If required can be made to your specific size requirements.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Pine
$3,550 / item
END OF THE 19th CENTURY SINGING ANGELS PLASTER BAS-RELIEF BY LUCA DELLA ROBBIA
Located in Firenze, FI
This beautiful life-size plaster cast of the singing angels by Luca della Robbia and part of a collection of plaster casts from a Florentine collector, faithfully represents the orig...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
20th Century Gilt Wood and Plaster Italian Frame, 1970s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian frame from the second half of the 20th century. Object of great size and impact, in wood, plaster and resin, carved and gilded (bronze tint). Ideal frame to combine wit...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Incredible Carved Wood and Gesso Gilded Winged Angels and Rooster Cartel Clock
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous clock. The clock features a gorgeous carved walnut and gesso frame and is signed inside the movement. The gilded birds and winged angels are absolutely beautiful a...
Category
1920s French Belle Époque Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Gesso, Glass, Walnut
Primitive Horse Carving
Located in Nantucket, MA
A Folk Art carved wood and gesso painted standing horse
with painted cloth saddle and horse hair tail
Mounted on a later made black painted platform.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Pine, Paint
17th Century Spanish Colonial Hispano-Philippine Carved Santo
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce 17th century Spanish Colonial carved wood santo with provenance from the National Museum of the Philippines Manila.
circa late 1600s
A large part of what makes this example so very rare is not just the age and condition, but the saint depicted, San Roque.
The Hispano-Philippine (Spanish-Filipinos) hand carved hard wood religious altar figure presents splendidly, with scattered remnants of original gesso and polychrome pigments, the exceptionally sculpted religious folk art depicting San Roque (Saint Roch or Rocco), the 14th century Catholic patron saint frequently invoked against the plaque, various infectious disease, as well as patron saint of dogs, invalids, of falsely accused people, and of bachelors, amongst others.
Provenance / Acquisition:
Retaining registration - identification label to verso from The Republic of the Philippines (RP) National Museum of the Philippines Manila with hand written registration number.
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, est. 1982, Austin, Texas. February 2022 catalog.
Dimensions: (approx)
Overall: 15.75" High, 5" Wide, 4" Deep.
Figure: 14" High
1.5lbs
Great original antique condition, especially considering it's around 350 years old. Nicely aged patina over the whole. Presented on a later wood plinth base. Typical loss to right arm, minor finish losses, old tiny metal plate added to prevent age related splitting, all wear consistent with age, and only adds to the overall sophisticated character, authenticity, and charming rustic warmth that can only be acquired over long periods of time.
We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques absolutely love religious antiques, from an antique altar, church architectural salvaged building and ornamental elements, reliquary, tabernacle cabinet...
Category
17th Century Spanish Colonial Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Hardwood
18th Century Italian Carved Wood and Polychromed Figure of Baby Jesus
Located in Ballard, CA
18th century exceptional Italian carved wood and polychromed figure depicting baby Jesus holding the world in his hand, he has halo made from sterling silver and the globe is also sterling silver.This piece would have originally been dressed in an elaborate gown and would have been changed into different attire depending on the holy season. Extremely detailed and the carving is exceptional. this piece came from a very reputable merchant in Verona, I did inherit it from my mother in Law...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Fine Antique 19th Century French Rococo Gilded 8 Day Clock Sevres Porcelain 1830
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French eight day mantle clock, gilded and fitted with Sevres porcelain plaques, circa 1830.
An early French silk suspension clock, with an eight day time and strike movement, gently sounding the hours and half hour on a bell. The clock is housed in an extravagant gilded gesso Rococo style case and standing on an integral plinth. The clock with a silvered dial having a cuff of engine turned decoration around the center and black Roman numerals to the outside of the dial and the retailer's name "Carl Muller in Berlin" to the center. The base of the clock is fitted with a round hand-painted floral 'Sevres' porcelain plaque, the clock plinth is fitted with a rectangular 'Sevres' plaque, hand-painted with a pastoral scene with a young courting couple and grazing sheep & goats.
The clock has just been professionally overhauled and cleaned, it runs and keeps good time, the gilded case and silvered dial and porcelain plaques are in remarkable condition, a very fine clock...
Category
1830s French Rococo Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Pair of 20th Century Italian Hand Carved Lime Wood Swan Planters
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Large pair of beautiful 20th Century Italian hand carved lime wood swan planters with a worn gesso finish.
Traditionally used for weddings, these pla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
American Gilt Carved Wood and Gesso Perched Eagle, Circa 1830
Located in Charleston, SC
American gilt carved wood and gesso Eagle with extended wings perched on decorative acanthus floral motif, Early 19th century.
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Baroque Sunburst Giltwood Wall Candle Holder
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved giltwood wall torchere candle holder, Italy, 19th century-1930s
Hand-carved gold gilt wood candlestick sconce with wrought iron details.
This w...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Regency Greek Revival Gilt Carving of a Sphinx
Located in Chicago, IL
From the 1700s through the early 1800s, European aristocrats developed a fascination with ancient Egyptian culture and design that culminated in a full Egyptian Revival. Prominent figures such as Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned rooms decorated with Egyptian motifs. This cultural moment reflects a fascination with a sophisticated civilization of great artists and pharaohs. The Regency era possessed very little knowledge of the Great Pyramids or hieroglyphics, a quality that lent Egyptian art interpretation a compelling air of mystique.
This English Regency period gilt carving depicts a popular figure of borrowed Egyptian motif: the Sphinx. Recognized among educated circles as a symbol of brilliance in the ancient past, the Sphinx was well-known as a mythological creature who destroys those who failed to answer her riddle. Such a piece as this, excellent in detail and craftsmanship, may have once graced the mantle of a gentleman’s study or been exchanged as a gift between British scholars. The beautiful gold surface has been achieved by an artful combination of gilt and gesso; the art enthusiast will appreciate the intricate texture realized in the carving’s hair and tail as well as the delicate detailing of the saddle.
Borrowing from the Egyptians, the Greeks had their own interpretation of the Sphinx. Greek mythology chronicled the Sphinx as being the daughter of Orthous and Chimera or Laius and attributed the riddles, which she proposed, as having been taught to her by the Muses. Crowned with a Grecian diadem and having a refined expression, she evokes an ancient yet reserved intellect.
For the modern-day enthusiast of classical Greek art...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500
Located in Portland, OR
An exceptionally rare antique German Renaissance carving by Stephan Rottaler (1581-1533), Bavaria circa 1500.
The carving is by Stephan Rottaler, Landshut, Germany, an architect who ...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
17th Century Spanish Carved Polychrome and Painted Bust of Christ on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Make a statement on your mantel, enfilade or tabletop with this antique "Haute Epoque" carved santo figure. Created in Spain, circa 1680, the bust is set ...
Category
Late 17th Century Spanish Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Walnut
Wooden casket with polychrome and gilded "pastiglia" relief decor, Italy 15th c.
Located in Gorssel, GE
A rare wooden casket with polychrome and gilded pastiglia relief, Italy, 15th century.
The box is adorned with four finely executed scenes from the life of an unknown martyr — beautifully preserved and remarkably vivid after centuries.
Dimensions: 15.5 × 10.4 × 9 cm
Provenance: Dutch private collection
In overall good condition for its age, with minor losses to the surface and possible retouching to the polychromy. The ball feet are likely later additions.
Pastiglia [paˈstiʎʎa], an Italian term meaning "pastework", is low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain. The technique was used in a variety of ways in Italy during the Renaissance.
White lead pastiglia was a north Italian speciality, produced between about 1450 and 1550. Six workshops were identified by Patrick M. De Winter, although their location remains uncertain; the Workshop of the Love and Moral Themes, whose products seem the most numerous, was possibly at Ferrara, where the painter Cosimo Tura began his career gilding caskets. Venice is also thought to have produced them. Other workshops identified by De Winter include the "Workshop of the main Berlin casket" and "Workshop of the Cleveland Casket".
The subjects were typically classical, drawn from both mythology and Ancient Roman history (especially the early period covered by Livy), but biblical ones are also found. Compositions can often be shown to be borrowed from another medium, such as prints or bronze plaquettes...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
American 19th Century Coved Picture Frame. Original Gold Gilding
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique American gilt picture frame. Rabbet measures 12.5" x 10.5" Perfect for a 12" x 10" painting.
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Category
19th Century American Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Pair of Napoleon III style giltwood and gesso picture frames, 19th C.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Pair of Napoleon III style giltwood and gesso picture frames, 19th C. having oval openings and relief branch and leaf embellishments on frames.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
18th/19th Century Tyrolean Eagle Giltwood Altar Stick
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most impressive Tyrolean antique hand carved and painted floor-standing torchiere altar lamp with rich detail and beautiful warm, rustic, distre...
Category
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Pair of French Gilt Carved Wood & Gesso Foliage Gadrooned Wall Brackets, C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of French gilt wood and gesso decorative carved foliage and gadrooned hanging wall brackets, Early 19th century.
Category
1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
Small Vintage Gilded Frame Baroque Style Red Velvet 39x33cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Small gilded vintage pine frame with red velvet frame on the inside, completely in classic baroque style, decorated with acanthus leaves and a ribbon pattern all around, first half o...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Baroque Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Velvet, Wood
Pair of 19th C Gold Carved Wood and Gilt Gesso Display Stands
Located in Hastings, GB
A pair of hand crafted wood and gilt gesso overlay baroque display stands (ideal for clocks or small statues and busts), each with applied harleq...
Category
1830s French Baroque Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Large Gilt Wood Florentine Jewelry Box Chest of Drawers, Italy 1950's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Florentine Jewelry Box or Miniature Chest of Drawers. This 1950's vintage gilt wood piece with four drawers and many compartments has lo...
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
Modern Sculpture by Antonio García Mengual (signed Mengual, 1976)
Located in Madrid, ES
Modern Sculpture by Antonio García Mengual (signed Mengual, 1976) Gesso with Pietra-Glaze Finish
Overall dimensions: 105 x 30 x 35 cm
A striking modern sculpture by Spanish artist A...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
American Oil on Canvas Ship Captain with Spyglass in Orig, Gilt Frame, C. 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
American portrait oil on canvas of a young ship captain holding a spyglass with a sailing ship, crew in rowboat, and gulls in lower background mounted in the original decorative gilt...
Category
1840s American American Empire Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Lifesize Bronze Finish Atlas Sculpture Console Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Expertly cast and lacquered bronze finished sculpture of an atlas type figure supporting a bevelled 1" thick glass top. The base is a stepped and black lacquered rectangular plinth.
Category
1980s American Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Lacquer, Resin
Large 19th-Century Plaster Sculpture of a Greek Figure 180 CM
Located in Madrid, ES
This impressive 19th-century plaster sculpture depicts a classical Greek figure and was crafted in a French atelier. Standing at 180 cm tall, the sculpture is in very good condition,...
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19th Century Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
Circa 1950's Gesso Bust of Napoleon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A cast gesso bust of Napolean from an Italian foundry
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
Spencer House Palms
Located in Banbury, GB
A fine carved pine and specialist aged gesso decorated large wall applique in the form of a half palm tree. The inspiration taken from Spencer House.
Category
2010s English Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
$19,665 / item
19th Century Blonde Polychrome Madonna
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This hand-carved wooden figure represents the Virgin Mary as a child (Niña María), a subject cherished in Spanish Colonial art. Originating from Guatemala, the sculpture features pol...
Category
19th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood, Paint
Italian, Giltwood Finials
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A dramatic pair of hand-carved, gessoed and 22k gold gilded, urn-form balustrade finials surmounted by flame forms. Each on a tapered foot with a pe...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
$4,100 / set
Pair of French Antique early 18th-century Carved Wooden Gilded Corner Consoles
Located in Casteren, NL
On offer here is a stunning pair of 100% original gold leaf gilt and polished corner consoles, meticulously hand-carved from solid linden wood. Made in southern France around 1710, t...
Category
Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold Leaf
$10,422 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Carved and Painted Statue of St. Florian, Austria, circa 1700
Located in Dallas, TX
St. Florian (250 A.D. – 304 A.D.), was a the patron saint of firefighters, brewers, chimney sweeps, and the town of Linz, Austria. He served in the Roman army and part of his duties included organizing fire fighting brigades. He was secretly a Christian and became famous for miraculously saving a town from being destroyed by fire; after he prayed and threw a single bucket of water on the blaze, it was extinguished.
This beautifully carved and painted statue dates to approximately the end of the 1600s or early 1700s. It clearly depicts St. Florian with a bucket in hand and a flag in the other. At his feet, is a miniature building...
Category
Early 18th Century Austrian Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood, Wood
Corpus Wood Polychrome Antique Christi 18th Century Sculpture Image 33cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful antique wooden Corpus Christi (body of Christ) statue, sculpture, from around the beginning of the 18th century probably Flemish
Beautiful wood carving and polychrome (pai...
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Late 18th Century Belgian Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Fruitwood
19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Frame
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century gold leaf cover frame decorate in flower motifs.
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Giltwood, Gesso
19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Frame
By Rocco Lodise
Located in London, GB
19th century giltwood and gesso frame decorated with laurel wreath and fruits.
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Italian Carved Lion Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century carved lion figure
An early 19th century hand carved Italian or Spanish representation of a seated lion figure. Anthropomorphism features which are typical of this period. Polychrome paint still visible across its surface with aged repairs and wear as expected, the gesso is visible in sections. Visible ribcage typical of the regions, the possibility this figure could have been part of a larger carved piece of décor furnishing or architecture display...
Category
1820s Italian Folk Art Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Pine, Paint
Automaton Picture clock in square frame with oval aperture and windmill
Located in London, GB
This superb work of art combines the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complicities of an automaton and clock. Depicting a rural scene, the clock is integrated into the church, sitting within the giltwood and gesso frame. Also within the painting is automaton windmill, again integrated into the picture atop the windmill. The automaton runs off the clock, so requires no separate winding, The clock is a fine 8 day, fusee movement with gut string, with verge escapement...
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1880s French Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
Italian, 19th Century, Gilded Angel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully hand carved, gessoed and 22-karat gold gilded, wood angel with flowing hair, extended wings and scrolling, acanthus leaf drapery.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gold
Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century French Clock Tower Automaton Figures
A rare matched pair of French (Paris) clock tower automaton figures, in the form of oriental male dressed dancing figures. Dat...
Category
Early 20th Century French Late Victorian Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
French Giltwood Eagle Sculpture
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rare French, 19th century, Empire. Large size carved wood and gesso gilt eagle, with its full body, swept back wings, pronounced talons, perched on a ball. Important size.
Conditi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood
English large Regency period country house gesso decorated casket, circa 1820
Located in Central England, GB
A Rare and Important Large Regency Period Country House Gesso Decorated Casket
This most interesting large scale casket is highly decorative. It stands on four raised cast bronze an...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
Pair of 19th Century Busts
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of 19th century busts. These are 2 19th century Gesso painted busts of 2 archaeologists of the period. Measurements: 69 x 62 x 28 Y 65 x 60 x 30
Good condition.
Category
19th Century English Baroque Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
$1,006 / set
Spanish Colonial Column Base Depicting Putti Holding Corbel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
pre 1825, Spanish Colonial, wooden polychrome column base depicting a putti holding up a corbel where a pillar would have been sat. The pillar is long gone but the intricate carvings...
Category
19th Century Guatemalan Spanish Colonial Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Oversized Classical Male Figure Library Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-950 Oversized impressive gesso male figural library sculpture.
Category
1960s Vintage Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Gesso
Pair Antique Bronze Patinated Putti Angel Sconces
Located in New York, NY
Pair antique bronze patinated angel putti sconces. Italian late 17th century bronze putti with exceptional modeling seated on scrolled arms each ex...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gesso Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
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