Sculptures

A delightful Art Nouveau Bronze bust of an Art Nouveau beauty with rich red/brown patina and fine hand finished detail, signed Van der Straeten and stamped with foundry pastille. ...

French ceramic figurine of a lady carrying flowers, made in the early 20th century. The figurine is in good condition, has some chipping due to ageing, detailed photos of which ha...

A beautiful and most charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated Terra Cotta statue signed by Bouat. The statue is raised by a rectangular base with a fine ground design and...

Dimensions Total Height: 7.5 inches Base Height: 2 inches Width: 2.75 inches Depth: 2.75 inches ABOUT This charming desk figurine in dark brown patinated Viennese bronze by the famous Austrian sculptor Karl Kaub stands out for the originality and humor of its subject matter. The author depicted with amazing subtlety a boy who jumped on one leg in fright, suddenly seeing a frog sitting on his arm. CARL KAUBA (Austrian, 1865-1922) was born August 13, 1865 in Vienna, Austria. The son of a shoemaker, Kauba chose to follow his calling into the world of art. Collectors now rank him in a class with Remington and Russell as one of the great portrayers of American Western. His subjects were typically American Indians, calvarymen, cowboys, and roughriders. In addition to his American bronzes, Kauba produced a lifetime’s worth of Austrian statuary. His work became fully appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic. Carl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under professor Laufenberg. Later he would study at the academies under Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz. Next, he went to Paris in 1886 to further study before he set off for the U.S. In fact, some debate still remains as to whether Kauba ever visited the U.S. Kauba’s fascination with the West was fired by the stories of the German writer, Carl May, whose tales of Western adventure were well known throughout Europe. Most authorities feel that he was about twenty-five years old when he traveled widely throughout the American West. He then returned to Austria with voluminous notes, sketches, and several models of Western sculpture...

Art Nouveau sculpture by in gilded bronze representing a young girl holding an illuminating casket with panes of marbled red glass resting on a mahogany base. Great example of Art...

Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created: Baby in a dress with legs outstretched sitting on the floor and looking at a picture book. Modeling of the finest quality, extremely loving and lifelike details. Modeller: JULIUS KONRAD HENTSCHEL (Cologne 1872 - Meissen 1907) studied at the academies in Munich and Dresden, worked as a modeler and porcelain painter, from 1889 in the Meissen manufactory. Model U 149 was created 1904. Manufactory: Meissen Germany Dating: made around 1905 Style: Art Nouveau Material: multicolored porcelain, glossy finish Technique: handmade porcelain Hallmarked: underglaze blue Meissen Sword...

Stunning Art Nouveau bronze bust depicting the character "Lola" modelled in the midst of an inquisitive look. The study has a multi hued patination of colours that accentuate the very fine hand chased surface detail. Signed ?E Villanis...

A Pair of 19th century French Majolica/Fiance Models of Lions Perched on stands. Each is wonderfully hand painted in vibrant purple and blue colorways. The bases are green and each i...

CHARLES KORSCHANN Czech, 1872-1943 Putto Riding a Doe Medium-brown patinated bronze over an original marble base Signed "CH. KORRSCHANN." and sealed with foundry cachet for Louchet Item # 301LCJ14L A very fine lifetime casting of Charles Korschann's Putto Riding a Doe, the model is steeped in the elements of the Art Nouveau with a distinct celebration of the naturalistic. The putto grasps a simple harp in his hand while a loose garment bound in a belt encircling his waist billows in the unseen wind. The doe looks on with disinterest, unconcerned about its surroundings and almost at one with its rider. It is a carefully composed idealization of the natural world and the potential for harmony between man and beast. The casting is exquisite, typical of work from Louchet, and is finished in a medium-brown translucent patina. Charles Korschann Born in Brno, Monrovia in 1872 as Charles Korschmann, later dropping the "m" to appear less Germanic, he studied at the fine arts academies of Vienna, Berlin and Paris before finally establishing himself in Paris in 1894. He spent his entire career working in Paris, exhibiting at the 1900 Exposition Universelle where he was awarded a Bronze Medal and from 1894 through 1905 at the Société des Artistes Français. His work is very distinctive and immediately recognizable, a most important trait as an artist and a particular accomplishment in light of the output of his contemporaries. He was to sculpture what Alphonse Mucha was to graphics, both men originating from the same province in Czechoslovakia and having similar influences in Paris. It is rather fitting that he would execute a bust of Alphonse Mucha for the Museum of Brno in honor of his accomplishments. Artist Listings...

CARL THIEME (Factory / Manufacturer) - Potschappel (Village / Location) - Antique Dresden hand painted, decorated and gilded porcelain figure of a...

Almeric Walter and Henry Mercier Pate De Verre Art Nouveau Figure of a Nude Cherub or boy seated with his hand on his head. A wonderful pâte-de-ver...

A very fine bronze sculpture modeled as the beautiful Goddess standing with her bow and quiver and gently holding the collar of her hunting hound. The bronze with warm brown patina a...

"Confidence". calamine. France, around 1900, following Grisard, Désiré (1872-¿). With manufacturing stamp, titled and engraved name. Calamine figure patinated in various shades t...

Art Nouveau bronze sculpture nude snake charmer, Germany ca. 1900. Bronze sculpture with silver and brown patina on a Portor marble base. This bronze is...

Rare and gorgeous dog perfume lamp attributed to Carl Scheidig Grafenthal, Germany. Excellent condition, lamp is in working order. Size: Height 17 c...

Head bust face statue from Belgium by Guiseppe Carli, (1915-1987) ceramic. Signed. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions. ...

Precious porcelain sculpture attributed to the ceramic designer and sculptor Friedrich Heuler (1889-1959) representing spring with a nymph riding on a satyr, to which she clings to i...

19th century French bronze Art Nouveau classical figural woman.

This is a Goebel porcelain figurine of a large bird. It depicts a very well done hand painted Baltimore Oriole. The bird is standing up over a branch...

A striking and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze statues of soldiers. Each statue is raised by a pentagonal base with a fine mottled d...

A striking and most impressive French 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated bronze and Rouge Griotte marble statue of a bull signed R. Durquet. The statue is raised by a rectangular R...

EMMANUEL VILLANIS French, fl. 1880-1920 "Bust of Diana the Huntress" Signed in cast along shoulder "E. Villanis" and cold stamped "3 S" verso Item # 212KRG15A An exquisite and expertly cast example of Emmanuel Villanis' Diana the Huntress, it features a delightful light...

Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Girl and child in clothes from around 1900, the girl in a blue, polka-dot long-sleeved dress with a white apron kneeling on the fl...

Important patinated spelter lamp representing a young boy, probably a butcher boy, drinking his soup accompanied by his pit bull / bulldog type dog. The boy is leaning against a gallows holding an electrified green lantern. By Belgian sculptor Victor Rousseau (1865-1954). Art Nouveau / Belle Epoque style. Plate with inscription "La Bonne Soupe par Rousseau" ("The Good Soup by Rousseau") on the front, signature "Rousseau" on the side and stamp "Fabrication française...

This is a goebel porcelain figurine of a bird. It depicts a very well done hand painted long tailed titmouse. It is standing up over an asymmetrical oval light green base. It is hall...

Erotic / nude women bronze sculpture table bell push - Austria 1900´s Talk about hard to find items! This impossible to believe bell push is the only erotic bell push we have ever s...

Art Nouveau Majolica frog who playing mandolin signed Delphin Massier circa 1900. The Massier are known for the quality of their unique enamels and paintings.

A beautiful and very high quality true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI St. Ormolu and patinated bronze statues signed A. Mahuet. Each small scale statue depicting summer and au...

Art Nouveau ceramic figurines Rstk Amphora Austria Turn Teplitz - a pair Attributed to Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel for Amphora, Turn Teplitz Austria...

A remarkable and most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze statue. The statue is raised by an elegant stepped circular ormolu base below the circu...

Sculpture in bronze with brown patina representing a stag after its moult. It rests on a terrace forming a base, moved by tree stumps and stre...

A. De Remière, Friedrich Goldscheider Polychrome Patinated Terracotta Sculpture Friedrich Goldscheider: polychrome patinated terracotta sculpture ...

This is a solid bronze figurine of a young Girl with a blindfold playing Hide and Seek, which we attribute to the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ferrari ( ...

A beautiful metal figurine of the goose man, a statue in the middle of a water fountain in Nuremberg, Germany. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A bea...

Art Nouveau lamp mounted on a sculpted and chased bronze vase, signed A. Clerget. This lamp carved in relief, presents a seated woman forming a handle, a head of sylvan among vine leaves and grapes winding a spout. The shaft of this 1900 light fixture...

Amazing sculpture in patinated bronze terracotta, "Lioness with her lions" by Antoine Amorgasti, born in 1880 in Pisa and died in Antwerp, Belgium in 1942. He studied sculpture at th...

Four Jugendstil copper reliefs, circa 1907s Polished and stove enameled Priced and sell per piece The bigger ones are: 31cm x 16.5cm x 2cm The sm...

Calvet door handle set by Antoni Gaudí. Solid cast brass with polished finish. An exact reproduction in both form and material original metalwor...

"Guerrier du Caucase" by Antoine L Barye Excellent French bronze study of a mounted Caucasian Warrior in full armour, the bronze with excellent hand chased surface detail and rich green, brown, black and orange patination, signed BARYE. A fabulous example of this important sculpture in optimal condition. Additional Information Height: 20 cm Width: 17 cm Depth: 7 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Foundry: Atelier Barye circa: 1874 Materials: Bronze Book Ref BARYE Catalogue Raisonne des Sculptures by Michel Poletti – Alain Richarme Page no. 78 Description Antoine Louis Barye “The Michelangelo of the Menagerie” These are the words of Théophile Gautier in praise of Barye’s genius. Throughout his life Barye endeavoured to capture the fundamental nature of the animal kingdom in all its diversity, wild or tame, exotic or familiar, cruel or gentle, bringing to life the roaring, trembling, living beasts. The son of a goldsmith, apprenticed to a steel engraver at a young age, Barye found himself making moulds for ornaments, acquiring knowledge that he would later build on to produce his exquisitely chased bronzes. When he was called up at seventeen, he joined the army’s topographic brigade where he used clay to model raised relief maps...

Alabaster table lamp sculpture attributed to Bastiani. Italy, late 19th century Attributed to Ildebrando Bastiani.

Vintage life size rattan, bamboo and wicker Harley Davidson Motorcycle Great sculptural motorcycle made attributed to the Tom Dixon stores in the 1980s...

Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Two girls in clothing of circa 1900, the elder with hair pinned up in a bun in a blue fringed white dress with a yellow petticoat...

Superb Art Nouveau sculpture from France, circa 1900 showing a swordsman holding up his saber. Made in a very detailed manner this great tin cast sculpture shows an unknown lateral s...

Lovely hand-painted golden pheasant porcelain figurine from the famous company of F. Karl Ens around 1920. Artfully crafted by one of the old manufactories for porcelain in Germany (...

Very unusual and adorable hand carved and hand painted wall hanging deer head with genuine antlers mounted on a carved wooden plaque. The wooden plaque depicts green leaves and red f...

A very fine Animalier bronze study of a feeding gazelle with her fawn reclining at her feet. The bronze with rich brown patina and excellent detail raised on a naturalistic base, signed Fratin and engraved with title to the fore ‘Gazelle’ Additional information Height: 10 cm Width: 17 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1860 Materials: Bronze Book reference: Bronzes of the 19th Century by Pierre Kjellberg SKU: 4934 ABOUT Christopher Fratin (1 January 1801 – 16 August 1864), also known as Christophe Fratin, was a noted French sculptor in the animalier style, and one of the earliest French sculptors to portray animals in bronze. Fratin was born in Metz, Moselle, France the son of a taxidermist. He first studied drawing under Pioche in Metz and later worked in Paris at the studio of Théodore Géricault. Work He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1831–1842 and 1850–1862, as well as at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Fratin never signed his bronzes but instead used a stamp showing his last name in straight block letters. One of the stamps he used (pictured) showed the "n" reversed, not by design but due to an error on the part of the maker of the stamp. Bronzes bearing this stamp have the appearance of not seeming to be genuine when in reality they are. Fratin received monumental commissions in France and elsewhere, including the Deux Aigles Gardant Leur Proie (Eagles and Prey, created 1850) displayed since 1863 in New York City's Central Park. Many of his small bronzes—including his miniature bronzes which were more affordable due to their smaller size—were sold commercially to the general public during his lifetime. Today, Fratin's sculpture is on permanent display in the Louvre, the city museums of Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg, Nîmes and at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. The Georg Eisler...

"Taureau Debout" by Rosa Bonheur. An excellent late 19th Century French animalier bronze study of a standing bull with fine hand chased surface that accentuates the muscle definition of the subject, signed Rosa B. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Measures: Width: 32 cm Height: 18 cm Depth: 11cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1870 Materials: Bronze Book reference: Animals in Bronze by Christopher Payne Page no. 174 DESCRIPTION Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899) The most popular artist of nineteenth-century France, Rosa Bonheur was also one of the first renowned painters of animals and the first woman awarded the Grand Cross by the French Legion of Honor. A professional artist with a successful career, Bonheur lived in two consecutive committed relationships with women. Born on March 16, 1822 in Bordeaux, Marie Rosalie Bonheur was the oldest of the four children of Raimond Oscar Bonheur (1796-1849) and Sophie Marquis. Bonheur's father was an art teacher who came from a poor family, while her mother, a musician, had descended from a middle-class family and had been her husband's art student. Bonheur's father, who taught drawing and landscape painting, was an ardent member of the utopian Saint Simeon society. The group held idealistic beliefs about the reform of work, property, marriage, and the role of women in society. Most importantly, for the artist's future, the Saint Simeons questioned traditional gender norms and firmly believed in the equality of women. While teaching artistic techniques to his oldest daughter, Raimond Bonheur also encouraged her independence and taught her to consider art as a career. In 1828 Raimond Bonheur joined the Saint Simeons at their retreat outside Paris. Sophie and the children joined him in Paris the following year. Four years later, however, Raimond abandoned his family to live in isolation with his fellow Saint Simeons. Sophie Bonheur died in 1833 at the age of thirty-six. Rosa was only eleven years old when her mother died, but she was aware of the heavy price her mother paid for married life with a man who was more dedicated to his own ideals than to meeting his family's needs. Rosa also saw that her mother's marriage led to poverty and her death from exhaustion. After her mother's death, Bonheur was taken in by the Micas family who resided nearby. Mme Micas and Bonheur's mother had been friends. When Mme Bonheur died, the Micas family paid Raimond Bonheur's debts and cared for Rosa. Their daughther, Nathalie, who would later become an amateur inventor and unschooled veterinarian, and Rosa became enamored with each other. When Rosa Bonheur began her career as a professional artist, she had already been trained by her father who had allowed her to study in all male classes. Rosa also learned by sketching masterworks at the Louvre from the age of fourteen, and later, by studying with Léon Cogniet. From the very beginning, Bonheur's favorite subject was animals. She learned their anatomy completely by dissecting them in local slaughterhouses. She also visited the horse market two times a week. Study of animals by direct observation led to the formation of the realist style in which Bonheur worked. It was for such work that Bonheur obtained written permission from the French government to wear men's slacks. Her working attire also consisted of a loose smock and heavy boots that protected her feet from the dangerous environment in which she painted. The style of dress that the artist adopted for work and home may well have been influenced by her father's attire, which was based on St. Simeonian clothing experiments. Bonheur also cropped her hair, perhaps to facilitate her work. She did, however, always wear dresses for social occasions because she knew that appropriate dress would further her career. Bonheur earned a successful living as a painter of animals. She exhibited at the annual Paris Salon regularly from the age of nineteen in 1841 through 1853, when she was thirty-one. She won the salon's gold medal at the age of twenty-six in 1848 and was commissioned by the French government to paint Plowing on the Nivernais in 1849. In the same year Bonheur and her sister Juliette became directors of l'École gratuite de dessin pour les jeunes filles, a post their father had once held. Bonheur completed her most renowned work, The Horse Fair, in 1855. The successful representation of percherons (a breed native to Normandy) was purchased by Ernest Gambart, a London art dealer whose gallery specialized in work by French artists. He exhibited The Horse Fair in London where Bonheur visited with Nathalie. Queen Victoria requested a private viewing of the painting at Windsor Castle. It would later be purchased in 1887 by Cornelius Vanderbilt and donated to the new Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Bonheur's trip to England allowed her to meet Charles Eastlake, then President of the Royal Academy, John Ruskin, the English writer and critic, and Edwin Landseer, the British animalier. She also toured the English and Scottish countrysides and executed some paintings based on her observations of new breeds of animals found there. Gambart made engravings of Bonheur's work, including The Horse Fair, and sold them in England, Europe, and the United States. Bonheur became one of the most renowned painters of the time. Little girls, such as Anna Klumpke in the United States, even had dolls in her likeness, much as American girls played with Shirley Temple dolls...

A very beautiful late 19th Century French Art Nouveau bronze vase decorated with two gilt bronze female figures sitting upon a tree stump. The surface of the vase with excellent detail and very fine colour, signed Korschann and with foundry mark for Louchet Paris Additional information Height: 15 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1900 Materials: Bronze Foundry: Louchet Paris About Charles Korschann Biography Charles Korschann (1872-1943). Born in Brno in Moravia, he attended the Fine Arts Academies in Vienna and Berlin. Although he frequently returned to Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but a constituent part of Czecho-Slovakia after the First World War, he spent most of his life after 1894 in Paris. He designed many small mostly Art Nouveau subjects including vases, inkwells, clocks, lamps, wall sconces, and jardinières among those with some utility, often with full figures of elegant women, nearly always with hieratic expressions or Symbolist poses. He exhibited at the Salons of the Société des Artistes Français from 1894 to 1905, and was awarded a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. He worked with gilt and patinated bronze, bronze with polychrome glazed and unglazed ceramics...

Carrara marble sculpture signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, late 19th century.

A very fine early 20th Century gilt bronze figure of the famous Cleopatra with a snake wrapped around her wrist drinking from a bowl. Exhibiting fine colour and excellent hand fi...

For sale a magnificent early 20th Century gilt bronze sculpture, cast using the Lost Wax (in French, 'Cire Perdue') process. This fine sculpture is a cast of Richard Alexander Hudnut's hand and was produced by the renowned Montagutelli Frères foundry in Paris in 1912. The sculpture is in very good vintage condition, signed "Richard Alexander Hudnut 1912" and carries the oval "Montagutelli Freres Paris Cire Perdue" foundry stamp to the underside. Richard Alexander Hudnut (1856-1928) was an American businessman recognised as being the first American to achieve international success in cosmetics manufacturing. After graduating from Princeton University, he toured France and returned with the idea of introducing French-style perfumes and cosmetics to American women. The Richard Hudnut company once maintained separate US and European headquarters on Fifth Avenue in New York City and on the Rue de la Paix in Paris, respectively. Although his fortune had been built around cosmetics and beauty products...

German/Rudolstadt-Volkstedt late 19th century figure group of putti made of biscuit porcelain: Four putti on landscape round pedestal around a vase pedestal, in moving posture and different states of mind playing with a goat, a sheep, a boar and a calf. On high rectangular pedestal crater vase with applied flower...

This is a Royal Copenhagen porcelain of small tenacious bird figurine known as a seagull. At the base is the Royal Copenhagen hallmark with the number-14...

Delightful mid 19th Century French Animaliers bronze study of a playful Greyhound and King Charles Spaniel, with rich brown rubbed to a golden colour and fine hand chased surface det...

Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Belgium by A. de Lambert. High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade) Unusual design with high relief C-scrolls and flowers in Rococo style (from theArt Nouveau' period) with a lovely walnut case/. Equipment in full working order. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any further questions.

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An Elaborate 19th century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Sultana Riding an Elephant. After the model by P.J. Reinicke and J.J. Kändler, the Sultana sitting on the elephants back and h...

An attractive late 19th Century Art Nouveau French bronze bust exhibiting deep multi-hued patination and excellent detail. The beautiful character wearing a head dress and a loosely draped blouse representing ’Cinderella’ from the famous French opera. The bronze is signed E Villanis and titled to the fore on its integral bronze base. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Height: 30 cm Width: 19 cm Depth: 12 cm Condition: excellent original condition Circa: 1890 Materials: Bronze Book Ref: Emmanuel Villanis by Josje Hortulanus-de Mik Page No: 35 SKU: 8773 ABOUT Villanis Cendrillon Emmanuel Villanis was an industrious man. He is believed to have created some 200 to 250 pieces. His oeuvre pre-eminently consisted of busts and full body statues...

A superb stunning and very large Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Dore figural lamp of a lady with flora and foliage decoration and with three branch light fittings. Circa 1900. Signed Henri Ple...