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Sculptures For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Tibetan
Miniature Cast Bronze Grand Tour Architectural Sculpture of the Trajan Column
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This miniature cast bronze architectural model of the Trajan Column dates to the 19th century to commemorate one of the Grand Tours of Europe. There is no foundry mark noted, but thi...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Bronze Dog Inkwell, King Charles Spaniel, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome Victorian novelty inkwell, cast in bronze in the form of a King Charles Spaniel, beautifully executed with two lovely glass eyes.
The underside is inscribed with a roma...
Category
1880s European Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique English King Charles Cavalier Hand-Painted Dog Doorstop
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Form meets function with this King Charles Cavalier doorstop. This iconic English dog is believed to be made from plaster or similar material and is filled with sand. The pup wears a red collar with a lock at the front with a small chain leash draped over its back. It is painted in a light brown, with deep brown spots throughout. Use this to bring a touch of classic English decor...
Category
20th Century English Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Paint
Novelty Dog & Cat Pair of Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Pepper Pots, 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by Stuart Clifford, this very rare pair of Antique, Sterling Silver Pepper Pots, are modelled as a seated Cat ...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Mannekin Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century French mannekin head in beech with original polychrome remains.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Beech
Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Lead Satyr Musician
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality lead figure of a satyr musician sat upon a rock playing a flute type instrument. In beautiful weathered condition.
Measures: 55 x 23 x 22.5cm
Da...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Lead
19th Century Boucherie Chevaline French Tradesign
Located in London, GB
Boucherie Chevaline
We are proud to offer a late 19th century Boucherie Chevaline, zinc gold leaf hand beaten butchers advertising trade sign. These items have become rare over the years especially the original gold leaf finished examples. Untouched in form in very presentable condition, with age related wear you may come to expect from an item of its age. This highly decorative object comes with its own bespoke cast iron display...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Zinc
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Statue of a Cow and Her Calf
Located in New York, NY
Victorian period, sterling silver (unmarked, but tested) statue of a cow and her calf, India, Ca. 1900. Measures 4 1/2 inches wide (at widest point) x 4 1/2 inches high (at highest p...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Alabaster Sculpture by Emilio Fiaschi
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage hand carved late 19th century Italian alabaster sculpture is signed E. Fiaschi. This exquisitely rendered depiction of a fashionable lady is presented wearing a tight se...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Parian Figure Group of a Dickensian Couple
Located in Martlesham, GB
A highly decorative and detailed 19th century Parian figure group of a Dickensian couple, the couple sitting in their own chairs with a cat and dog beside them, the base is marked “J...
Category
1850s British Early Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva 'Amoghapasha?', Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful and unusual gilt bronze figure of a Bodhisattva, possibly Amoghapasha, Nepal, early to mid-20th century, circa 1930s or 1940s.
The regal figure possibly depicting the bodhisattva Amoghapasha, the Unfailing Lasso. The enlightened being is portrayed seated upon a high double lotus pedestal. He is dressed as an Indian prince, wearing a luxurious foliate patterned dhoti around his waist and a billowing scarf around his shoulders. . His torso bare save for the jeweled necklaces and the sacred thread. A five pointed crown with an image of Amitabha Buddha in the central point graces his head.
His princely face cold painted with beautiful detail, his hair colored blue with crushed lapis lazuli, indicating his peaceful nature. Amoghapasha holds a lasso in one hand, an axe in the other. He is considered an emanation of Avalokiteshvara. A bodhisattva of compassion, Amoghapasha is so named because of the lasso he holds in his hand. The lasso represents his vast compassion which is thought to extend to encompass all beings, bringing them into a state of perfection and enlightenment.
The copper base plate, seemingly a later replacement, has been inscribed with a visvajra (double vajra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Buddhist Figure of Manjushri, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Nepalese gilt bronze figure of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, early to mid 20th century.
The Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravahari
Located in Dallas, TX
A gilt bronze figure of Chakrasamvara and Vajravahari, 17th-18th century
Tibet, 18th century. The two in embrace striding in alidhasana atop a lotus base with a beaded edge. He is holding vajra and ghanta and is adorned with a long garland of severed heads and skulls, the face with a third eye below a skull tiara, the hair pulled into a high chignon. She is holding a flaying knife and skull cup...
Category
Late 17th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique German or Austrian Porcelain Female Figurines Harvesting Grapes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of antique porcelain figurines are marked on their respective bases, but the specific maker cannot be identified. It is presumed this pair of figurines was made in either G...
Category
Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Staffordshire Military Portrait Figure of Omar Pacha
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century Staffordshire military portrait figure of Omar Pacha, A rare well decorated version, depicting the Omar Pasha, also known as Omer Pasha ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Maitland Smith Large Bronze Girl Statue Sculpture Victorian Style
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Maitland Smithlarge 48" bronze girl statue sculpture Victorian style. Item features large impressive size, quality bronze casting, wonderful patina,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century German Carved Wooden Deers Head
Located in London, GB
19th century carved wooden deer’s head
We are proud to offer a delightful example of a 19th century hand carved German deer’s head. This ite...
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pine, Paint
Amazone zu Pferde, Bronze Equestrian Statue after August Kiss 'German, 1802-1865'
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Amazone zu Pferde is an 1841 bronze equestrian statue by August Kiss, installed outside the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany.
It was based on a smaller clay model which August Kiss first built in 1839. Amazone zu Pferde stands opposite its companion statue, Löwenkämpfer.
A bronze copy, cast in 1929, sits in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Zinc copies also exist in England, Italy, and elsewhere in Germany
August Kiss (1802-1865)
August Kiss was trained at the Ironworks in Paprotzan and the Royal Iron Foundry Gleiwitz. He further took lessons in chasing and drawing at the Academy under Leonhard Posch. From 1825 he worked as a student and later as assistant in the workshop of Daniel Rauch. In 1830 Kiss received a teaching position at the Königlichen Gewerbeinstitut in Berlin. He also repeatedly collaborated with his friend and colleague Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The marble version of the fighting Amazone sculpture, one of his masterpieces, is nowadays to be found in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Moreover Kiss designed the tombs of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Christian Daniel Rauch.
Category
19th Century German Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
William Theed the Younger 1804-91 Marble Bust of William Ewart Gladstone 1868
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A very finely carved marble bust of William Ewart Gladstone dated 1868 and signed W.Theed SC
William Theed was born in Staffordshire, his father, William Theed the elder being a sculptor and a craftsman at Wedgwood, known for his major work, Hercules and the Thracian Horses for one frontage of the Buckingham Palace complex. The younger Theed studied at the Royal Academy Schools, then worked for the sculptor E. H. Baily. Five years on, in 1826, he went to Rome, where he was to stay a total of 22 years, during that time working in the studios of Thorwaldson and John Gibson.
Returning to London in 1848, Theed enjoyed a good reputation, being a favoured sculptor of Queen Victoria, and was commissioned to produce many portrait statues, busts, and large monuments. He showed work in the 1851 Great Exhibition, and among other high points were a group for the Albert Memorial, and five standing figures on the Inland Revenue side of Somerset House, representing Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin.
Theed's statues may be seen in St Paul's (Henry Hallam), Manchester (Monument to Chetham in the Cathedral, Gladstone and Thomas Bright for the Town Hall, and James Watt in Piccadilly Gardens), Huddersfield (Robert Peel), Winchester (David Williams monument in the Cathedral), and Prince Albert statues for Grimsby, and in Australia in Macquairie Street, Sydney. He was also responsible for three of the portrait statues (Bacon, Locke, Adam Smith...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Antique Victorian Spelter Figurines
Located in London, GB
Pair of large antique Victorian spelter figures of two women with musical instruments that look to me like lutes. They are in excellent condition & hav...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Antique English Carved Hardwood Bull Dog with Cut Steel Collar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English Carved Hardwood Bull Dog with Cut Steel Collar
England Early 20th Century
Observe exquisite craftsmanship of the Victorian era with this ex...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Chinese Set of Eighteen Blanc de Chine Enameled Ceramic Arhats or Luohan Buddhas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare set of eighteen Blanc de Chine Style Enameled - Glazed Ceramic Arhat, also known as Luohans, the disciples of Buddha, each bearing the mark and style of the Chinese maker Zeng Longsheng. The Eighteen Arhats (or Luohan) (Chinese: ????; pinyin: Shíba Luóhàn; Wade–Giles: Shih-pa Lo-han) are depicted in Mahayana Buddhism as the original followers of Gautama Buddha (arhat) who have followed the Noble Eightfold Path...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
English 19th Century Cast Brass Dog Doorstop with Weighted Brass Base
Located in Wells, ME
English 19th century cast brass sitting dog doorstop with vine handle and lead weighted brass base. This crisply cast dog doorstop is exceptionally easy to mo...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Lead
19th Century Parian Figure of a Flower Maiden
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century parian figure of a flower maiden, the lady holding a basket of flowers and leaning on a floral log, wonderful detail all around. The base has some damage in a few places...
Category
1850s British Early Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare 19th Century Spanish Solid Marble Wash Board for Washing Clothes Old Way
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century Spanish marble wash stand
A very good looking piece, made for washing clothes, now its...
Category
19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Staffordshire Mr & Mrs Gladstone Pair Political Portrait Pottery Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare pair Staffordshire pottery political figures titled Mr & Mrs Gladstone and dating from the latter 19th century. The cast figures portray prime minister William Ewart Gladstone...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Austro/Bohemian Majolica Bavarian Reservist Military Pottery Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare antique Austrian or Bohemian majolica pottery figure of a Infantry soldier, a Bavarian Reservist in light grey uniform dating from the latter ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Plaster Maquette Sculpture of a Young Boy
By John Hodges & Sons
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Plaster sculpture of a naked young boy holding fishes aloft.
This charming sculpture is believed to be a maquette of John Hodges' fountain sculpture in Braintree, Essex.
A maquette is a three-dimensional object made as a preparatory study...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Tibeto-Chinese Seated Lama Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast in brass with a rich patina, this seated figure is a Lama, a spiritual master and teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The figure likely de...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Antique English Parian King Charles Spaniels Group by Copeland
By Copeland
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English Parian King Charles Spaniels Group, by Copeland , Two lounging pooches on a tasseled cushion. Rare model.
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Victorian Cast Iron Architectural Mask with White Paint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Victorian cast iron mask.
Likely an architectural elemental from a building in the 19th Century.
With multiple layers of a white paint ...
Category
19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Iron
19th Century English Jockey Striker
Located in High Point, NC
19th century jockey striker from England made from polychromed spelter. It is a lovely model of a mounted jockey on horseback with reins in front of a hitching post, which is the str...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cesare Lapini
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian alabaster busts of Amorini
By Galleria Lapini, Florence, Late 19th Century
One inscribed to the reverse C. Lapini, Firenze...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Important 19th Century Gilded Bronze Centrepiece, Christofle, Paris
By Christofle
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and important gilded bronze and Onyx centrepiece dating to around 1880.
The beautifully cast base is made from bronze and covered in gold. The theme is highly sought...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Paul Gasq Terra-Cotta Gentleman Bust
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian terra-cotta bust of gentleman with large sideburns and mustache wearing a suite and bow tie supported on a square pedestal base (sig...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Victorian White Marble Lady Bust
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian white marble bust of lady wearing a dress supported on a square pedestal base (signed: A. Frille Firemre).
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Statue, French, Plaster, Art Nouveau, Late 19th Century, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative statue. A French, plaster example of Art Nouveau dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900.
Displaying wonderful character and of good proportion
...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Minton Celadon Parian Porcelain Sculpture, Venus and Cupid, Victorian, 1861
By Minton
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful celadon parian porcelain figure group made by Minton in 1861, which was the Victorian era. The group is of Venus and her son Cupid, seated in a shell.
Minton w...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Ormolu Sienna Marble Candelabra Clodion Grand Tour
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A very fine quality pair of French Louis XV inspired patinated and gilt bronze figural three branch candelabra depicting Bacchanal figures. Both with finely sculped features and moun...
Category
19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century Pipe Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
You just got to love this guy! A wacky looking bearded Indian pipe head. Probably 19th century France. Beautifully carved by a artisan with a sense of humor.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Matched Pair of Recumbent Carved Mahogany Lions
Located in London, GB
Recumbent carved mahogany lions
We are proud to offer a highly decorative matched pair of hand carved recumbent carved mahogany lion figures. These 2 examples show a classical decor...
Category
1850s British Early Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Barbizet Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Platter
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish (including a pike), a snake, a lizard, a frog, a turtle, insects, shellfish blackberries and leaves. Colouration: bl...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century English Staffordshire Hunter with Dog, Rabbits and Game
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful large-scale Staffordshire group of a dapper hunter wearing a fancy feathered hat leaning on a tree trunk holding rabbits and game, his hunting dog looking up at him longingly, his rifle on the ground in front. Utterly delightful, the hunter in his flowery vest, his dog looking so earnest. A charming portrait of early Victorian life. Great Year of the Rabbit...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Edwardian English Sterling Silver Game Bird Pepperette
By Charles Henry Townley & John William Thomas
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver pepperette realistically modelled in the form of a game bird; an addition to our rang...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of 19th Century Staffordshire Spaniels on Bases
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century Staffordshire spaniels in rust and white on blue bases. The spaniels have separated front feet. They are wond...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Very Fine Terracotta Bust of Alexandre Brongniart, After Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine early 20th century terracotta bust of Alexandre Brongniart, after the original work by Jean-Antoine Houdon.
Demonstrating exacting proportions & finely sculpted features...
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Large Majolica Pug Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Unidentified English or European Majolica figure which features a pug, wearing a collar with a locket. Colouration: brown, white, grey, are predominant. Bears a pattern number, '..'.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Black Forest Hand Carved Terrier Inkwell Stand with Glass Eyes, Swiss circa 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest hand carved terrier inkwell stand with glass eyes, Swiss, circa 1880. This highly sought-after piece features an adorable and detailed, crisply carved dog with a stylize...
Category
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Victorian Terra Cotta Group Figures
Located in New York, NY
American Victorian Roger's Group of 4 figures in 2 pews titled "Neighboring Pews" made of plaster in a terra cotta finish (signed JOHN ROGERS, New York, pate...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Plaster
19th Century Italian Socrates Mask, Carrara, Rosso Verona Marble Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Italian mask of Socrates, the Classical Greek philosopher 470-399 BC. Hand carved in white Carrara marble and mounted on a Rosso Verona marble base, in good condition. Wea...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century Country House Dinner Gong Figure
Located in London, GB
19th Century country house dinner gong figure
We are proud to offer an exceptional 55-inch-tall fine figural country house dinner gong figure in the form of an oriental man which is hand carved pine with gesso detail. All section carved body, shaped bamboo legs and midsection detail with glass eyes. With long ponytail real hair detail. Wearing its original 19th century Chinese court official's winter hat made of soft black velvet and is covered with red silk fringe and hand-crafted brass and wood knob. The green colour knob on the top of the hat indicates that this hat was a Qing official's hat, and the knob is an imperial court cap knob button antique...
Category
1880s Chinese Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Silk, Velvet, Bamboo, Glass, Pine, Gesso
Antique Signed Bahnert French Erotic Articulated Cast Bronze Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique bronze sculpture was done by R. Bahnert and made in France in circa 1890 in the Victorian style. The cast bronze figures are extremely detailed and depict a large man we...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nepalese Gilt Bronze Figure of Bodhisattva Chenrezig, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A nice vintage early to mid-20th century gilt bronze sculpture of the Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara in his four armed form, known as Chaturbuhja, or Chenrezig in Tibet.
Chenrezig, a form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion (known as Guan Yin or Kwan Yin in Chinese), sits in vajrasana upon a high double lotus pedestal. One pair of hands is clasped in prayer at heart level, the other pair of hands raised upwards at shoulder lever and holding discreet attributes, a mala (prayer beads) in one hand, a lotus blossom in the other.
Chenrezig is dressed in an elaborately patterned floral dhoti that covers his lower half. His torso bare, shoulders covered with a shawl and scarves that billow out around him. He is festooned with jewels, necklaces, bracelets, armlets, earrings, belt and a five pointed crown. The earrings studded with coral. The crown studded with turquoise. His face is cold painted with beautiful details. The hair has been pigmented blue with crushed lapis, indicating his peaceful nature.
The copper base plate is inscribed with a visvajra (double vajra...
Category
Late 20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze
Beautiful Scottish Victorian Mahogany Magic Lantern or Camera
Located in Antwerp, BE
A beautiful Scottish Victorian mahogany magic lantern, made by William Hume, scientific instrument maker, Edinburgh.
The dimensions are approximately 61...
Category
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Minton Majolica Pottery Boy Holding a Basket Probably for Salt
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique Minton Majolica pottery figure of a boy holding a basket, probably for salt, and dating from around 1879. The figure stands raised on a rounded rockwork base with a tree stump with the boy leaning on the stump and dressed in period costume with a jacket and knee length shorts and wearing a rounded hat with ribbon. He holds a basket in front of him and is hand painted in naturalistic Majolica colors in typical yellows, greens, blues, browns and natural skin tones. The base has stamped Minton marks to the rim along with date marks with the inner base decorated in typical Minton turquoise...
Category
1870s English High Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Large Staffordshire Red Riding Hood and Wolf Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire pottery figure with a theatrical and literary theme which features red riding hood, with a wolf beside her, seated on a circular base. Dull gilt base line and embellish...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Austrian Seated Ceramic Pug Dog with Red Collar and Glass Eyes
Located in Haarlem, NL
I found this very lovely Austrian cold painted terracotta model of a Pug Dogie in seated position with little red collar adorned with gold pain...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Staffordshire Pottery Miss Florence Nightingale Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery figure which features a young Miss Florence Nightingale, stood on an oval base. The piece is titled, 'MISS NIGHTINGALE'. Dul...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
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