19th Century Pietro Giorgi Sculpture of Girl Peeling an Orange

A set of four 19th century French Limoges style porcelain lidded apothecary jars with elegant hand painted floral decoration and lettering. Some of the gilt paint has rubbed off the ...

A set of four 19th century French Limoges style porcelain lidded apothecary jars with elegant hand painted floral decoration and lettering. One jar has a pharmacy label on the revers...

A set of four 19th century French Limoges style porcelain lidded apothecary jars with elegant hand painted floral decoration and lettering. Some of the gilt paint has rubbed off the ...

A set of four 19th century French cast iron white painted garden urn planters. Original weathered rusty patina. Weight: 38.5 lbs. each Dimensions: 12" Height x 19" Diameter. Bas...

A set of four 19th century French cast iron white painted garden urn planters. Original weathered rusty patina. One urn has a chip in the rim. Circa 1870-1880. Weight: 54 Lbs each Di...

A beautiful 19th Century genre painting in the Dutch style, clearly influenced by Vermeer, with light pouring in from an upper window. Depicting a kitchen maid preparing vegetable on...

Alabaster sculpture depicting the portrait of a young girl in the taste of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, (1824-1887). She is wearing a striped garment decorated with a butterfly th...

A charming Italian 19th century white Carrara marble statue of a young boy signed Pietro Franchi, Rome. The praying boy is raised on a circular mottled pedestal and is wearing classi...

This large patinated bronze statue of a girl kissing a boy in the manner of Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) dates from the late nineteenth century. Apparently unsigned and mounted on roun...

This 19th-century alabaster bust portrays a charming young girl with an exquisite profile. The statue, crafted in a pristine white hue, captures the innocence and grace of youth. The...

A carved and painted wood 'TURKOMANIA' sculpture of an ottoman soldier French or Dutch Turkomania, early 19th century Depicted in standing position, with a sword in one hand and a club in the raised other, with a fur hat, long moustache and long coat, on a square base. Measures: H. 58 cm Note: During the Dutch War of Independence from 1568 till 1648, the Dutch and Turks were allies against Roman Catholic Spain and the slogan of the Dutch was “liever Turks dan Paaps” (rather Muslim than Roman Catholic). In 1612 the first Dutch ambassador arrived in Istanbul. Nevertheless, in Holland, there was also the image of the cruel and heretic Turk stemming from the frequent violent clashes between Dutch ships and the pirates from Algiers, usually called the “Turkish pirates”. When the Ottoman armies advanced against Vienna, in the eyes of many Europeans the Islam bent on destroying Christianity. Later in the early 19th century, although the Turkish threat to Europe was long gone, the image of the Turks deteriorated again because of the Greek uprising. The Sultan Mahmud II understood that Turkey had to modernize along West European lines and among other things in 1808 he replaced the “picturesque” oriental clothing...

Beautiful stone sculpture featuring an Indian woman wearing earrings and a crown with rounds patterns carved. Mounted on a modern iron basement you could easily remove it. Its simpl...