Bronze Bust Of a Noble Lady by Dominique Alonzo c1910

Early 20th Century Bonbonniere Val St Lambert, c1910 This is almost certainly a Leon Landru design for Val St Lambert. He designed a range of bonbonnie...

Heading : An Old English Millefiori Possibly Richardson Paperweight c1910 Date : 1910 Origin : England Features : A six ring concentric millefiori paperweight Marks : None Type : Lea...

Heading : Emile galle cameo glass vase depicting daffodils Date : c1910 - form of the Gallé signature used between 1906 and 1914 Origin : Nancy, France Bow...

Legras Rubis Series Cameo Vase, c1910 Additional information: Date : c1910 Origin : St. Denis, Paris Bowl Features : Polished magenta high relief ivy leave...

A Tall Galle Cameo Glass Vase, c1910 This mark was used between the passing of Galle himself in 1906 and the start of the first war when the factory closed. Additional Information:...

A Galle Cameo Glass Banjo Vase, c1910 Additional Information: Heading : A Galle Cameo Glass Vase of bottle form with slender trumpet neck Date : 1908 - 1914 Origin : Nancy, France ...

Cast bronze and marble shepherdess with sheep sculpture signed D. Alonzo. France, early 20th century.

Very tall elegant Bust in Patinated plaster, representing a noble French Lady. Pedestal in Light Ivory color. France, 19th Century. 63 cm high 24.80 inches high.  

An amazing work, double inkwells in red coopery color bronze with flower and leaf accents and marble base.

Roman miniature bust of a noble woman, carved marble, Severan Dynasty, c. 225 A.D. Rare and particularly elegant ‘wig portrait’ of a noble woman, belonging to the early 3rd Century - a style distinctive of Severan Dynasty female portrait busts, in which part of the head has been chiselled away to allow for the addition of a separate hairpiece, in many cases from a darker material, in order to create an almost painterly effect, in the interplay of different coloured stones. The degree of naturalism and emotional depth achieved in a piece of such a small scale implies a sculptor of great talent. The subtle parting of the lips, in combination with her upturned, vacant gaze and tired eyes, conveys a pensive mood, and even a quiet melancholy. A woman strolls the town in thick wigs bought with gold, Then buys new hair to complement the old. And having bought, she doesn’t blush! Right there she buys, Before Alcides’ and the Muses’ eyes. (Ovid, Ars Amatoria, III, 161-168) The fashion of wig-wearing in this period, as well as its emulation in the wig portrait bust, is widely attributed to Julia Domna...

Pair of bronze busts of French 19th Century court ladies on pedestal base (signed G. PECRON, 1881)

Bronze bust of a classic lady with new custom base.