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Period: 19th Century
Material: Wood
Fine Pair of 19th Century English Carrara Marble Busts - John Denton Crittenden
Located in New York, NY
A Fine Pair of Mid 19th Century English Carved Carrara Marble Busts on Wooden Pedestals By John Denton Crittenden
Depicting a well-to-do man and woman.
Each signed J.D. CRITTENDEN....
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century Italian Alabaster Carved Head Of A Bishop Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Italian carved alabaster head of a saint wearing a bishop's mitre in the Gothic style. Though a fragment, the intense gaze of this small carving gives it a lot of presence. Rendered by a master carver, this piece has a lot of personality. Likely an architectural fragment, the weathered surface and distressed condition only add to the appeal of this unique sculpture. Mounted on an ebonized walnut base.
10 inches high 3.5 square
5 7/8 inches high by 4 wide by 3.75 deep (head only)
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Gothic Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Coastal 19th Century Ships Mast Head
Located in west palm beach, FL
Anchor your décor with our Vintage Coastal 19th Century Ship's Mast Head. American-sourced and full of maritime charm, this mast head captures the spirit of seafaring history, adding...
Category
19th Century American Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Paint
Italian Marble Head on Wooden Base, circa 1800
Located in Dallas, TX
This is an antique Italian carved marble head of a young man in a Greco/Roman helmet on a wooden base. The sculptor has adeptly portrayed his countenance ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble, Iron
Antique Italian Wooden Bust of Apollo Belvedere, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
After the famous Apollo Belvedere marble statue (dating to Rome, mid-2nd century), this wooden bust of the Roman/Greek god was hand-carved in Italy during the 1800s. The marble is it...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
19th century wood carving of a male torso
Located in Baambrugge, NL
19th century life-size wood carving of a male torso. On a black steel base.
h 148 x w 42 x d 33 cm
Category
19th Century French Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Antique Carved Wood Head Of A Male Mounted On Panel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A well carved hardwood bust reminiscent of sacred and religious sculpture of the Gothic and Renaissance eras. Antique carved wood head of a mal...
Category
19th Century Renaissance Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Massive pair of French Terracotta sculptures of Royal Sphinxes
Located in New York, NY
A Massive Pair of 19th Century French Terracotta Sculptures of Royal Sphynxes, raised on Wooden Bases. Resting on wooden bases, these impressive, superb-quality sphinxes epitomize t...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Ivory handle walking stick depicting a portrait of Louis Philippe. France 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
Walking stick: ivory carved handle depicting a refined portrait of Louis Philippe, King of France. Malacca wood shaft. Silver gilt engraved ring. Metal ferrule. France circa 1870. ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Metal
Largest Hand Carved Solid Nutwood, Renaissance Revival Caricature Monk Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and top quality carved monk bust.
Nowadays, anyone capable of making a detailed drawing of a human face is considered an artist (and rightly so). For a...
Category
Late 19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Nutwood
Cavalier Sans Tête, Carved Wooden Torso Mounted on Custom Black Lacquer Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
"Cavalier Sans Tête", carved antique carved wooden torso mounted on a black lacquered custom base. Behold a piece of enigmatic allure, the "Cavalier Sans Tête" – a headless, armless,...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Metal
19th Century Small Trio of Antique Italian Nutwood Poet Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A set of antique statuettes Italian Poets left to right Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Dante Alighieri, in good condition. The three busts of thes...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Bust French Wooden Carving with Decorative Cherub Head
Located in Buxton, GB
Unique Antique Wooden Cherub Bust
Antique Wood Cherub Head Carving
Authentic
Tete d Angelot
Composite & Giltwood
Beautiful Carved ...
Category
19th Century French Baroque Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Paint, Wood
Massive Antique Carved Hardwood Bust Of Shakespeare
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Rare European Hardwood (Believed to be Elm) wall-mount Bust of the justly famous Playwright, Writer and Actor William Shakespeare (April 1564-April 1616). Unmistakeable with his po...
Category
19th Century European Renaissance Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Late 19th or Early 20th Century Bust, Sculpture, Carved Wood
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptionally beautiful bust carved in the finest quality craftsmanship. Used is an extremely heavy and extremely hard wood.
Presumably, the sculpture comes from the time when it c...
Category
19th Century Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Antique Indian Sheesham Wood Temple Sculpture Depicting a Woman Wearing a Tunic
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian sheesham wood temple statue of a woman wearing a tunic from the 19th century, with headdress, traces of polychromy and nicely weathere...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
19th Century Hand Carved Gold Gilt Cherub/Putti Fragment
Located in London, GB
19th century hand carved gold gilt cherub/putti fragment
A high-quality hand carved 19th century gold gilt paint over sectioned pine example. This wonderful piece details realistic human features, which suggests it was carved for a special interior section of sorts. Likely to have been part of a larger collective at some point. It would look delightful and highly decorative positioned over a doorway entrance.
Size in inches: H 10” x W 15” x D 5”
Origin: France
Material: Pine
Date: 1850 - 1880
Completely solid in structure and form without any breaks. Detail loss across the painted surface as shown. We sell antique...
Category
1850s French Early Victorian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Pine
Antique Flamed Hardwood Pedestal from Princess Diana's Family Home Spencer House
Located in GB
Royal house antiques.
Royal house antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime antique William IV circa 1830 Flamed Mahogany Pedestal stand with small coat rail from Princess Diana Spencer’s London family home Spencer House...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Hardwood
Wooden Phrenology Head Advertising Store Display Model Folk Art Americana
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Carved and painted wooden phrenology head Store display advertising model. Phrenology bust by unknown wood carver, circa 1870. Perfect to decorate a Do...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Craftsman Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Decorative XIX Century Child Wax Bust
Located in Madrid, ES
XIX Century child wax bust.
Curious bust in wax representing a child of the xix century on wooden base total measurements: 22 cm height only the bust 16 cm.
Category
1860s Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century French Portrait Bust
Located in Ross, CA
This portrait bust in relief of a French nobleman is mounted in the original gilt frame, though the subject’s identity and the artist remain a mystery. Beautifully sculpted, the bust...
Category
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Thai Bronze Buddha Head on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning 19th century Thai bronze Buddha head on stand.
From circa 1860-80 and from South Eastern Asia, most likely Thailand.
...
Category
19th Century Thai Romantic Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
Wooden Head, Edo People, Benin Nigeria with Stand
Located in Hamburg, DE
Carved from reddish brown hardwood, the hollow form rises from a cylindrical neck, the lowest part being a rounded base, then surrounded by diagonal sections. The neck is surrounded by nine rows of coral beaded necklaces (odigba) that extend to a thread motif on the back of the head. Face in full relief with straight lips, flared, flattened nose and oval eyes with set shell (nut) for the pupils. Along the forehead are six frontal scars treated with rectangular cavities in which should have inserts nutshells. In this case there is only one left
Small ears on each side of the head, each C-shaped. A headband consisting of three rows of almost completely distroyed.
On the right side of the head, a single feather extends upward from a beaded rosette. Behind the ear, two long braids of hair hang down to the beaded collar and then become bows that reach the roots. The left side of the head has a long, single braid behind the ear that hangs down to the beaded collar and becomes a bow that ends at the base. On each side, three strands of hair appear at the temples under the headband. Featuring an open hole with a circular motif on the top of the head and a rectangular open slit down the back. Insect damage in different areas; very old worn finish showing a lot of age.
Very heavy insect damage in all areas; very old worn finish showing a lot of age.
“Wooden shrine heads were permitted to sit on the altars of chiefs and important figures, in contrast to the copper alloy heads used exclusively by the kings of Benin. (Frederic Backlar, Bonhams, New York, 2012, lot 172)
Osemwede (reigned 1816-1848) was the first Oba to decree that human heads could be carved for the altars of chiefs of royal lineage, rather than just wooden antelope and perhaps goat heads. Therefore, chiefs of blood enjoyed in Benin City (but not throughout the Kingdom of Benin, where antelope heads continued to be placed on the altars of their ancestors well into the 20s. Thus, the (wooden) human heads are said to be later than ca. 1816, but the actual age depends condition, insect damage, etc." (Fagg, William, Christie's, London, 1988, lot 206)
"Feathers were worn by chiefs as a sign of status. The heads have a hole at the top intended to hold a large carved ivory tusk...
Category
Mid-19th Century Beninese Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Italian Wooden Sculpture of Woman's Bust on a Base
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Italian wooden sculpture of a mid 19th century woman's bust with purfled base. High quality hand-crafted item.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
19th century silver plate bust Menelaus mythological king of Sparta. A fine casting with rich patina. Ebonized wood base. Illegible hallmark. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a king ...
Category
19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Silver Plate
Child Dressing Mannequin, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Original child figure mannequin on a wooden fully adjustable stand in a very good original condition, France, 19th century. Beautiful children's mode...
Category
1890s French Victorian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Set of French 19th Century Grand Tour Period Busts and Pedestals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An impressive and most decorative set of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Grand Tour period Walnut, marble, faux painted marble, and ormolu busts and pedestals...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Pair of German Oak Caryatidal Figures Depicting Historicism
Located in North Miami, FL
These two carved wood pieces are of the finest quality. They were part of a very important German library room in an early 19th century Schlösser.
Category
Early 19th Century German Romantic Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Oak
19th Century Santos Head
Located in London, GB
19th Century Santos Head
We are proud to offer a rare example of a religious 19th Century hand carved Santos head. With polychrome paint still intact in...
Category
1850s French Edwardian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Pine
Museum Quality French White Marble Roundel Relief of Emperor Napoleon III, 1860
Located in New York, NY
A museum quality French white marble roundel relief of Emperor Napoleon III, circa 1860.
The quality of this marble sculpture of Napoleon III is trul...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble
Hand-Carved Wooden Temple Sculpture Depicting a Thai Warrior Ready for Battle
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large hand-carved temple sculpture from the 19th century depicting a Thai warrior holding a sword and a trident, with great distressed appearance. Creat...
Category
19th Century Thai Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Italian Hand Carved Crib Figure Bust
Located in London, GB
Mid-19th century crib figure bust
A wonderful example of a mid-19th century Italian hand carved crib figure bust. Glass eyes and original paint still inta...
Category
1850s Italian Early Victorian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Pine
Academic Cast Depicting Laoconte Head, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Over the wooden black painted base is set the plaster cast of the young head of Laoconte with beard. Cast for drawing teaching in Academy, Italy circa1880.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Plaster, Fruitwood
Pair Of French Early 19th Century 1st Empire Period Bookends/Busts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most decorative pair of French early 19th century 1st Empire period patinated wood, giltwood, and faux painted marble bookends/busts. Each bookend is raised by a square mottled bas...
Category
19th Century French Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Antique Vintage Brown Beige Beech Linen Dummy Dressmaker Mannequin 1890, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique historicsm vintage mannequin tailor´s dummy from beech and linen manufactured circa 1890 Austria.
The vintage mannequin shows a circular bas...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Linen, Beech
Victorian carved walnut figure of Mark Tapley from the novel by Charles Dickens
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian carved walnut figure of Mark Tapley from the novel ‘The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit’ by Charles Dickens’, wearing a soft top hat, a tailcoat and a buttoned w...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Walnut
1840s Plaster and Gesso Head of a Saint Italian
Located in San Francisco, CA
Plaster and Gesso head of a Saint Italian.
Rustic wooden base, with a wood post which in turns holds the post coming out from under the head.
Head is made of plaster and gesso, bl...
Category
1840s Italian Other Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Gesso, Plaster, Wood
Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Bust of Napoleon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and wonderfully executed Italian 19th century neo-classical st. white Carrara marble and a faux painted marble bust of Napoleon. The bust is raised by an exceptional and m...
Category
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Early 19th Century Carved Walnut and Fruitwood Busts of Turkish Nobles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and finely detailed pair of early 19th century carved walnut and ebonized fruitwood busts of Turkish nobles. Each bust is raised by a square ebonized fruitwood base with a...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
French 1880s Carved Walnut Putto Feeding a Swan Sculpted Group on Marble Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French carved walnut putto feeding a swan sculpture from the late 19th century, with marble base. Created in France during the last quarter of the 19th century, this walnut sculpte...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble
Academic Cast Depicting Furietti Centaur Head, Italy 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Over the wooden black painted base and a column of red marble from Verona is set the lava and chalk cast of the young head of Furietti Centaur. The o...
Category
1890s Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble
Plaster Cast the Head of Menelao, Italy, 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Over the wooden black painted base is set the plaster cast of the head of Menelao, II d.C from a Hellenistic bronze. Cast for drawing teaching in Academy. Italy circa 1890.
Category
1880s Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Plaster, Fruitwood
Pair of 19th C Carousel Decorative Female Torsos Attributed to Charles I.D. Luff
Located in Leuven , BE
This pair of female torsos presumably decorated a fair stand or an organ in a theme park. Most likely, they were part of an immense organ that was intended ...
Category
19th Century Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Italian Neoclassic Green Painted and Giltwood Pedestal
Located in Essex, MA
Circular top and tapered fluted tapered faux marble column with swag, square base. Ex collection William Hodgins Interior Designer.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
French 19th Century Patinated Bronze "Comedia Humana" after Jean Barnabé Amy
By Jean Barnabé Amy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Barnabé Amy (French, 1839-1907) a fine French 19th century dark-brown patinated bronze group titled "Comedia Humana" (Human Comedy - Comedie Huma...
Category
Late 19th Century French Greco Roman Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
Antique African Hand Carved Woman Sculptor
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional hand wood carving of a woman probably African queen, beautiful face showing grace and resolute looking forward, white color finish and clear wax restoration. Professional...
Category
19th Century Congolese Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Vincenzo Rosignoli 'Assisi, 1856 - Firenze, 1920' Scugnizzo
By Vincenzo Rosignoli
Located in Prato, IT
He lived for many years in Florence, where he was a pupil of the sculptor augusto passaglia. He decorates numerous florentine buildings and creates various sculptures in tuscany and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Terracotta, Walnut
Indian 19th Century Ceremonial Wooden Mask
Located in Yonkers, NY
Our 19th century antique ceremonial wooden mask is from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan in India. The bust form mask features the woman from chest up with large earrings and necklace while her ears protrude from the sides of the antique wooden mask...
Category
19th Century Indian Rustic Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
French Napoléon III 1860s Carved Walnut Sculpture of a Putto Carrying a Vessel
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Napoléon III period walnut carved putto sculpture from the mid 19th century, with grapes, flowers and the double flute. Created in France during the third quarter of the 19t...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Walnut
Antique Carved Wood Classical Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and very unusual antique sculpture, carved from solid wood. This looks like it is most likely Italian, it depicts an intimate scene from biblical times. It is hard to dat...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wood Figure Sculpture Angel Statue Antiques Los Angeles California
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite 19th century hand carved wood figure statue of an Angel holding a torch. Statue sculpture exhibit impressive compassion and love. Such sculptures were often found in chapel...
Category
19th Century French Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Antique French Patinated Bronze Winged Putti Seated on Fluted Plinths
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous Pair of Antique French mid 1800s Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze Putti Seated on Fluted Plinths. Each putti is seen seated with their arms an...
Category
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Bronze
Collection of 13 Miniature Heads
Located in valatie, NY
Collection of 13 miniature heads made up of various materials including carved wood, porcelain, bronze, pottery and agate. Age varies from 20th century and earlier. Perfect for a cof...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Margaret Foley (American, 1827-1877) Marble Bust "Head of Prophet Zephaniah"
Located in New York, NY
Margaret Foley (American, 1827-1877) Marble Bust "Head of Prophet Zephaniah"
A rare and important marble bust head relief portrait on The Prophet Zepha...
Category
19th Century Italian American Empire Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Marble
Antique Sculpture Dionysos Herm Plaster Cast Walnut Base France
Located in Munich, DE
The plaster cast of a herm with the head of Dionysos has a beautiful green patina and sits on a mahogany base
France circa 1860-1870.
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Plaster, Walnut
Antique Hand Painted Pair of Lady Bust Sculptures by Clodion Aka Claude Michel
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare pair of Rococo style lady sculptures in terra colors by Claude Michel, (1738-1814).
This beautiful pair of endearing and meaningful lady sculptures was originally made sometime...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Spelter
Bust Pope Gilt Metal Bust on Hand Carved Wood Base Sculpture Antique Dealer LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An amazing 19th century bust depicting figure of Pope of Rome Leo XIII composed of repoussé gilt metal (a technique in which the metal is beaten over hand car...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Metal
French 19th Century Polychromed Life-Size Figure of a Geisha, Charles Massé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century Polychromed Japonisme life-size cast-metal figure of a standing Geisha, cast after a model by Charles Massé (French, 1855-1913). The standing Japanese beau...
Category
19th Century French Japonisme Antique Wood Busts
Materials
Metal
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