Neale Creamware Figure of Minerva, circa 1810

English porcelain reclining greyhound, circa 1810. Marked Copeland and Garrett.

English Staffordshire figure of Napoleon, circa 1875. With a traditional pose.

Doulton Burslem figure of Shylock, circa 1890. Inscribed Charles Noke.

Marked Hutschenreuther and impressed by the designer Carl Werner.

With an open container as his backpack and with detachable hat.

French bronze figure of a striding lion, circa 1860 Signed by Louis Vidal (1831-1892).

This pair of antique sculptures are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1850 and done in a period Renaissance Revival style. The sculpture...

Bust of Minerva. Depicting the Goddess with wings crested helmet, resting on a conforming stand. France, circa 1920. Dimensions: Height 39 1/2", width...

A good quality Leeds Pottery creamware figure group depicting Bacchus holding a cup and a bunch of grapes and standing alongside a wine barrel believed to date from the latter 19th c...

A circa 1940's Danish ceramic bust depicting the Goddess Minerva. Measurements: Height: 22.5" Width: 11.25" Depth: 7.5"

A fine, rare pair of figures in black basalt from the Neale Manufactory. The Neale pottery was founded in 1778 and ran until around 1792. They made very fine wares, and were on good terms with Wedgwood, with whom they combined shipments to the continent. For two similar figures marked for Neale & Co. see Diana Edwards, Black Basalt, Wedgwood and Contemporary Manufacturers, Suffolk, 1994, p. 208, figs. 313 & 314. Cleopatra and Lucretia are two women from different time periods and historical contexts, but are linked by their importance in Roman history, as well as by their tragic ends. Cleopatra was a famous queen of ancient Egypt, who ruled from 51-30 BC. She was the last pharaoh of Egypt and is remembered for her intelligence, beauty, and political savvy. Cleopatra was involved in a romantic relationship with the Roman general and statesman, Julius Caesar, and later with the Roman general and politician, Mark Antony...

A good quality Leeds Pottery creamware figure group depicting Venus and Cupid with a large fish believed to date from the latter 19th century. The molded figure group stands raised on a square shaped base and is well modelled with nice detail with Venus dressed...