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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Technique: Hand-Painted
18th Century Italian Gilded Angel Head with Baroque Pearls
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel head or "putto" adorned with baroque pearls. A putto is a cherub figure frequently appearing in both mythological and religious paintings and scu...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Busts

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Baroque Putti Cherubs, Polychrome & Gilt Wood, French Pyrenees ca 1700
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Pair of original Baroque wooden putti / winged cherubs. We were told that they originate from a church in the French Pyrenees. We suppose they are from circa 1650 to 1750. The p...
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Busts

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Wood

17th Century 'Baroque' Pair of Italian Carved and Polychromed Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century (Baroque) pair of Italian carved and polychromed figures. Each statue is holding a torchere and are mounted on their original turned wooden faux marble column.  
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Hand-Painted Busts

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Wood, Paint

Antique Polychrome and Gilded Wooden Statue, Late 18th Century Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Ancient wooden statue, hand-carved depicting a devotee, with hand-made polychrome and gilded lacquering, built in the late 1700s for a church in Italy. Size cm W 45 x H 97 x T 27.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Hand-Painted Busts

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Wood

Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child
Located in New York, NY
An important, extremely rare, and rather large 18th century Meissen Porcelain Group of a Thalia with a Harlequin Child, By Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler, Circa: 1744. This is an incredible and extremely rare 18th century Meissen Porcelain piece modeled by the greatest Meissen modeler ever in the Company, Johann Joachim (J.J.) Kändler. Thalia can be seen seated on a gorgeous hand-carved and hand-painted flowered and vined porcelain pedestal. Her right arm is raised holding a Phantom of the Opera Black and White Mask, while in her other arm is a young Harlequin dancing and singing holding a hat. Thalia is wearing a gilt-edged dark blue bodice with white floral decorations over a black corset draped in a red-over-yellow robe...
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18th Century German Rococo Antique Hand-Painted Busts

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Porcelain

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Large 18th Century, Italian Carved Wooden Wing of a Baroque Angel
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Italian Small 18th Century Hand Carved Baroque Winged Angel Head
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18th Century Italian Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful and detailed reliquary holder with its original gilding, Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses.
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H 16.54 in W 7.09 in D 3.15 in
Italian 18th Century Baroque Hand Carved Marble Angel Head Panel
Located in Buisson, FR
Exceptional hand carved baroque marble panel depicting a winged angel head , Italy, circa 1700-1750. Beautiful weathered.
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18th Century Wooden Polychromed Sculpture of Saint Anthony Carrying Jesus
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Large 17/18th Century Italian Carved Carrara Marble Baroque Angel Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered marble baroque angel. Italy 17/18th century. Weathered, losses and old repairs. More pictures are available on request.
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French, 18th/ 19th Century Plaster Angel Head Ornament
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered plaster angel head ornament that once adorned the interior of a church/ chapel. France, circa 1750-1850. Weathered. Measurement includes the wooden base.
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Head of a Saint. Polychromed Wood. 17th Century 'Later Base'
Located in Madrid, ES
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17th-18th Century Italian Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
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17th Century Italian Gilded Angel Head with Vanadinite on a Metal Stand
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
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Located in Marbella, ES
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Located in Dallas, TX
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