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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Art Nouveau
Bronze of a Young Barefoot Boy W/Hands in Pockets Is Whistling, Ca. 1889
By V. Szczeblewski
Located in Petaluma, CA
This famous statue always brings a smile, as a young boy with hands in pockets is whistling and is titled "Mousse Siffleur". Nicely cast, and signed by the Polish artist Victor Szcze...
Category
Late 19th Century Polish Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Etoile de Matin" French Figural Bronze by Etienne Gaudez, 1845-1902
Located in Montreal, QC
This is a period casting of a young woman, in windswept gown and with arm uplifted while standing on a celestial globe cast with the zodiac. In the Art Nouveau taste, she is allegori...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Cast Iron Lady’s Hand Door Knocker
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Cast Iron Door Knocker. It depicts a lady’s hand holding a ball and part of her forearm adorned with a ruffled shirt sleeve and a bracelet.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
1900s Rosenthal Putto Monkey Porcelain Sculpture, Ferdinand Liebermann, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
An unusual porcelain figurine displaying a putto being deloused by a monkey. This figurine was created by the German designer Ferdinand Liebermann in 1910 and manufactured Rosenthal ...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1930s Swabian Hallic Country Pig Made of Terracotta
Located in Berghuelen, DE
1930s Swabian Hallic Country Pig Made of Terracotta
A vintage statue of a Swabian hallic country pig. It was used as shop window decoration in a German butchery. The statue is made ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Boy On Wooden Horse, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Boy in a white shirt with a newspaper cap riding on a wooden horse with wheels.
Modeling and painting of the finest quality, excellent lifelike and loving details.
Modeller:
JULIUS ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Jugendstil Bronze Boy Sculpture Wall Sconce Holding Up Roses, Wall Light Fixture
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and original bronze wall bracket sconce.
If children and flowers bring joy to your life then this antique wall sconce could be perfect for you. This sculptural bronze wall ligh...
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Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Expressive Carved Wooden Lady Towel Holder ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Expressive Carved Wooden Lady Towel Holder ca. 1900
Item e7351
A large unique towel rail, hand carved and painted. Modeled as a beautiful Victorian maid carrying a bar as a towel hol...
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Early 20th Century German Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By Grand Bazar
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By Grand Bazar 1910s Liege Belgium
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Gabriel Argy Rousseau Pate De Verre Knight
Located in Dallas, TX
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau Pâte de Verre Chevalier Paperweight, Circa 1920 Art Nouveau - Art Deco period mottled glass is shades of red, pink, orange and purpl...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Goldscheider terracotta "OTHELLO" Marked, Austria, circa 1895
By Goldsheider
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Goldscheider terracotta "OTHELLO" Marked, Austria, circa 1895.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Russian Silver Troika Sculpture, I. Sazikov after E. Lanceray, Moscow, ca. 1875
By Ignaty Sazikov
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite sculpture masterfully captures the essence of rural life, featuring an elderly peasant standing proudly, reins held firmly in his hands. Behind him, nestled in a beautifully crafted sleigh, are his son and grandson, with the latter energetically guiding the horses using a whip. Each figure is adorned in traditional peasant attire, which not only adds authenticity but also reflects their connection to the land and their heritage. Their faces are wonderfully expressive, conveying a sense of pride, determination, and the bond of family.
The craftsmanship of this outstanding silver sculpture, along with its original marble base, showcases an extraordinary level of artistry. The intricate details are so skillfully rendered that one can almost visualize the steam rising from the horses' nostrils in the crisp, frosty air. The air seems to vibrate with the sound of the horses’ hooves crunching through the fresh snow, creating a vivid auditory backdrop to the scene.
As the troika gallops at full speed, it leaves behind distinct impressions of horseshoes on the pristine snow, marking their journey through the wintry landscape. This dynamic movement not only brings the sculpture to life but also invites viewers to imagine the story behind this moment—an intimate glimpse into the daily life and enduring spirit of a hardworking family united by tradition and the rhythms of nature.
Notes:
There are intact little bell on the yoke of a central horse, and an original detachable hallmarked whip. The original, intricately executed marble base is an integral part of the whole composition. The sculpture was never cleaned or polished, and has an original patina.
Markings:
Fully hallmarked with maker's marks IS (for Ignaty Sazikov...
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1870s Russian Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver
Stylized Bear Sculpture by Richard Lindh for Arabia Finland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Stylized Bear Sculpture by Richard Lindh for Arabia Finland
Item e7279
A vintage ceramic statue depicting a bear. Made by Arabia Finland and de...
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Mid-20th Century German Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Group of 4 19th/20th Century Models of Hands in Cast Bronze and Brass
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Group of late nineteenth through early twentieth century realistic cast brass and bronze models of hands, one with a ring and bracelet.
Measurements:
2.5"h x 5.5"l x 2"w
1.25"h x 4....
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Art Nouveau Group 'Capture Of A Nymph', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, Ca 1902
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite large and rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Triton adorned with water lily wreath on his head, half man, half fish with scaled legs leaning against a high wave and ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
The Juggler Movable Porcelain Antique Figurative Statement Sculpture
Located in Montreal, QC
Simply Fabulous! The Jogger Nodder Vintage Bisque Porcelain Figurine. Moving back and forth with her Head and Hands Juggling Balls. Great movement! Beau...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Spelter Metal Sailor Watchman on Ship Wooden Base, Made in France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Spelter Metal Sailor Watchman on Ship Wooden Base, Made in France. Item features the original "Made in France" plaque, round wooden base, very nice antique item. Circa...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Art Nouveau Ceramic Figurines Rstk Amphora Austria Turn Teplitz
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Nouveau ceramic figurines Rstk Amphora Austria Turn Teplitz - a pair
Attributed to Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel for Amphora, Turn Teplitz Austria...
Category
19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of "La Danse" by Eugene Delaplanche
By Eugène Delaplanche, F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EUGÉNE DELAPLANCHE
French, 1836-1891
"La Danse"
Medium-brown patinated bronze signed in cast DELAPLANCHE incised "F. Barbedienne Fondeur Paris" & numbered 225 sealed with A. Collas reduction cachet
Item # 212LKS08A
This is a very fine casting of La Danse after the original model by Eugene Delaplanche...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Le Secret" Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Pierre Felix Masseau
Located in Chicago, US
Fix-Masseau set up his workshop in Paris where he attracted the admiration of Rodin. The latter was unable to convince him to join his studio. The quality of his sculptures was notic...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Derby English Porcelain Figure of Children in a Garden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain figurine.
By the Derby Porcelain Works.
With 3 children in a garden accompanied by a lamb and a cat.
The boy is reclining against a tall flowery plant and holding a pipe or scoop in his hand.
Simply a great antique Derby figurine...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th CENTURY AUGUSTE MOREAU'S BRONZE STATUETTE DIONYSUS CHILD
Located in Firenze, FI
Important lost wax cast bronze sculpture with dark patina depicting Dionysus as a child. The god holds his characteristic attributes in his hands: a laurel branch in his left hand, s...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Mannekin Head
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century French mannekin head in beech with original polychrome remains.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Beech
Victorian Bronze Dore Peacock Sculpture Centerpiece Signed by LeSoudier
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze doré figure of peacock sculpture signed (LeSoudier).
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Lead Statues, Four Seasons
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
In the grand tradition of classical mythology, these four lead sculptures represent the original personifications of nature in all their seasonal aspects.
Each figure has been creat...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lead
19TH Century artist male lay figure form
Located in London, GB
19TH Century artist male lay figure form
This hand carved pine artists lay figure is untouched in form and shows lots of natural age.
Dimensions in inches: H 12” x W 3” x D 1.5”
...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Erotic - Nude Viena Bronze Sculpture / Paperweight. Austria 1900´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Erotic - Nude Viena Bronze Sculpture / Paperweight. Austria 1900´s.
Lovely woman nude paperclip or paperweight.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled "Olympian" by Ernest Becker
Located in London, GB
A very fine early 20th Century bronze study of a muscular Olympian athlete about to cross the finishing line. The bronze with excellent rich brown patina and very fine hand finished ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau 3-D Alabaster Sculptural Panel with Foliage and Daffodils / Jonquils
Located in Verviers, BE
Large decorative alabaster panel with Art Nouveau design. Dramatic high-relief sculpture of daffodils (Jonquils) with leaves and flower heads in 3-D. Such items were typically used a...
Category
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Bronze Hand Inkstand / Inkwell Desk Piece
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A bronze sculpture of a hand with an open palm. Resting on the palm is a bronze object that resembles a traditional spinning top. The hand appears to be life-sized (Small Children s...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Studio Pottery Girl With Apple Farina Domenico Baccarini Faenza
Located in Munich, DE
This enchanting little girl holding an apple in her hands and contemplating it is made out of ceramic.
The sculpture was created at the beginning of the 20th century by the artist ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The gods of the sea Sculpture, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sculpture
Year: 1900
Material: silver plated bronze
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at you...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wall-Mounted Large Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Spa Belgium by Valentine Engel
High quality mechanism with Jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual de...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Goldscheider Terracotta "Marked, Beethoven, Austria, circa 1900
By Goldsheider
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Goldscheider terracotta "" Marked, Austria, circa 1898.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Franz Peleschka Art deco bronze
By Franz Peleschka 1
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Franz Peleschka bronze sculpture
Origin Austria Circa 1900
The condition of the bronzes is excellent, its base has been restored by a professional.
Patina raised
It is signed on its ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture, from Paris, France, circa 1970s
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on black glass ba...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Black Americana Boy with Straw Hat Tobacco Leaf Plaque
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Black Americana boy with straw hat tobacco leaf plaque, realistically cast with the boy in the straw hat breaking through a tobacco leaf.
Category
Early 20th Century High Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Vintage Danish Porcelain Figurine "Girl with Cat" by Bing & Grøndahl
By Bing & Grøndahl, Ingeborg Plockross Irminger
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish Porcelain figurine "Girl with Cat" by Bing & Grøndahl.
Porcelaine figurine of a young girl feeding a cat. Designed by Ingeborg...
Category
1970s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th century Opticians Trade sign
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century Opticians Trade sign
A larger than normal example of an early 20th century cast metal and glass opticians trade sign, in the form of a quirky pair of spectacles. M...
Category
1920s French Early Victorian Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Cast Bronze Statue of a Cherub Angel Signed by Ferdinando de Luca, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
20th century cast bronze statue of a cherub angel signed by Ferdinando de Luca, Italy
Beautiful statue with a cherub and two devils with impresionant faces featuring a minotaur’s
m...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Barbizet Palissy Majolica Palissy Fish Platter
By Victor Barbizet
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Barbizet French Palissy Majolica wall platter which features fish (including a pike), a snake, a lizard, a frog, a turtle, insects, shellfish blackberries and leaves. Colouration: bl...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By R. Krengel 1910s
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By R. Krengel 1910s Eupen Belgium
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)...
Category
1910s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Unusual large antique Victorian Staffordshire figure
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual large antique Victorian Staffordshire figure having an unusual large antique Victorian Staffordshire figure of a man in traditional clothing with his dog at his side hand pai...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Pearl Mermaid Porcelain Plaque by Emile Jacob
By Emile Jacob
Located in Chicago, US
With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge.
Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Petite Statue Figure of the Nuremberg Water Fountain Goose Man Antique Souvenir
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful metal figurine of the goose man, a statue in the middle of a water fountain in Nuremberg, Germany. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A bea...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
'Spring', Putto With Flowers, by Michael Powolny, Vienna Ceramics, 1910-1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent and rare Art Nouveau ceramic piece from a series of the four seasons:
Naked putto in a wide striding position, his blond head tilted to the left and holding a cascade of fl...
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1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Large Staffordshire Pottery Otter Hunter Spill Vase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire spill vase with a hunting theme which features an otter hunter, his dogs and an otter impaled on his spear. Multi-coloured with ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Lot of Two Victorian Brass Door Stops Late 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Lot of two victorian brass door stops
Late 19th century
The first, Scottish cast in brass, “Bobert Burns ploughman”.
Mounted on a maple base.
Measures: 4 1/2" - in.(11.5 cm.) h...
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Late 19th Century Scottish Late Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Victorian Majolica Terra Cotta Monkey
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian style (20th Cent) multicolored Majolica terra cotta crouched figure of monkey dressed up on green base
Category
20th Century Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century French Plaster Figure of A Woman
Located in High Point, NC
19th century art nouveau plaster figure of a woman with bare feet, holding up her dress and crossing over rocky terrain. She is wearing a lovely hat and is surrounded by a floral sw...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Girl With Doll's Pram, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places the doll into the deep pillow.
Modeling and painting of the finest quality...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French 19th-20th Century Art Nouveau Polychromed Terracotta Bust of "Crépuscule"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Art Nouveau polychromed terracotta bust of "Crépuscule" (Twilight) After Henri Jacobs (Belgian, 1864-1935) version of Crépuscule, depicting a young ma...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique French Art Nouveau Iron Palm Plant Sculpture on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout 19th Century French La Belle Époque life size plant sculpture handcrafted in iron having a palm plant on a distinctive Art Nouveau style wrought iron base, all with a time e...
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19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Female Relief Plaque
By Henri Cros
Located in Chicago, US
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HENRI CROS (1840-1907) Female Relief Plaque, polychrome enameled stoneware, c. 1895; signed in black ink verso: “H. Cros”, and a scrap of paper from A.A. Hebrard, Paris attached verso; measuring h: 11.25 x w: 9.38 inches.
The symbolist bust in relief of a nude young woman with strawberry blonde hair is a depiction of pensive reverie. With lips slightly pursed, she is lost in thought, looking inward. The female visage hovering just over the nude’s shoulder, perhaps an allusion to a fountain, is by contrast flat and lifeless. With lips parted to reveal a watery blue orifice and wavy tresses of hair blending into a watery expanse, the purely decorative nature of the fountain’s face...
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1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Antique Victorian Staffordshire Hand Painted Figurine 'The Lion Slayer'
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique ceramic figurine was made by Staffordshire of England in circa 1890 in the period Victorian style. The figure is done in th...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze Boy and Girl Children Swinging Garden Outdoor Statue Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Bronze Boy and Girl Children Swinging Garden Outdoor Statue Sculpture. Item features great detail throughout, fun and whimsical form, approx ...
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Late 20th Century Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture “La Frileuse” by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sculpture “La Frileuse” by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). It is made of gilded bronze supported on a red marble base. Signed JB Carpeaux, P B, Susse Frères, Editeuns Paris, Suss...
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1860s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Antique Quebec Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture of St. Anthony & Jesus
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and well executed hand carved pine sculpture was done is unsigned, but believed to have been done in Quebec Canada in approximately 1850 in the period Early Victorian...
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Mid-19th Century Canadian Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
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