Life Size Spelter Torchère Light Statues on Plinths with Patina, Pair

Vintage Monumental Asian Gilt Bronze Rama Archer Statue with Applied Patina Offered for sale is HUGE a bronze statue depicting Rama as an Archer. To a ...

Murano Glass, Faux Bamboo Wood Torchère Floor Lamp, Italy Offered for sale in an Italian Murano glass faux bamboo ebonized wood and chrome torchère floor lamp. The floor lamp is wi...

Life-size Italian Glazed Terracotta Borzoi Russian Wolfhound Offered for sale is a stunning life-size Italian glazed terracotta Borzoi Russian Wolfhound. The Borzoi is sitting and ...

Bronze Thailand figurative buddha sculpture bust, 20th century with patina. Offered for sale is a large and substantial bronze Buddha bust from T...

A very fine pair of French 19th-20th century neoclassical style patinated cast iron figural torchères by A. Durenne, Paris, each representing a figure of a standing young maiden, her arms raised forward while holding a a flaming urn gas light (Now electrified) with a frosted glass flame, each raised on a veined grey marble column stand, both cast-signed 'A. Durenne, Paris'. Antoine Durenne was an internationally renowned French art founder. He attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1842. Durenne purchased a small foundry in Sommevoire, near the Val d'Osne, Haute-Marne, France and established The Durenne firm, circa Paris, 1900. Cast-iron had been in production during the 18th century but its inferior status to the more fashionable and delicate wrought iron had generally confined its use to architectural work. By the early 19th century, however, rapid developments of the Industrial Revolution combined with the simultaneous burgeoning of a new middle class provided the impetus for a dramatic Expansion in its application and in a short space of time a proliferation of iron foundries across Europe and America thrived on the production of everything from inkstands to railway stations. The use of cast-iron for garden ornament became particularly widespread at this time, as the possibilities for its mass-production at a fraction of the cost of bronze made it the material of choice for outdoor statuary...

A pair of large French Napoleon III style metal thirteen-light figural torchières.depicting two winged cherubs holding up a thirteen-light torchère, standing on bases with gold highl...

This beautiful piece consists of a patinated bronze female figure holding an urn with a glass flame, which serves as a lamp, all standing on a tall and finely decorated wooden plinth...

A fine 1867 exposition pair of patinated bronze figural torchères on pedestal Maker: A. Lacarrière Père, Fils et Cie. (Mid 19th century) Ori...