Original Plaster Artists Model for Larger Bronze Statue

This is a 20 inch statue of a child holding a flame. The sculpture mislead and surprisingly heavy for its size. The patina is beautiful.

This is an interesting iron pedestal base table. It has three delicate curved bolt on legs and an adjustable center pole that easily moves on a large exposed spring. Measures: The 23...

I'm guessing that this Buck Rogers style model dates to the late 1930s. The scale is bigger than it looks and is well over four foot long. It sits on a cus...

What is an ophthalmotrope? An ophthalmotrope is an apparatus for demonstrating the movements of the eye and the action of the different muscles which produce them, consisting essentially of a model eyeball to which are attached strings and pulleys to duplicate the line force of the muscles. We think this example is most likely French from the early 20th century. The base is marble with paw feet. It’s also quite large at well over 3 foot tall. This instrument is very complete. It also includes additional parts to set the mechanics up in a different way. In the pictures above the strings are attached to a keyboard. The alternative replaces the keyboard with string guide with a dozen hanging tubular weights. This is one of the largest and most decorative examples we have seen. I have only seen pictures of ophthalmotropes and never one this fine and complete. It’s as rare and impressive show piece. This item was also used in the movie Knives Out,

This is a large delicate tin model made around the same time the real Tin Goose was flying. The wingspan is an impressive 40 inches. The wheels are rubber and the 4 part windshield is glass. I'm surprised the model survived in such nice and complete condition for about 90 years. We had a custom display stand made for it that brings it to another level. Between 1926 and 1933 some 200 Trimotors were built in Ford's own factory. Corrugated metal on great thick monoplane wings was a German development, used in Junker JU-52 planes that were flying the Berlin-Rome-London route. Trimotors were flown by airlines, oil companies and wealthy individuals. The Ford Trimotor...

This rare German papier mâché teaching model measures over 36 inches long and 21.5 inches tall. The base is wood and splits in two along with the cow. One side shows a beautiful real...

An almost 4.5ft tall Plaster Fidelity Statue from the English Regency/ Victorian period. Good form and scale with some Historic restoration over the years, however as seen in the ima...

An almost life size plaster statue after the antique titled 'The Wrestlers". The Two young men are engaged in the Pankration, one of the most ...

3-734 artist hand made one of a kind plaster Medusa.

A large-scale plaster statue of the Capitoline Wolf circa 1900 after the antique in bronze thought to date from as early as the 11th century. Originally made by the Moulage Museum, B...

A French plaster statue, circa 1950s. Likely a reduction of a roman statue. Some losses to the fingers but nothing substantial (see phot...

2008 bronze statue after a 1937 plaster of a "Bather" by Philippe Besnard (1885-1971). Signed and with the founder's mark; numbered 2/8. But for the moment, it is the only piece tha...