Pair of Bronze Woman Torcheres

Antique pair of figural bronze andirons of a Man and Woman from Paris France. This is an impressive pair of andirons with dolphin fish as the b...

Pair of antique French 19th Century Baroque style bronze figural chenets ( Andirons ). Each chenet topped with a male figure one with a helmet and the other with a beard. The bases h...

A Classical style bronze pair of figural urns of a woman holding the circular basin. I believe they were imported in from Thailand in the late 1990s early ...

A great pair of Baroque style andirons with a great combination of bronze and iron that gives this pair of andirons a good look. They have a nice patina and are a good size with a lo...

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...

Large Pair of Bronze Classical Maidens Holding A Urn These originally were part of a Fountain But could be used as Free Standing Sculptures and Wired to a Fountain

A good quality pair of 19th century French bronze statues depicting a male and female dressed in robes, carrying vases of flowers and fruit, mounted on square bases with claw feet.

An exquisite and finely detailed true pair of French Turn of the Century Verdigris Bronze Torchière statues. Each attractive statue/floor lamp displays a beautiful maiden dressed in ...