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Period: 19th Century
Material: Ceramic
Art Nouveau Faience Woman Bust by Leon Noel Delagrange, 1889
By Leon Noel Delagrange, Louchet Ciseleur
Located in Lisbon, PT
A ceramic and gilded bronze bust.
Delagrange ceramic and bronze by the foundry Louchet Ciseleur, Paris.
The bust is a maiden mounted on a rectangular base in gilded bronze, with the...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Antique Terra Cotta Cherub Figurine Statuette Objet d’Art
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This antique, elegant early 19th Century allegoric figure composition was hand crafted in terracotta clay and placed on an oval wooden base, in good condition. Two cherubs are drapin...
Category
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta, Wood
19th Majolica Palissy Snake and Lizard Wall Platter Jose Alves Cunha
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique 19th century Portuguese Majolica Palissy style plate with large snake and large lizard searching through mossy tuft, signed Jose Alves Cunha (...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Rustic Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
French Bisque Porcelain Group of Venus and Cupid, Mid 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
An exquisite bisque porcelain figure of Venus and Cupid from the mid nineteenth century, French, with incised crossed swords mark and another device etched on the base.
Photos don't ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Fine French Biscuit Bust of Louis 18th, Dated 1849
Located in New York, NY
Now on a Sevres porcelain socle dated 1849.
Category
1840s French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Large Patinated Terracotta - Two Cupids Disputing A Heart After Emfalconet XIXth
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Magnificent and large sculpture in patinated terra cotta, entitled "Two loves disputing a heart" after Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), resting on a terrace decorated with a frieze of pearls and reeds wrapped in ribbons
This work was very successful in the second half of the 19th century, and was produced in bronze, marble, alabaster and terracotta.
Two winged lovers are represented in a fight to recover a heart figured on the base.
Period : End of XIXth century
Circa : 1898 - 1900
Dimensions : Height : 50cm - Width of the base : 28cm
Signature : " Falconet " on the terrace.
Marked in hollow : GC below
Artist, man of letters and aesthetician, the career of the sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791) is particularly exemplary.
Overcoming the handicap of his birth, this brilliant self-taught man with an extraordinary personality rubbed shoulders with the greatest.
Protégé of Mme de Pompadour, friend of Diderot and the Encyclopedists, he was able to impose himself by his talent and his culture.
The works executed at the church of Saint Roch and his position as director of sculpture at the Manufacture de Sèvres are in a way the prelude to his work in Saint Petersburg.
The imposing bronze Cavalier...
Category
19th Century Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Grouping of Rudolstadt Volkstedt Putti Figurines, Set of 5
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a set of 5 Rudolstadt Volkstedt Figurines representing various putti or cupids. The figurines are beautifully detailed with hand painting, s...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Revival Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Quality antique Staffordshire flat back castle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Staffordshire flat back castle having a quality antique Victorian Staffordshire figure of a castle hand painted in wonderful brown, green, white and black colours wit...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke Of Northumberland, Dressed For The Coronation Of George IV
Located in London, GB
LUCIUS GAHAGAN, 1773-1855 (ATTRIBUTED TO)
HUGH PERCY, 3RD DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, DRESSED FOR THE CORONATION OF GEORGE IV.
PAINTED TERRACOTTA,...
Category
19th Century Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of antique Victorian quality porcelain dogs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique Victorian quality porcelain dogs having a quality pair of antique Victorian dogs sitting on an oval base wearing matching blue collars in white and light brown colours.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large pair of Victorian seated Staffordshire spaniel dogs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large pair of Victorian seated Staffordshire spaniel dogs, having a large pair of antique Victorian seated spaniel dogs with matching white coats with gold detail with gold collars a...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Terracotta Bust French Sculpture of Marie Antoinette
Located in Buxton, GB
This antique terracotta bust depicts the French queen Marie Antoinette, showcasing a historical period of 1850-1900. The bust is handmade and signed, measuring 48 cm in length, 62 ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Other Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
A Pair of Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of Swans
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures of Swans. This pair of swans portrays the graceful form of these birds with a level of artistry that is truly exceptional. The...
Category
1840s German Rococo Revival Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century English Staffordshire Russet Spaniel Dog
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique 19th-Century English Staffordshire diminutive russet spaniel dog figurine. This fine fellow is hand painted with fine details and would be perfect for the dog lover ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Porcelain Boy with Dog Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique German porcelain figure of a boy with a dog by world renowned makers Meissen and dating from the 19th century. The figure of a young boy in typical period dress stands...
Category
19th Century German Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique C. 1770 Derby Porcelain Squirrel Figure
Located in Baltimore, MD
Rare Antique white squirrel with brown accents, clasping a nut between its paws and perched on a green base, 2.5 high by 1.5 inches wide, made by the Derby factory in the eighteenth ...
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Venus Seated In Terracotta 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Venus Seated In Terracotta 19th Century
The 19th-century terracotta seated Venus is a remarkable and delicately crafted piece of art. This terracotta sculpture, signed by Falconet, s...
Category
1880s Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of Antique Victorian Staffordshire figures having a pair of quality Victorian Staffordshire figures of two fox hunters on horseback going hunting, hand painted in wonder...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Excellent Meissen Rococo Love Group 'The Test Of Love', by M.V. Acier, Ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Rococo love group in splendid clothes in front of ornate column monument: the gallant sitting on the pedestal of the pedestal at the feet of his beloved, on his lap a basket full of flowers and a flower garland, a sign of his exuberant love, handing the beloved a bouquet of flowers, the latter plucking off the petals of a flower one after the other to find out whether he really loves her or not - a time-honored game of lovers.
The group is characterized by particularly elaborate, detailed and loving design and staffage and is based on oval meadow base with gold heightened lateral frieze decoration and gold borders.
A successful representation of one of the bourgeois themes that had become popular in the course of the 18th century, for example, through the paintings of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725 - 1805).
Designed by MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 - 1799)
Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kaendler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the
manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Moorish Pair of 19th Century French Busts Terracotta Polychrome
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair of 19th Century French Busts
Category
19th Century French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Blue and White Cat Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, w...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fantastic rare large pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic rare large pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures having a fantastic rare pair of staffordshire figures with a man in lovely period clothing, a dog and a tree surrounded by foliage in vibrant green, blue, white, yellow and red colours inscribed to the base 'Dog Tray'
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Hand Painted Barbotine Rooster Vase Signed Jerome Massier
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring the country French style into your home with this large, colorful, antique rooster figure with side vase. Crafted in France circa 1890, the chicken sculpture is a Classic French country home accessory. The tall porcelain bird...
Category
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Majolica
Una and the Lion Parian Statue English, 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique parian sculpture of Una and the Lion. Great detail. English. Mid-19th century.
Presented by Joseph Dasta Antiques.
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Terracotta Bacchanale Sculpture with Faun and Putti - After Clodion
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality French mythological terracotta sculpture, after Clodion (Claude Michel Clodion 1738 - 1814), depicting a young female faun/satyr playing with two Bacchante cherubs, on...
Category
1890s French Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Set of 4 Antique French Porcelain Turquoise & Gold Table Figurines, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 4 Antique French Porcelain Hand-Painted Turquoise Blue & Gold Table Figurines, Circa 1880.
Measurements:
Flower Girl: 8 1/8" H x 4 1/2" W x 3" D
Flower Boy: 8 1/4" H x 6 1/4" ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Apollo Over Python' for Catherine II of Russia, c 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Kaendler created the group Apollo and Python as a triangular composition in March and May of1774. Apollo stands in the highest place as the radiant victor over the dragon Python and over the personification of envy, both of whom lie slain at his feet. To the left, Minerva sits as the goddess of prudent war, turning her gaze to the hero. Dressed in helmet and armor, she carries a spear in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, while the owl next to her right foot indicates her identity as Pallas Athena. Just like Apollo, the tsarina protected by Minerva is supposed to leave the envious behind and always triumph over evil.
The group is based on stepped, irregular, yet symmetrical, partially curved base with gold raised frieze decoration and was made in two parts, which were then joined and screwed together.
The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Terracotta Head of the Dying Warrior of the Frontons of Egina Late 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Terracotta head of the dying warrior of the frontons of Egina late 19th century
Italy
Measures: Height 23 cm
Width 25 cm
Length 33 cm
Weight 5 kg
Historical period between 500 and 48...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Modern Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Large Meissen Figurine Allegory 'The Painting' by Johann Christian Hirt, ca 1885
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative full plastic depiction of a young beauty in classical style, with a bare breast, covering the bare abdomen with a large cloth held together with a shoulder strap...
Category
1880s German Classical Roman Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Fire' by M.V. Acier, Germany Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Depiction of the merely cloth-covered, bearded and crowned god Hephaestus (Roman: Vulcanus) seated centrally on a rock, holding a long-handled hammer beside him and looking off to the side, surrounded by winged putti representing activities from his trade: Patronizing the entire artistic spectrum of metalworking, including the production of jewelry, weapons, sacred-ritual and profane utilitarian objects, the one helping putto to his right is busy firing a cannon made of metal, to his left another putto is forging on an anvil with the help of a hammer and tongs, in front of him, at his feet are presented ornately crafted war ornaments such as a helmet and shield, at the back a putto holds small torches in both hands.
The group is based on irregular rock base with gold rim.
Designer:
MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden)
Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Diminutive Parian Bust of Apollo Belvedere
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century English diminutive Parian bust of apollo Belvedere, a well executed example, raised on a 3-inch diameter solace base. Unmarked.
Category
Late 19th Century English Classical Roman Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Quality pair of large antique Victorian Staffordshire lions
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of large antique Victorian Staffordshire lions having the original glass eyes, tan coloured coats resting on a green and brown coloured base, unusual large size.
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Hand Carved Wooden Head Sculpture of a Mythical Animal
Located in Lincoln, GB
Hand Carved Wooden Head Sculpture of a Mythical Animal
Head covered with raw earth afrian clay and glass eyes
Striking carved tusks
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Glass, Wood
Quality antique Victorian Staffordshire figure
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian Staffordshire figure having a quality antique Victorian staffordshire figure having to males in period clothing hand painted in wonderful green, blue, orang...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Two terracotta sculptures depicting the ox and the donkey. Italy, 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Two terracotta sculptures depicting the neck and head, the ox and the donkey, of a nativity scene. The two sculptures are made of terracotta entirely by hand, finished in stick and c...
Category
1870s Italian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Victorian Staffordshire Flatback Figure
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian Staffordshire flatback figure of a seated man in period costume holding a drink
Measures: H 14.5cm x W 7cm x D 8cm
1880.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Staffordshire Porcelain Dogs with Gilt Basket of Pups
Located in New York, NY
Each with green bow-tied ribbon around neck; standing on an orange oval plinth base.
Category
19th Century British Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Fine Hand Painted Porcelain Bird Figure by ENS Germany
Located in Sofia, BG
Hand painted bird figure in beautiful bright colours handmade by Ens Germany. Ens porcelain is one of the most oldest manufactories for porcelain in Germany. Founded end of the 18th ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
AMAZING "HEBE OF THORVALDSEN" POTTERY STATUE late 19th / early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
HEBE OF THORVALDSEN POTTERY STATUE
late 19th / early 20th Century
HEIGHT 150cm
WIDTH 55cm
DEPTH 55cm
WEIGHT 50Kg
MANUFACTURE Tuscany - Italy
MATERIAL Terracotta
NOTE: ONLY DELIVERY...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Pair of Victorian Parian or Bisque Porcelain Busts of Schiller & Goethe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Cabinet sized busts.
In parian or bisque porcelain.
Depicting Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang Goethe, two of the most revered figures in German literature.
The Schiller bust is modeled after the Johann Heinrich Dannecker's famous Neoclassical bust.
The Goethe bust...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Hand Painted Romantic Porcelain Figurine Group in the style of Meissen
Located in Tilburg, NL
Antique Hand Painted Romantic Porcelain Figurine Group in the style of Meissen.
Beautifully hand painted figurine group in porcelain. Depicti...
Category
Late 19th Century European Romantic Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Great Dane White Porcelain Dog
Located in New York, NY
Meissen great dane white porcelain dog. Antique white porcelain dog sculpture of a great dane beautifully modeled with original custom conforming red velvet covered base, with markin...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Velvet
Unusual 19th Century Large Eel Form Majolica Pottery Pitcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
European, 19th century.
An incredibly unusual and interesting majolica pitcher. The water pitcher features a finely detailed Eel, with scales, eyes and a wonderful tail.
Category
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Roman Sculpture Bacchus Signed 19th Century French
Located in Buxton, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Beautiful Roman Style Sculpture
Statue of Young Bacchus - Greek God of Wine and Harvest
Signature to base FAGUI
Terracotta
Nice Patina
Fr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Original Italian Bust of Nerone in Terracotta, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Original italian bust of nerone in terracotta 19th century.
Condition: Original.
Nero (Anzio 37 - Rome 68 AD) Roman emperor (54-68 AD).
Last belonging to the gens Giulio-Claudia.
M...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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 Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stunning quality large antique Victorian Staffordshire cottage
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality large antique Victorian Staffordshire cottage having a large antique Victorian Staffordshire model of a cottage hand painted in vibrant green, pink, orange, yellow a...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wedgwood Black Basalt Grecian Sphinx After a Model by John Cheere (1709-1787)
By Wedgewood
Located in Dallas, TX
a Wedgwood black basalt Grecian Sphinx after a model by sculptor John Cheere (English, 1709-1787), in the Greco-Egyptian style, depicted as a female figure...
Category
19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Meissen Genre Love Group With Drum Beater, by F.E. Meyer, Germany Circa 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group:
On rock pedestal fixed with large rocailles in the foreground sitting musician with tricorn, frock coat over wide sh...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
White Bisque Porcelain Antique Cherub Statue
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large-scale white bisque porcelain putto or cherub statue standing on an ornate bombe plinth by 19th century French ceramicist Gille Jeune. Dating from the 1860s, this statue is over 150 years old. It depicts an infant – known as a cherub or putto – wearing a head band with a swathe of fabric draped over his arm and thigh. He sits upon a tree stump or rock with his arms raised and castanets in his hands. Thanks to its scale and provenance, it is a breath-taking statue for an interior or gallery, both the putto and the plinth inscribed with the maker’s mark ‘Gille Jne, Fabt. Paris’.
Gille Jeune, Paris
Parisian ceramist Jean-Baptiste Gille (1798-1868) was one of the leading manufacturers of French bisque porcelain - also known as biscuit porcelain - of the 19th century. In 1836, he established his own porcelain factory in Paris under the name ‘Gille Jeune’. His work was displayed in many prestigious exhibitions including London’s 1851 Great Exhibition where he was awarded a prize medal, the 1862 exhibition in London and the Paris exhibition in 1867.
Four of his cherub works in the same style and scale reside at Hughenden House in Buckinghamshire as part of the National Trust’s collection. These include two of Gille’s depictions of the four seasons and a putto playing a flute as well as a putto with castanets like this one dating from 1855-1864. For this reason, we can say with some certainty that this antique cherub statue...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1892-1904 Chinese Elder Figure With Staff
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1892-1904 large Chinese mud man figure, an elder with staff in flowing green & yellow robe. Stamped "China". Apparent losses to feet, but possibly from kil...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Coade Stone Style Column Fragment
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A beautifully preserved early 19th century Coade stone style column fragment mounted on a bespoke steel stand. Showcasing superb craftsmanship, this te...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Stone
French 19th Century Terracotta Bust of Madame Récamier, After Jean-Antoine Houdo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th century terracotta bust of "Madame Récamier (French, 1777-1849)" The coyly gazing downward beauty, holding a veil across her chest r...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Armillary Sundial on Terracotta Pedestal
By Blanchard
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This large scale antique armillary sundial on a terracotta pedestal is a Blanchard original, stamped at the base with a maker’s mark.
The co...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Antique Victorian Quality Large Flat Back Staffordshire Figure
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality large flat back Staffordshire figure having a spill vase to the centre flanked by a lady and gentleman in period clothing wit...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
TERRACOTTA HORSE HEAD OF SELENE'S CHARIOT end 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
TERRACOTTA HORSE HEAD OF SELENE'S CHARIOT end 19th Century
Italy
HEIGHT 25 cm
WIDTH 31 cm
the goddess of the full moon
Sculptor: Pheidias (Phidi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Meissen Group 'Allegory Of The Volga' for Catherine II of Russia, Kaendler, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Kändler created this group in 1772, right at the beginning of the work on the large order, as a personification of one of the two great main
rivers of the vast Russian Empire, the natural waterways Volga and Dnieper, important for economy and traffic, which promised prosperity and wealth to the Empire:
The Volga in the form of a river god, seated sideways on heavily relieved fully sculptured rock covered with shells and coins as well as fern and reed plants, fully bearded and crowned with laurel, wrapped in floral patterned purple loincloth. He looks pensively to the side and rests his right arm on an overturned baluster vase, from which water flows together with shells and fish, on the wall of the vase the crowned, rocaille-framed Polish-Lithuanian royal coat of arms with the coat of arms of the Electorate of Saxony. At the same time he touches with his hand an oar with gold ornamentation and crossed red swords, in his left he holds a cornucopia with plastic flowers, ears of grain and coins, symbols of fertility and wealth.
The group is based on the front curved plinth with relief gold heightened meander and ribbon border.
The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Elephant Fight, Patinated Earthenware Sculpture, France 1800s
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb patinated earthenware sculpture representing two elephants fighting, France 1800s, Romantic period. Beautiful details enhancing the vivacity of the...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Ceramic Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
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