Neoclassical Gilt Metal Figure with Marble

This large and substantial antique cast spelter sculpture is unsigned but presumed to have been made in France in circa 1880 in the neoclassical style. This very detailed cast sculpture depicts a robed neoclassical woman...

A Very Fine English Life-Size Neoclassical Revival Style White Marble Group of a Standing "Fisher Girl with a Dog", the tall and slender sculpture depicting a standing scantily clad nude maiden wrapped in a fishing net, wearing nothing but a tiara...

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...

An exquisite antique French Empire neoclassical gilt bronze figural clock signed by Jouquet a Paris.. This unusual clock is surmounted by a s...

French gilt metal sculpture on Neoclassical pedestal by Ernest Rancoulet French, early 20th century Measures: Height 165cm, width 34cm, depth 34cm This fine sculpture group is b...

A finely carved yellow stone neoclassical roundel in relief with a flying winged female figure in flowing pleated robes with a putto holding a fl...

Neoclassical Style Gilded Plaster Female Figure Sculpture, possibly the Greek goddess Hebe, holding an urn and standing upon a round base. Diameter. Provenance: From a New York City...

1970s neoclassical revivalist lamp made of plaster. The base is the bust of a young man in the French Neoclassical style. The light is set into its mount to illuminate the bust from ...

French figural cherub gilt bronze and marble three piece clock set flanked by gilt bronze marble sphere six light candelabras, central clock fla...

A fine pair of French patinated bronze and gilt metal figural lamps Each cast as a putto supporting a flower filled urn, raised on a gilt metal ...