British Sculptures

'The Return of History' is a unique artwork by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg. Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centrepieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull. ''We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time''s inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.'' B&G Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass. The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini. Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines. Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning. In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...

Whimsical elephant sculpture with ostrich egg body and brass head, legs and tail attributed to Anthony Redmile.

Our first collaborative series with Studio Logan Howes - HORIZON MOBILES, is a series of 'zero waste' hanging mobiles. Utilising reworked wood offcuts from our pi collection these one of a kind sculptural mobiles have been developed to show an intriguing balance and tension in 'the hang' of each unique mobile. The premise for each piece is evocative of the Norfolk landscape, are purposefully minimal and reflect on moments of solitude in huge environments. The hand carved wooden figures...

Our first collaborative series with Studio Logan Howes - HORIZON MOBILES, is a series of 'zero waste' hanging mobiles. Utilising reworked wood offcuts from our pi collection these one of a kind sculptural mobiles have been developed to show an intriguing balance and tension in 'the hang' of each unique mobile. The premise for each piece is evocative of the Norfolk landscape, are purposefully minimal and reflect on moments of solitude in huge environments. The hand carved wooden figures...

Our first collaborative series with Studio Logan Howes - HORIZON MOBILES, is a series of 'zero waste' hanging mobiles. Utilising reworked wood offcuts from our pi collection these one of a kind sculptural mobiles have been developed to show an intriguing balance and tension in 'the hang' of each unique mobile. The premise for each piece is evocative of the Norfolk landscape, are purposefully minimal and reflect on moments of solitude in huge environments. The hand carved wooden figures...

Our first collaborative series with Studio Logan Howes - HORIZON MOBILES, is a series of 'zero waste' hanging mobiles. Utilising reworked wood offcuts from our pi collection these one of a kind sculptural mobiles have been developed to show an intriguing balance and tension in 'the hang' of each unique mobile. The premise for each piece is evocative of the Norfolk landscape, are purposefully minimal and reflect on moments of solitude in huge environments. The hand carved wooden figures...

'Strange Fruit - The Congregation V' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Chris Day, created from handblown & sculpted glass with terracotta, micro bore copper pipe and coppe...

'Orestes' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is app...

'Electra' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is app...

A bronze patinated sculpture by Michael Ayrton (1921-1975). A standing study of Icarus. No.3 of 9. On original wooden plinth. Dimensions: H 20cm W 1...

A very fine stoneware small horse head sculpture raku glazed in bright blue and white glazes with a black craquelure finish by renowned ceramic artist Eric James Mellon (British, 192...

Our first collaborative series with Studio Logan Howes - HORIZON MOBILES, is a series of 'zero waste' hanging mobiles. Utilising reworked wood offcuts from our pi collection these one of a kind sculptural mobiles have been developed to show an intriguing balance and tension in 'the hang' of each unique mobile. The premise for each piece is evocative of the Norfolk landscape, are purposefully minimal and reflect on moments of solitude in huge environments. The hand carved wooden figures...

Period Regency Neoclassical Bust of a Man by the Sculptor, Samuel Joseph. In very good condition with a loss to patination which creates a wonderful look and presence. Hand scribed "Published by S. Joseph August 1st 1823". Cast and hand worked. Joseph Barry...

A wonderful collectors example of an original leather lion footstool by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie and Fitch, circa 1960s to 1970s. This exa...

Provenance: with paper labels for the Zimmerman Collection and Art Trading Ltd. This exceptional pearlware pottery figure of a saddled horse is charmingly rendered. The hand-painted...

A wonderful collectors example of the 'Seal' leather animal by Dimitri Omersa for Abercrombie and Fitch, circa 1970s. This example is in beautiful lightly aged with light patina. Sturdy and structurally sound, this seal is ready to be used as a fun doorstop, a large paperweight, or use as a designer floor or tabletop sculpture / work of art or a friendly companion to an otherwise lonely house dog or cat. Omersa's designed leather animals for Omersa Leatherworks of England, Omersa & Company, Liberties of London and Abercrombie and Fitch. Excellent early production original of this design, ideal collectors example or for an interior design client. Omersa made his first leather animal, a pig, in 1927 and from there created a full suite of interesting and charismatic creatures. Each leather animal is of the highest quality, beautifully stained and waxed. This example is one of the earlier ones, which are rare and highly sought after by collectors therefore very few on the resale market. Incredible opportunity for a collector or design enthusiast to have an original production example in beautiful patinated condition and to keep and collect for years to come. As you can see in our photos, we have a large collection of Omersa leather animals...

19th century English brass resting dog double inkwell, the wells opening to the left and the right.

A rare and stylish studio pottery stoneware organic form titled Cluster by acclaimed English ceramicist Eileen Lewenstein and made in the 1970's and was potted in Hampstead in London. The sculptural piece is of oval shape and comprises of tightly compressed conical apertures decorated in shades of brown and green and stand on a small flat unglazed base. There is an old paper label and possible indistinct mark. Accompanied by a hand written and signed card...

Ice Vug in turquoise II is a unique handblown sculpture by the British artist Samantha Donaldson. A charming ethereal sculpture with a glacier white...

Leather dark brown elephant by Dimitro Omersa for Abercrombie & Fitch, UK, 1960s.  

Acanthe is a cast glass artwork in a beautiful steel blue by the British artist Paul Stopler. With a smooth exterior, the interior is stepped into sections with ridged protruding "shelves" of glass, which are all created in the wax model from which this is cast. Using a complex series of processes, Stopler’s primary fascination is with the craft of lathe-turning waxes to produce unique cast-glass vessels. Made using the lost-wax technique, each of the pieces investigates the dialogue between its outer and inner surfaces; deeply cut exteriors projecting their changing mass onto internal cores and cut interiors illuminating the vessel's exterior with graduating tones. Each vessel is ground and polished to a satin finish, facilitating a soft interior view of light, tone and colour, with the rims being polished to a reflective finish for contrast. A single translucent color is chosen for each form for its potential to transmit changing hues and light accents; the deeper the mass of glass, the more saturated the color. Having studied at the Royal College of Art and previously assisted many other artists including Bruno Romanelli, Max jacquard, Colin Reid and Ann Robinson...

Vintage hand-turned wooden bowl made from Tasmanian burr oak, a heavy, a heavy wood. Wonderful shape and texture. The grain has been brushed to emphasize the character of the wood an...

Exceptionally well hand carved abstract panel in metal frame produced from a single slab of blue slate. Exquisitely executed. Very good quality heavy piece. Dates from the 1960s. Sig...

Seated painted brown with black mane. Possibly made as a doorstop.

Great decorative objects for shelf styling, at graduated heights. Measures: Small lens on stand 5” x 5” x 14” height, lens diameter 4.5” Tall lens on...

High glazed, finely modeled bone china with exquisite colors. One of designer, Leslie Harradine finest Royal Doulton firgurines, "The Mendicant" (1929...

Pair of English Regency framed ormolu portrait plaques of St. Paul & Socrates Exceptional quality and casting, beautifully framed with convex glass. Each plaque is mounted in a circu...

English lead offers a sophistication to any gardenscape or terrace. This whimsical vintage fountain is a classical scene featuring a playful frog and...

A large pair of English Staffordshire porcelain figures of orange and white seated spaniel dogs with gold chain leashes. Their two front legs are separated, a more delicate, therefor...

This bust of Admiral Lord Nelson was probably produced by Bartholomew Papera after the 1798 marble bust by Anne Seymour Damer. The reverse is impressed, ‘Anna S. Damer Fecit’ and ‘Pub. As the Act Dir’. Incomplete paper label on the integral black base. English, circa 1802. The Hon. Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828) was a sculptor and author who later inherited Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole’s famed Gothic villa in Twickenham. A friend of Sir William and Lady Hamilton, she probably met Nelson in Naples in 1798, afterwards offering a bust of the Hero to the City of London. On his return to London in 1800, Nelson gave Damer a sitting during which he presented her with his uniform coat worn at the Battle of the Nile. Although Damer’s monumental bust in marble was only delivered to the City in 1803, artist authorised copies in plaster, probably by the plaster figure maker Bartholomew Papera (c.1749-1815), were already circulating. Damer presented Napoleon Bonaparte in person with an example in plaster on her visit to Paris in 1802, whilst another reached the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. The Wedgwood factory purchased a plaster copy of Damer’s bust from Papera in 1802 (for 12 shillings), possibly for an unrealised scheme to reproduce it in basalt pottery...

England pair of terra cotta bulldogs, 19th century. Dimension shown for the larger of the two.

Painted in a light blue and light maroon red.

Heike Brachlow "Counterpoise", 2017 Glass; unique.

Coade stone otherwise known as "Lithodipyra," was used for Fine architectural detailing and garden ornaments in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and produced by appointment to ...

Cast bronze depicting the evolutionary vision of the artists Doyle and Mallinson. Ed 4/9

A pair of vintage reclining greyhound dogs on stone base from the mid 20th century. This pair of greyhound dogs from the United Kingdom is ...

Wonderful Carved-Marble Bust of a Gentleman,
on Creme-Painted Columnar Pedestal