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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
17th Century Processional Figur Mannequins Jesus Christus Carved Painted Wood
Located in Epfach, DE
An unusual and rare processional or lecturer figure from the 17th century, also called Mannequins. Carved from wood and of very good quality. A detailed and particular elaboration of...
Category

German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Renaissance Style Bronze Table Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Large and heavy possibly made by Caldwell in the Italian Renaissance style. Old rich brown patina. Three light.
Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Spessartine with Smoky Quartz, Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
Located in New York, NY
These sharp and brilliant spessartine trapezohedrons with smoky quartz began appearing on the market in early 2000. The Tongbei region is now quite well known as producing some of th...
Category

Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Other

18th Century French or Italian Santo Nativity Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
18th century French or Italian Santo Nativity figure, a hand carved and painted fruitwood figure for a Christmas Creche or Krippe. Excellent and delicate details to the head and hands. The half figure stands on a dowel set into platform base, dressed in original fine linen robe...
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Italian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Linen, Fruitwood

Crystal Center Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a custom steel stand. Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz. The lovely color patterns and banding make this t...
Category

Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate

Pair of Coade Stone Relief Panels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Pair of Coade stone Relief panels. These panels are elements of a ‘Garden Seat’ illustrated in Coade’s etchings. This corresponds to the 1784 publication ...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Coade Stone

Small Lao Lan Xang Bronze Buddha Head, 17th Century, Laos
Located in Austin, TX
A small and sweet cast bronze fragmentary head of the Buddha, Lan Xang Kingdom, 17th century, Laos. The small Buddha head finely cast with well defined features. The face with a ...
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Laotian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Scale Banalinga 'Shiva Lingam' Stone for Display
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large Scale Banalinga (Shiva Lingam) stone for display Outstanding large scale specimen from India Dimensions 9" long x 5.5" diameter Banalinga is discovered in nature and not carved or crafted by human hands. This Shiva Lingam comes exclusively from the Narmada River, one of India’s seven sacred holy sites. The stones resemble markings found on the forehead of Lord Shiva...
Category

Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Large 17/18th Century Italian Carved Carrara Marble Baroque Angel Fragment
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered marble baroque angel. Italy 17/18th century. Weathered, losses and old repairs. More pictures are available on request.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Polished Amethyst Egg Geode Surrounded by Agate and Quartz
Located in London, GB
Colors fuse together in this uniquely beautiful piece, presenting the viewer with a small geode polished in the round. At the heart of the piece we can see intense deep purple am...
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Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Chrysocolla After Barite with Malachite Coated with Drusy Quartz
Located in New York, NY
Chrysocolla after Barite with malachite coated with Drusy quartz Lupoto Mine, Dem. Rep. of the Congo This specimen is from a recent discovery. This piece began life as a barite and...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Other

Pear Shaped Amethystine Geode Section with Thick Border
Located in London, GB
This beautiful half geode has a wonderful blue-brown banded agate border with a thick base of white quartz differentiating to deep amethyst at the tips. A small section of orange ...
Category

Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

17th Century St. Nicholas Sculpture Polychrome Carved Wood
Located in Milan, IT
17th century St. Nicholas Polychrome carved wood, h. 133 cm In the past, wooden statues were frequently commissioned to artists for the results of intense naturalism that emoti...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Early Meissen Cupid Group Around 1750, Allegory of Spring, with Additional Base
Located in Vienna, AT
Four scantily clad cupids grouped on a rock, partly flowers, partly holding flower arrangements in their hands, the flowers as a typical attribute of the Meissen spring representatio...
Category

German Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Amethyst Section with Cut Stalactite Eye and Calcite
Located in London, GB
A beautiful oval shaped amethyst section with deep purple amethyst and two cut amethyst eyes near the centre. A small calcite to the right completes the composition. This piece ...
Category

Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

17th Century Statue of a Maiden
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional and stunning French 17th century sculpture of a maiden expertly carved from oak. Marvelous detailing with a beautiful face and movement to the robe.
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Oak

Large Statue of Saint Hand Carved in Wood
Located in Houston, TX
Large statue of saint hand carved in wood during the late 17th century, or early 18th century. Some restoration. Sculpture portrays a saint and originall...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood

17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Vase with Agate Coral & a Double Crystal Point
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian church vase with fossilized coral, a double crystal point on an agate base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Rock Crystal, Coral

16-17th Century Burmese Carved Sandstone Sculpture of Cow
Located in Kastrup, DK
400-500 old Burmese sandstone "Holy Cow" sculpture with beautifully detailed carvings. Very decorative with natural patina. Mounted on a base of light sandst...
Category

Burmese Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Vase with Calcite Crystals in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
17th century Italian vase with a calcite crystal cluster in matrix on a petrified wood base. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flo...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal

Two Coade Stone Relief Panels
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Two coade stone Relief panels. These panels are elements of a ‘Garden Seat’ illustrated in Coade’s etchings. This corresponds to the 1784 publication A De...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Coade Stone

Coade Stone Relief Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Coade Stone Relief Panel. An original Coade panel dating from circa 1790. The panel features two torches with a central roundel. Additional dimensions...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Coade Stone

Crinoid Fossil from Morocco, from the Ordovician Period 450-Million-Years Ago
Located in Chicago, IL
Another large Crinoid fossil from our collection. Crinoids are more commonly known as sea lilies and are members of the Echinodermata phylum with the st...
Category

Moroccan Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Pre Colombian Tairona Carnelian Bead Bracelet
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1000 - 1500 CE Pre Colombian. Columbia, Tairona. Beads. A lovely bracelet of a wearable comprised or 17 seed form, tubular and ovoid beads carve...
Category

Colombian Pre-Columbian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Carnelian

18th Century Italian Angel Wing Mounted on Tourmaline in Crystal Quartz
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gold leaf angel wing mounted on tourmaline in crystal quartz. The large, gold leaf and painted angel wing originally came from a church in Tuscany. It was onc...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Quartz, Tourmaline, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf

Antique Japanese Wood Carving of Two Minogames 'Mythological Turtle', 18th C
Located in North Miami, FL
A sculpture of 2 Minogame turtles with their distinctive fan-like tails. The smaller turtle is standing in the she’ll of the larger one. This is an excellent Japanese hardwood carvin...
Category

Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Jesus Christ the Conqueror Raising the Flag After his Resurrection, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
16th Century Italian carved-wood and polychromed sculpture of Jesus Christ the conqueror raising the flag after his resurrection.
Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dark Brown Thin Slice Agate on Stand, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a wooden stand. Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz. The lovely brown color patterns and cream banding...
Category

Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate

Antique Carved Walnut Figural Relief
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Antique carved walnut figural relief. A carved walnut figural relief depicting a lady swathed in drapery with flowers, possibly Flemish.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Grey Border Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a custom steel stand. Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz. The lovely color patterns and banding make this t...
Category

Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate

Life-Size Carved Wood Sculpture of a Man's Head circa 1700 South European
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Stunning life-size carved wood sculpture of a man's head dating from circa 1700 in the south of Europe.  
Category

European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Light Grey With Light Olive Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a wood stand. Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz. The lovely color patterns and banding make this transluce...
Category

Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, French Renaissance Carved Wood Sculpture, c. 1550
Located in New York, NY
Saint Sebastian Feast Day: January 20th.l St. Sebastian (????, Narbonne, Gaul/France - c. 288, Rome, Italy) was an early Christian saint popul...
Category

French Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Rhodochrosite Mineral with Galena and Calcite from South Africa ( 10.8lbs)
Located in New York, NY
Rhodochrosite with Galena and Calcite from Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northeren Cape Prov., South Africa Massive aesthetic specimen of powder-pink, bladed Rhodochrosite in hemispher...
Category

South African Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Other

Calcite on Stibnite, Hechi Mining Area, Guangxi Region, China
Located in New York, NY
Calcite on Stibnite, Hechi mining area, Guangxi Region, China Measures: 15.2 cm tall x 8 cm wide. Ex-collection Dr. Stephen Smale. This calcite is both transparent and translucent with bright glass like luster and strong vivid color. The calcite crystal has excellent definition showing extremely sharp geometric twinning planes at the center. The combination of fine colorful calcite with crystallized stibnite is very rare and only found in a few places on earth. These lemon yellow calcites...
Category

Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Other

Taupe Border with Light Grey Thin Slice Agate Sculpture, Brazil, Prehistoric
Located in New York, NY
Brazilian thin slice of agate mounted on a wood stand. Agate is a banded form of finely-grained, microcrystalline Quartz. The lovely color patterns and banding make this transluce...
Category

Brazilian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate

Agatised Geode Slice with Rare Central Calcite Formation and White Quartz
Located in London, GB
Bordered by a thick, blueish agate layer, this wonderful slice preserves an interior of large white quartz crystals with a prominent central calcite. The calcite itself is overlaid...
Category

Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

17th Century 'Baroque' Pair of Italian Carved and Polychromed Sculptures
Located in North Miami, FL
17th Century (Baroque) pair of Italian carved and polychromed figures. Each statue is holding a torchere and are mounted on their original turned wooden faux marble column.  
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Pair of 18th Century Candlestick Fragments with Tourmaline in Matrix
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 18th century Italian candlestick fragments decorated with tourmaline in matrix. The pair of 18th century Italian gold leaf candlestic...
Category

Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal, Tourmaline

Pair of Silvered Wooden Reliquaries from France, Circa 1750
Located in Dallas, TX
This pair of silvered wooden reliquaries are from France, circa 1750. The backs are still preserved by wax seals, indicating that the relics were never removed. Each reliquary has...
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Silver

18th Century Indian Bronze of the Goddess Durga
Located in Kensington, MD
Durga is a warrior goddess in the Hindu culture, she is the protector of the good depicted here multi-armed with a sword, a trident, the wheel and a jewel in her hands. She is flanke...
Category

Indian Tribal Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Beautiful Intense Brown Druze Amethyst Cluster with Green Jasper
Located in London, GB
A stunning intense brown amethyst druze formation with stalactites. The mineral sculpture is embellished by multiple stalactite formations, and gives the sensation of movement due ...
Category

Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

Late 18th Century Carved Limestone Garden Urn with Stylised Ram Heads
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Late 18th century campana shaped carved limestone garden urn with stylised ram heads. This piece features a refined Classic decoration with acanthus leaf motifs applied to the lid a...
Category

Irish Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Roman Antique Marble Sculpture, 2nd Century Ad, South of France
Located in Girona, Spain
Roman Antique marble sculpture, 2nd century AD, South of France. This sculpture is a Roman Antiquity. Frontal section of a Roman Sarcophagus. Made...
Category

French Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Iron

Pair of Medium 395 Million Year Old Fossilized Orthoceras Marble Finish Statues
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning pair of fully polished limestone circa 395-million-year-old Fossilized Orthoceras statues Orthoceras ("straight horn") is a genus of extinc...
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Swedish Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Natural Fiber

Prattware English Pottery Cradle with a Sleeping Child
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Georgian English Prattware pottery cradle containing a sleeping child dating from around 1800. The cradle sits raised on two rockers a...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Pottery

A Coade Keystone of Minerva Dated 1794
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A Coade Keystone of Minerva Dated 1794. Stamped Coade, London, and is dated 1794. Minerva is known as being the Roman goddess of wisdom. Eleanor Coade was a British businesswoman known for manufacturing Neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments made of Coade stone from 1769. Attached are some images of Coade Keystones taken from Alison Kellys...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Coade Stone

Coade Stone Boundary Plaque for St Olave’s School
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Coade Stone Boundary Plaque for St Olave’s School. A Coade stone boundary marker plaque depicting the seal of St Olave‘s school and its foundati...
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Coade Stone

Black Hematite with a Blanket of White Quartz
Located in London, GB
A stunning an unusual formation of white quartz on top of a black hematite. This beautiful and delicate piece presents a rough piece with a stalactite of black hematite covered w...
Category

Uruguayan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

15th Cen Four Pillars of the Christian Faith Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke
Located in North Miami, FL
15th century Italian carved wood, polychromed and gold gilded sculptures of four Pillars of the Christian Faith (Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Saint Luke, Saint Matthew).
Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

18th Century Staffordshire Blue and White Glazed Dog Whistle
Located in Stamford, CT
A rare and utterly charming English Staffordshire blue and white glazed ceramic dog whistle. Showing the pooch standing alert with tail up and ears pricked...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Su Sanci Glazed Horse Figure, Kangxi Period, 18th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese Su Sanci glazed figure of a horse and a boy. Sancai decoration uses glazes predominantly in three colors: brown or amber, green or creamy white with the more rare use of blue. While particularly associated with the Tang dynasty tomb figures...
Category

Chinese Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 17th Century 'Florence Fragment' Vases with Fossil Agate Coral
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
A pair of 17th century Italian fragment vases decorated with fossil agate coral on cut rock coral bases. The pair is from a church in Florence. They were found and saved from the hi...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Coral, Agate

18th Century Russian Carved Oak Figure of a Saint
Located in Stamford, CT
A very interesting Baroque period carved oak figure of a saint or prophet said to come from a demolished Russian Orthodox church. This compelling figure is ...
Category

Russian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Oak

Rare 13th Century Christ on the Cross
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This wood Christ bears signs of time without diminishing its grace nor its interest. This Christ presents some characteristic of the previous century. While the feet are missing the position of his legs, parallel one to the other, let us think his feet where placed side by side as in the 12th century’s crucifix. The remains of his perizonium let us guess the cloth was very short, displaying the knees and a part of the thighs. The figure is straight, the arms horizontal, the hands open -with tha palm then pierced by nails- and the thumbs parallel to the other fingers as in most of the 12th century’s Christ on...
Category

French Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Angelic Carved Wood Sculptures, 16th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of 16th Century Italian carved polychromed angelic sculptures.
Category

Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Angel, Carved and Polychrome Wood, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Angel. Carved and polychrome wood. Century XVI. Polychrome wood carving showing an angel, with the face facing the viewer and the body in pr...
Category

Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Single Marble Column Fragment in the Roman Style
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A 16th century roman style marble column fragment circa 1550. This Solomonic marble column is mounted onto a bespoke steel base. A fascinating, ...
Category

Italian Grand Tour Antique 18th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Steel

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