1930s Sculptures

Set of five vintage snow measuring poles, by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age an...

Stunning and large bust depicting the Roman huntress goddess Diana, also moon goddess. This elegant piece is formed in plaster and has wonderful genuine p...

Descrizione: bellissimo posacenere in marmo rosa con decorazione in ottone rappresentante un gufo reale Origini : Italia Periodo di produzione : 1930 Raffigurazione :...

We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime very rare and original 1930’s Liberty’s London Omersa brown leather land dyed infant Piglet stool or footstool with origina...

“Créature Fantastique” Ceramic sculpture. Augusto Chini (Florence, 1904), Manifattura Fornace San Lorenzo, Italy, circa 1930. A juvenile important work by Maestro Chini. Very fine craquelure, delicate purple nuances on dark green and light metallic lustre. Signed A. Chini on the edge and serial inside the base. The Chini family, leading exponents of European Art Nouveau. One of the most important manufacturers of Art Nouveau ceramics...

Karl Hagenauer design for Whw Wien Austria "soliflore" tulip vase bronze years 30 deco. Measure height 9 inches diameter 2,4", all signed and handmade. Good vintage condition.

Elegant Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1930's: Dancer with shoulder-length hair in a long, wide, light gray skirt with floral decoration and ...

Rustic wooden spool of thread, by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pres...

'Ceres' an Art Deco bronze sculpture by André Bizette-Lindet (1906-1988). Depicting Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and motherly relationships, holding aloft a strand of Wheat, bear breasted with a shawl around her and her hair flowing in the wind. Signed 'A. Bizette-Lindet' and inscribed 'Susse First Edts Paris' and with 'Cire perdue and bronze' foundry stamp. Dimensions: H 87cm W 11cm D 9cm Origin: French Date: Circa 1935 Born in Savenay France, André Lizette-Lindet (1906-1998) studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs and the Beaux-Arts in Paris, after which he studied under classically acclaimed sculptor Henri Bouchard...

Stunning pair of Art Deco busts by the artist formerly known as Kupur , aka Frederick Cooper. These are an example of his earlier work, before he focused on making lighting, primaril...

French Art Deco peacock sculpture by Gabriel Beauvais. We offer this rare French modernist glazed ceramic peacock sculpture by Gabriel Beauvais, 1930....

Art Deco parrot bookends by Georges Van de Voorde with Foundry seal Brig, Paris. The birds are in patinated Art metal and stand on green marble bases...

Small stylized bronze sculpture depicting young Inuit girl collecting flowers. Designed and studio cast in Scandinavia in a style reminiscent of Kar...

Art Deco Valkyrie ceramic sculpture by Charles Lemanceau at Saint-Clement's, France Ca, 1930. Crackle glaze ceramic. Signed "Lemanceau" on the base. Biography: Charles Leman...

Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Ceramic Re-polished Labeled Original condition

A masterful -- and brilliantly-hued -- example of high style Art Deco sculpture, this large and unique vase depicts several nude figures along its upper edge -- a Triton blowing his shell-horn on one side and a nude merman and mermaid embracing on the other. The sides of the vase are enlivened by a series of jumping dolphins, and the entire surface is glazed in streaky blues, pale greens and rich browns. The artist was Edgardo Simone, an eccentric and brilliant sculptor who worked in bronze, plaster and ceramics over several decades. He was born in Italy and trained in Rome, but spent much of his career in America, specializing in portrait busts. He sculpted the likenesses of Thomas Edison, John Pershing, Henry Ford, Louis Brandeis, Sally Rand, President Franklin Roosevelt...

Unglazed terracotta pottery vase, by Elmer Early Chia Pet, depicting a soldier's head from the Second World War, wearing a red hat. Made by R...

1930s Carved wood waiter / bottle opener.

Ary Bitter 1883 Marseille 1973 Paris. Gold medal in the Salon des Artistes Français in 1924. This unique work of art is the perfect testimony of the best talented artist creation. The representation of a Nude female with a so intense sensitivity and realism is fantastic. The woman’s and the sleeping body are in the deep dream of love...

Art Deco sculpture birds on a branch signed by André Vincent Becquerel. Bronze with silver patina mounted on a Belgian Black marble base. France 1930. Literature: Art Deco and o...

An outstanding Art Deco ceramic horse sculpture inspired by the painting "The Red Horses IV" as also known as "Grazing Horses IV" by Franz Marc...

English hand cast English bulldog rusted garden ornament.

Pair of heavy quality cast silver cockerels in the traditional fighting pose. They are wonderfully modelled with a high attention to detail giving a lively and lifelike appearance. The tail feathers are individually hand cut and engraved to add an extra realistic quality to this fine pair. Dimensions are for one bird only Pair of particularly fine quality antique silver fighting cockerels...

It was exhibited in the original Miami beach antique show and Palm beach "American International Fine Art Fair (AIFAF)". Obelisks in golden leaf i...

Rosenthal Art Deco porcelain figurine. Ballerina. 1930s. Measures: 23.5 x 11.5 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

Circa 1925, an absolutely charming cold painted Spelter figure of a standing greyhound. This elegant lady captured standing head alert, looking fo...

Roland Paris Bronze Statue Glider 1933. Originally based on the Schneider Grunau Baby Glider from 1931. This glider held the world record for the l...

Sculptural group in patinated metal based on a solid plate of Belgian marble. Made in France Ca, 1930. Signed by J de Roncourt. Cataloged in the dossier...

Beautiful pair of vintage Art Noeveau bookends by Verona. This set in beautifully aged cast iron reminiscence of the art noeveau era with its use of arches and curved forms. In this ...

Born in 1863, Frederick Carder would go on to revolutionize the art glass market, not only developing and innovating techniques, but by helping to fou...

French Art Deco carved wood walrus sculpture, Signed Martini. This realistic and unusual French Art Deco carved fruitwood sculpture of a walrus was e...

Stylized Art Deco,,W P A Bronze,,Woman bust, signed but wasn't able to identify? Powerful image! Extremely well executed.. I believe it is German..

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale. Salviati & C Measures: Violet : 33 long x 10 high x 5.5 depth Green: 30 long x 9 high x 5.5 depth The lawyer Antonio Salviati and his dream In 1859 in his premises at Number 731 of Dorsoduro, Venice the “Salviati Dott. Antonio fu Bartolomeo” company was established. This is when, Vicenza-born lawyer Antonio Salviati started the entrepreneurial career, moved by a passion for the precious mosaics of the Basilica of San Marco and fascinated by Murano glass art, he decided to start-up his own production of mosaics and objects in Murano glass. An ambitious and far-sighted goal pushed him along this path: to revive the fate of Murano glass production that has been fallen for decades. A challenge which finds the maximum support from two fundamental figures in the history of Murano glass: the mayor of the island, Antonio Colleoni, and the Abbot Vincenzo Zanetti, founder of the glass museum and of the first art school for glass masters. The first successes and international investments The launchpad was the “First Glassmakers’ Exhibition” in 1864 in which Salviati participated with a monumental mosaic that earns him a prize superior to the Gold Medal. The success achieved affirmed the credibility of the Company which thus started its glass production in Palazzo da Mula. The new corporate and productive reality needed investors and the lawyer started to internationalise the company by addressing the economic and financial market across the Channel. The UK immediately showed huge interest in Salviati’s mosaics – as testified by the mosaic that can be seen on the façade of the current Apple Store in Regent Street, London. It was also in London, on 21st December 1866, that the “Società Anonima per Azioni Salviati & C.” was established with the support of diplomat Sir Austen Henry Layard and historian William Drake. The new corporate set-up was further established with the purchase of a new headquarter, this time on the Riva dei Vetrai in Murano. The universal show of Paris in 1867 celebrated the relaunch project of Antonio Salviati “Venice owes a debt of gratitude to the knight Salviati in the resurgence for one of the most legitimately famous of its industries”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 275. “Venice and Italy have gain huge success in the Universal Exhibition. The resurgence of one of the city’s most famous industries is consecrated in this very occasion by the gold medal awarded by the jury to Mr Salviati […] the crowd […] is gathering around the display cases that hold those pieces of glass that are so transparent and so light as to appear like woven air, impregnated, when in their elegant forms that become rainbows of those iridescent reflections that cover them at the artist’s whim – the author of a real ray of sunshine from the beautiful and splendid Venice”. From Esposizione Illustrata di Parigi, 1867 pg. 311 The fundamental role of training in murano glass Training plays a fundamental role for the Company; attendance at the Art School was made compulsory for “[…] all the young workers of the Factory who don’t only tire themselves in manual work. This was established with the idea not only to lift their dignity and their initially limited aspirations, […] but also to improve their artistic education and thereby facilitate an improvement also in their economic situation”. Together with the art school, a free school was also set up to teach all employees to read and write. Diversification in production and made-to-measure projects In a short time, Salviati & C. diversified its production to include glasses, cups, amphoras, and vials which guaranteed the first prize in the universal exhibition for three consecutive years. Its mosaic production also flourished, being used in world-class projects: from the Houses of Parliament in London, to the Viceroy’s palace in Alessandria in Egypt, to the Opera House of Paris, including the private homes of wealthy New York personality. The entire 19th century for Salviati & C. was represented by development, success and fame in the national and international markets, and the Company became a symbol and reference point of Murano glass art throughout the world. The Salviati legacy at the turn of the century On the death of Antonio Salviati in 1890, first his three children followed one another at the helm of the company and then Maurizio Camerino, previously general manager. It was thanks to him that the decorative mosaic project of the Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto (California, USA) took place after 12 years of work. As well as the opening of a sales point in Via Montenapoleone in Milan and the institution of a museum collection of Murano glass from the 19th and 20th centuries. The post-war years, biennials and lighting After Maurizio Camerino’s death in 1931, his three children took over the helm of the company: its solid foundations allowed them to strive for new important goals in the art world, participating in the Biennials of 1932 and 1934. Not even the Second World War could tarnish the strength of the Salviati brand: in the post-war years Renzo Camerino renewed the ruined production headquarter and enthusiastically restored all his commercial contacts. Thanks to his grandson Renzo Tedeschi (newly graduated in Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin and upon his return from an apprenticeship in the United States), Salviati launched its production in lighting appliances. The following years saw intense growth in the number of collaborations with renowned artists and designers. In 1959, the production site was moved to Fondamenta Radi 16, where it still stands today. The great lighting projects The larger production area allowed the company to further expand the international market in the field of architectural lighting. A number of projects were undertaken, such as the 9-tonne, 22-metres high chandelier in the Chamber of Commerce in Parma, the ceiling illumination in the premises of the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva and the Kowloon Hotel in Hong Kong; not to mention the sound-absorbing windows of the Aula Nervi in the Vatican and the lighting system of the great honour hall of the Philippine Plaza Hotel in Manila in collaboration with architect John Marsteller. The reputation of Salviati & C. was further affirmed by the commission – after an international call for bids – for twelve 11-metre high chandeliers for the Tonhalle concert hall in Dusseldorf, made using an innovative system of modular glass elements – “LS- System” – one of the today company’s cornerstones. Salviati from the modern age to the present The story of Salviati continues in the modern era, keeping the focus on creating an innovative style that had distinguished it since its inception. Participation in international exhibitions increased, such as the Venice Biennials from 1958 to 1972 (the final year in which Murano glass was allowed) thanks to projects by designers of the calibre of Betha and Teff Sarasin, Claire Falkestein, and Luciano Gaspari. In 1962 Salviati was awarded with the highest recognition in the Design world, the “Compasso d’Oro” prize assigned by A.D.I. for the Marco vase designed by architect Sergio Asti. In 1965 the company changed its name to Salviati & C. s.p.a.; then it was purchased by the Gruppo Ferruzzi in 1987 which later on it was transferred to a French company. Since 2015 the company returned to be Venetian with the acquisition by the Umana group. Salviati and its designers Salviati’s designers: Luciano Gaspari, Sergio Asti (Compasso d’Oro 1962), Claire Falkenstein, Ward Bennet, Teff and Betha Sarasin, Ingo Maurer, Ross Lovegrove, Amanda Levete, Tom Dixon, Nigel Coates, Thomas Heatherwick, Luca Nichetto, Ben Gorham...

Earthenware Fishes sculpture Mod. 1511 Angelo Biancini SCI Laveno 1938 Excellent condiction literature: Angelo Biancini tra Faenza e Laveno: ceramiche 1937-1940.   

Rare Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Art Ceramic Group of the late 1930s: Little blond girl with curly hair in a white and blue checked summer dress with red edges holding a fox terrie...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Very rare Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s: Representation of a young lady in a brown, Japanese silk coat over light, baggy trousers, hai...

"Moineau" by Jan and Joël Martel (1896–1966). Glass sculpture with an original sticker that says "fabrication française". Victor Arwas (1987) ...

Bronze and wood grill from the Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago. This piece was the top of an elevator cage.

Head of a woman, wood sculpture, Art Deco, 1930 Carved wood sculpture, in the taste of the renaissance, beautiful quality of work, 1930, Art Deco style. H: 36 cm, W: 18 cm, D: 17 c...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'V...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

This sculpture of a female nude was created by an unknown sculptor in the manner of the popular modernist movement in French art of the very end of the 19th century, Les Nabis...

French Art Deco sculpture from te 1930s period. Original from the period. We can converted in to the table lamp. Extra beautiful sculpture all made...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Stunning and appealing Art Nouveau bust of a woman made of polychromed and enamelled white clay. This singular bust of a woman with unique face traits could be of an Italian woman, m...

Rustic wooden spools of thread, by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa 1930. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, pre...

Green patina bronze Art Deco Animal Sculpture featuring two seagulls, signed G H LAURENT, Reveyrolis Paris, FRANCE 1930.  

Signed by Salvatore Melani - 1930 Dimension: 47 cm width 42 cm heigh Material: Plaster.

Art Nouveau ceramic sculpture attributable to the LENCI manufacture " Woman with a pair of greyhounds " Period 30s Author The piece is not signed but, due to the age, style...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Large beautiful figurative sculpture by Danish artist Jens Jacob Bregnø in jugend style. The sculpture is made of raw sandstone and is signed by the ...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...

A spectacularly glazed Japanese Kutani model, okimono, of a pheasant, Showa era, early 20th century, Japan. The okimono, or decorative sculpture, in the form of a magnificent phea...

A 1930's Austrian ebonized wood and brass singing sailor. The sailor has wood body and brass head, hands and feet. Sealed on the bottom.