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Period: 1940s
Vintage Glazed Ceramic and Brass Holy Mary and Jesus by Arturo Pannunzio, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s. This brass, plexiglass and glazed ceramic piece is made by Arturo Pannunzio. It can be switched on. This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight tra...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Signed Art Deco “A Lady with her Mirror” Bronze and Marble Sculpture by Molins
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Stunning French Art Deco bronze patina spelter figure with a decorative motif design sitting on a beautiful carved marble pediment, signed by the renowned listed French artist Charles Henri Molins...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

"Pan and Nymph, " Art Deco Sculptural Group with Nudes by Salomon for Rörstrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully finished in an ivory-hued glaze, this ambitious and rare sculptural grouping of a Pan and Nymph with flute and cymbal was sculpted by Harald Salomon for the famed Rörstra...
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Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

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Porcelain

Black and White Large Metal Dice Sculpture Mid Century Modern Belgium
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Belgium Mid-Century Modern painted metal monumental heavy dice sculpture is tres chic! All the different sides with different holes make up...
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Rare and Early Jens Risom Stool for Knoll Associates, New York City
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and early Jens Risom stool for Knoll Associates, New York City. Simple, elegant design. Retains original finish as well as original early oil cloth upholstered top. Also origina...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Upholstery, Birch

Terracotta Sculpture by Arturo Pannunzio, Sleeping Lady, Italy, 1940
Located in Torino, IT
Terracotta sculpture by Arturo Pannunzio (1891-1953) (1891-1953), Sleeping lady Italy, 1940s Origin Italy Period 40s Author Arturo Pannun...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Terracotta

Royal Dux, Prancing Horse in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Prancing horse in hand-painted porcelain. 1940s. Measures: 31 x 19 cm In excellent condition. Stamped.
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Czech Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Karl Weiler, Pforzheim, Germany, Nude Figure in Bronze, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Karl Weiler, Pforzheim, Germany. Nude figure in bronze with grass skirt, 1940s. Measures: 12.5 x 7 cm. In very good condition. Stamped.
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German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Russian Bronze Cossack Figure Statue
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Russian bronze figure of a Cossack. It is signed.
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European Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Germaine Nordmann Bronze Sculptures, circa 1940
By Germaine Nordmann
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze couple, with original antique green patina by Germaine Nordmann, Ecole de Paris, Susse Fondeur, circa 1940. Signed and numbered. Measurements...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nude Statuette from Olimpia, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Nude Statuette from Olimpia, 1940s. Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (crates or boxes) for US and International Shippi...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"The Water Mother, " Rare Large Rendition of Famous Sculpture by Kai Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Based on a famous, large sculpture entitled "The Water Mother" sculpted by Kai Nielsen for the Winter Garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, installed in 1921, this vers...
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Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Hungarian Painted Ceramic Art Deco Sculpture
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
A rare hand built glazed and painted earthenware Art Deco sculpture, a female Polynesian made in Hungary. Fine hairline cracks on the glaze surfac...
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Hungarian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Earthenware

Modernist Bronze Sculpture by Nils Fougstedt, Sweden, 1940
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful bronze figurine by Nils Fougstedt, in the form of two young women. The women are reaching out their arms and have their faces turned upwards. Lovely attention to detail, vi...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

1940s Plaster Sculpture from R. Espinasse, Woman Standing
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Plaster sculpture, woman standing, Raymond Espinasse (1897-1985) workshop, France. Measure: height 33.4 inches.
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French Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Guido Cacciapuoti Ceramic Horses, 1940
Located in Milano, IT
Guido Cacciapuoti ceramic horses, 1940.
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Italian Other Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Art Déco Holzfigur sitzender Mann wooden sculture
Located in Aachen, DE
Art Déco Holzfigur sitzender Mann. Hervorragend expressive Darstellung eines muskulösen, nackten, augenscheinlich zutiefst verzweifelten Mannes.
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Belgian Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large Woman Sculpture Patinated Bronze by Johannes Hansen, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Odense, DK
Large cast bronze sculpture by Danish artist Johannes Hansen depicting a young girl lost in thoughts. The sculpture was made in the 1940s at the bronze foundry "L. Rasmussen" in Cope...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

American Folk Art Hand-Carved Rosewood Snake
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art hand-carved rosewood snake (ca. 1940s, USA). Attractive two-tone rosewood variations (rich brown tones throughout with two contrasting light patches). Very good, vintage con...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Rosewood

Emerson Woelffer Bonze Sculpture, Abstract Face, Signed, Dated, Numbered
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice modern abstract Face, by the well known artist, Emerson Woelffer. Signed, numbered 1/4 and dated 1947.
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American Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Bronze Vases by Oscar Antonsson
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of patinated Bronze vases designed by Oscar Arvid Antonsson (1898-1960) for Athena Ystad. Sweden Circa 1940s. The decor of the woman and the fiddl...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Bronze Vases by Oscar Antonsson
Pair of Bronze Vases by Oscar Antonsson
$1,600 Sale Price / set
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1948 Original Italian Hand Built Pedal Car
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1948 Original Italian Hand Built Pedal Car 1948 Original Italian Hand Built Pedal Car. The most exceptional pedal car dated September 3, 1948 from Mantova. Scratch built by hand it would probably have been commissioned as a one of project. The car was made as a working pedal car with a strong bicycle based frame and pedal type assembly although we haven’t tested the mechanism and are selling this as a decorative car...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Jeanne Grut for Royal Copenhagen Aluminia faience. Large figurine of bear
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jeanne Grut (1927-2009) for Royal Copenhagen Aluminia faience. Large figurine of standing brown bear. Model number 3822. Dating: 1945 In perfect condition. First factory quality. Sig...
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Danish Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

French Crackle Ceramic Dove Mortar & Pestle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French crackle ceramic dove mortar & pestle France, circa 1940s This petite mortar & pestle set is both delicate and darling Beautifully scu...
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French Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Fawn Head by Axel Salto
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fallow deer head, stoneware decorated with oxblood glaze. Incised signature: [Salto 20803] with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [Royal Copenhagen Denmark].
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Burled Hardwood Scholar Rock, Republic Period, 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual and striking Chinese scholar rock, gongshi, of polished and lacquered burled hardwood, set into a hardwood base, mid-20th century. The hardwood scholar "stone" meant to i...
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Chinese Qing Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood, Burl

Emanuele Zambini Terracotta Sculpture
Located in Prato, IT
Firenze, Italy, 1942 In terracotta Signed Emanuele Zambini Measure: Height 61 cm.
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Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

A Couple of Antique Decorative Figurine Two Metal Musician Sculptures Home Decor
Located in Wembley, GB
Beautifully stylized human figurine with a great balance of harmony, it portrays the beauty of the inner world through love and beauty. These unique art pieces are a great chance to bring your office or home decor and interior the eternal opposites in an everlasting fusion dance. SCULPTURE, musician figure. A Couple of Antique Decorative Figurine Two Metal Musician Sculptures Home...
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Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Iron, Sheet Metal

Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Graceful Dancer In A Turning Movement, Circa 1940
Located in Vienna, AT
Graceful young dancer with chin-length hair, taking a step forwards and, with her eyes closed, tilting her upper body slightly backwards in a turning movement while holding the skirt...
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Austrian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Pair Of Italian Toleware Palm Trees
Located in Essex, MA
Decorative palm trees with green leaves with oval yellow pots with gilt details.
Category

Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Tin

Vintage Hand Carved Edwardian Wooden Wall Mailer Mailbox w/ Star
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Edwardian wooden wall mailer/mailbox with a center star and carving scrolling pattern along the top. It is made from weathered wood with a natural grain and distressed finish. The wo...
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American Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Beautiful Teddy Bear in Black Golden Line from the Famous Designer Walter Bosse
Located in Argenteuil, IDF
Beautiful and charming little teddy bear in black golden line from the famous designer designer Walter Bosse (1904 - 1979) Beautiful original patina from the mid-20th century. H...
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Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Vintage Hollywood Decor Aluminum "Star Spindle" Film Reel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage film real whose spindles form a star (ca. 1940s, USA). Impressive piece of Hollywood decor in an uniquely large size (42" Diameter) with good signs of age/patina (original we...
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American Industrial Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum

"Leaping Zebra, " Fine and Rare Art Deco Sculpture, Signed by Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and élan, this rare sculpture by Waylande Gregory, dating from the 1940s, depicts a zebra in mid-air, looking behind with elegant unconcern. The ceramic form is glazed in a lovely off-white glaze, and is mounted on a dark-stained walnut plinth. Gregory was a renowned a WPA sculpture...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Angel Fish, " Large, Stunning Technicolor Art Deco Sculptures, Occupied Japan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pair of technicolor-hued Art Deco angel fish sculptures -- glazed in hues of gold, dark pink, cobalt, sea green and canary -- was made in Japan between 1945 and 1951, when American forces occupied the nation after World War II and required that goods made there be marked "Occupied Japan...
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Japanese Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Hand Painted Ceramic Hula Girl & Ukele Boy Souvenir Figurines
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The 1940s Pair of Ceramic Japanese Hand-Painted Hula Girl & Ukulele Boy Souvenir Figurines are vintage collectibles that capture the charm of Hawaiian culture from the mid-century er...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Two Children's Aid Day Figures, Aluminia, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Two Children's Aid Day figures. Aluminia, 1940s The children's aid figures were designed in a masterpiece style by Herluf Jensenius and designed by Hans...
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Danish Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Carl Schmitz Plaster Sculpture, circa 1940
By Carl Schmitz
Located in Sharon, CT
Schmitz was an important German-American figurative sculptor of the 1930s-1940s. Studied with J.Wackerle. Commissions include: Brooklyn B...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Pair of Italian Classical Greek Inspired Figural Ceramic Statues
By Raymor, Gambone Fantoni, Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Houston, TX
Great pair of Greek inspired Italian ceramic statues inspired by Bitossi, Fantoni and Raymor.
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Italian Classical Greek Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Art Deco Pair Bronze Swallow Bird French Night Stand Table Reading Lamps Shades
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of nice one off a kind Art Deco 1940 night stand table lamps with beautiful swallow bird statue made off bronze and they have a nice creme white / yellow colored sleeve and come...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

1940's Patinated Bronze Hounds on a Marble Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of patinated, cast bronze hounds in motion mounted on a marble base.
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Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pablo Picasso Madoura, "Colombe Mate" Plate, Edition Madoura, 1948
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Pablo Picasso Madoura (1881-1973), Colombe Mate, 1948 Rectangular Plate, W. 31 cm, L. 37.5 cm, R.A. Terre de faïence blanche, décor aux engobes, gravé au couteau sous couverte parti...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Keramos, Vienna, Dancing Woman Figure in Red Clay
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Keramos, Vienna, dancing woman figure in red clay. Art Deco. Model number 8713. Beautiful figure, circa 1940s. Measures: 41 cm. X 37 cm. In perfect condition. Stamped.
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Austrian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

1940s Bronze Sculpture of a Nun
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s bronze sculpture of a nun.
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Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Exquisite Polished Bronze Sculpture: Lifesize Antelope from the 1950s
Located in Madrid, ES
This stunning polished bronze sculpture captures the majestic essence and ethereal grace of an antelope in its natural habitat. Created in the 1950s, this piece reflects the elegance...
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Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Colonial Sculpture
Located in bari, IT
Colonial Art Deco period sculpture in solid wood depicting an African woman.
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Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Apel.Les Fenosa, "Violoniste", Epreuve Originale en Bronze Numéroté, 1946
By Fenouil Hennon
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Apel Les Fenosa (1899-1988, Espagne/ Spain) : "Violoniste" (1946) Epreuve originale en bronze numérotée sur 4 / Original bronze numbered on 4 editions Epreuve en bronze à pati...
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French Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Plaster sculpture "Blanzeflor" by Swedish sculptor Stig Blomberg, Sweden, 1942
Located in Hägersten, SE
Sculpture depicting "Blanzeflor" by Swedish sculptor Stig Blomberg. Made ca 1942-43 in Sweden. Plaster on a teak base. Signed by the artist on the back. Good vintage condition with a...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Teak

Scandinavian Modern Unique Hand Decorated Vase by Carl-Harry Stålhane, Rörstrand
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern unique vase by Carl-Harry Stålhane. A hand decorated glazed vase with Elephants in light brown, yellow and grey on a white ground. Executed by Rörstrand, Sweden. ...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Jan De Swart Lucite Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This Lucite sculpture by the artist Jan De Swart is an early work from the 1940s. The organic bean-shaped sculpture is entirely handmade and polished by the artist, very few of these...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Lucite

French Plaster Head
Located in Stamford, CT
Fanciful French plaster head with pocket.
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French Medieval Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Anders Jönsson Sculpture 'Boy with Apple' by Erik Pettersson Fud, in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Sculpture ‘Boy with apple’ by Anders Jönsson. Founded mark Erik Pettersson fud. In Sweden.
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gaetano Cecere Biomorphic Sculpture #2
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Gaetano Cecere N.A. was born in New York on November 26th, 1894, to Ralph Cecere and Catherine La Rocca. He studied with Hermon A. MacNeil at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design. His service during World War I earned him a soldier’s medal...
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American Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Photograph holder attributed to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
Located in Lugo, IT
Photograph holder attributed to Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Micro miss in upper right corner Thank you
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Italian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Lavanderina Essevi epigone Lenci
Located in Torino, IT
Lavanderina Essevi. Hand-painted ceramic lavander little girl produced by Essevi. Rare collectible doll produced by former Lenci art director Sandro Vacchetti. Sandro Vacchetti a ...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Abstract Art Deco Figural Sculpture Attributed to Rodden
By Rodden
Located in New York, NY
Great Art Deco copper figural sculpture mounted on to a brass base. Fun and whimsical she is part of a collection of Art Deco sculptures I acquired where...
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German Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper

Borch for Just Andersen, Art Deco Sculpture of a Young Nude Woman
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Borch for Just Andersen. Art Deco sculpture of a young nude woman. In good condition with minor signs of use. Excellent patina. 1940s. Model number D2017 Marked. Dimensions: H 1...
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Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Substantial Driftwood Table Lamp on Mahogany Base
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circa 1940s sculptural driftwood table lamp with organic form and large size. Beautiful, natural patina and good age present. Mahogany oval base has been refinished; driftwood is i...
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American Primitive Vintage 1940s Sculptures

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Driftwood, Mahogany

Magical Parian Porcelain Shell Motif Dish with Sculptural Putti
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Magical vintage porcelain sculpture of an adorable putti with watering can, perched at the edge of a scalloped shell shaped dish.
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French Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

French Bronze Belt Buckle Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze two-piece bronze buckle with hook and loop verso by French art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The sculptural pieces are In a rare Inca motif, with triangular indenta...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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