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Footed Bowl Gold Leaf and Grapes, Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso & Co 1949
Located in London, GB
Classically shaped oval bowl is a master class of technique and elegance, designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1948 for Barovier, Toso & Co. It has an edging of white on the...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Vintage Hand Painted Rocking Horse
Located in New York, NY
Vintage hand painted carved horse.
Category
Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Aquarius, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Bas Relief with Nude Male by Manship, 1946
By Paul Manship
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly and brilliantly sculpted in high relief, this depiction of Aquarius -- the water bearer, a mystical healer who bestows water upon the land -- shows a bearded, nude male figure...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1940s OREOL L'Oreal Permanente DeLuxe Advertising Art Deco Hairstyle Figure
Located in Brescia, IT
OREOL _ Perm Hairstyle
Rare advertising figure
Plaster compound
Original L'Oreal, 1940
Very good condition
Slight restoration
on the right bac...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Guido Cacciapuoti Ceramic Horses, 1940
Located in Milano, IT
Guido Cacciapuoti ceramic horses, 1940.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Bronze Belt Buckle Line Vautrin
By 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...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unusual Sculptural Iron Garden Lounge Chair Manner of Jean-Charles Moreux
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual sculptural iron garden lounge chair manner of Jean-Charles Moreux, wonderful design, whimsical sculpture! welded iron frame, metal sling seat. Hand delivery avail to New York...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Figurative Martini Sculpture Ceramic Priest Italy 1940 Style Arturo Martini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Figurative Fosco Martini sculpture ceramic Priest Italy 1940 Style Arturo Martini.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Dux, Dancing Woman in Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Dancing woman in porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
Measures: 21 x 13 cm.
Category
Czech Rococo Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Horse in Green Glazed Ceramic Zaccagnini Italian Design, 1940
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Horse in green glazed ceramic Zaccagnini Italian Design, 1940.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Parian Porcelain Sculpture of Intertwined Mythological Figures
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A magnificent meticulously detailed porcelain sculpture of intertwining passionate bodies. A true object d'arte.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Terracotta Fish Sculpture by Raymond De Meester, Belgium, 1940s
Located in Brussels, BE
Terracotta fish sculpture by Raymond de Meester - Belgium, 1940s.
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Terra Cotta Mask Art Deco Czech like Goldscheider
Located in Oakland, CA
These 3 dimensional masks do not come up very often. Made in the Austrian tradition like Goldscheider, it is not marked. After, many years of working with these masks, we have learne...
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Art Deco Peter Lupori Increase Multiply Fill Earth 1948 Ceramic Table Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a stunning, ceramic sculpture titled "Increase and Multiply and Fill the Earth," by American artist Peter Lupori. 23" h x 16" w x 6" d. In good condition with slight damage. The sculpture was awarded a prize in the 39th Associated Artists of Pittsburg Annual exhibit in 1949. In good vintage condition.
Peter John Lupori was born on December 12, 1918, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1926-27, Lupori attended school in Florence, Italy. Following graduation from high school in Pittsburgh, Lupori studied art with John Donald and William Reed...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Design Ceramic Sculpture Nude Sitting Woman, 1940s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of ceramic
- Labeled Keramia
- Good, original condition.
Category
Czech Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ado Ko Verzuu Toy Truck Houthandel, 1948
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very rare toy ‘houthandel’ (wood transport) truck designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in 1948. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which makes this an even more special piece. Toys by Ado are being highly collected at the moment, even more than ever cause this is very decorative combined with 1950s furniture from all countries!
Jacobus Johannes Josephus (Ko) Verzuu, a former construction supervisor from Utrecht, led the ADO workshops. He had delved into architecture and art and developed a strong preference for the abstract lines and bright colors, which can also be found in the followers of De Stijl group from the 1920s, followed by Piet Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Vilmos Huszár...
Category
De Stijl Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Pair of Murano Glass Ducks by Fratelli
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Murano glass ducks by Fratelli.
Beautiful pair of gold murano glass ducks by Fratelli. This lovely pair of murano glass ducks are a gold gl...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
"Dancing African, " Rare Bronze Art Deco Sculpture by Hagenauer Contemporary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the decades-old interest among Europeans in the art and culture of Africa -- starting with Cubism which borrowed heavily from African art -- and also demonstrating th...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Art Buckle Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
Belonged to the series "Rulked by Angels" created by Parisian art Jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950, this lovely and uncommon cast bronze belt buckle is called "Le Choeur de Anges...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Style Hand Painted Figurines of Couple with Their Children
By ABCO
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The pair of these chalk figurines of a mother and father with their children are done in a wonderful Art Deco style. Made in the late 1940s in America. They are entirely hand painted...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Other
Wax Bust Sculpted, Italy, 1920s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Intriguing woman’s bust sculpture made of wax, with glass eyes and prosthesis teeth.
Very nice and very decorative item! A wunderkammer piece.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Hagenauer Manner Patina Bronze & Wood Bust, Child Head Sculpture Sucking Fingers
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco style manner of Franz Hagenauer terra cotta bust of a little girl's head sucking on her fingers.
No signature found.
Made circa 1940s.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Stylized Ceramic Swans by Waylande Gregory, circa 1940s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of large scale ( 18"L) ceramic swan sculptures by Waylande Gregory. Brown/gray with gold paint and sgraffito stylized and typical of Gregory's work, circa 1940s, signed Waland...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Keramos, Vienna, Rearing Horse, Beautiful Figure, circa 1940
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Keramos, Vienna. Rearing horse, figure porcelain. Beautiful figure, circa 1940.
Measures: 31 cm. x 25 cm.
In good condition.
Stamped.
Category
Austrian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Pair of Venetian Glass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A very unique pair of circa 1940's Italian hand-blown figural art glass table lamps in the form of Carnival characters standing next to Venetian columns...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Harald Salomon for Rörstrand, Large Unique Sculpture of Naked Woman
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Harald Salomon for Rörstrand. A large unique sculpture of a naked woman in glazed stoneware.
Dated 1944.
Measures: 43 x 22 cm.
In excellent conditio...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Ceremonial African Sword
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceremonial African sword hand hammered.
Category
Central African Arts and Crafts Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture Pheasants Porcelain Guido Cacciapuoti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large sculpture pheasants porcelain Guido Cacciapuoti 1940s made In Italy, famous Italian sculptor of the mid-20th century.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern 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.
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Finely-Modeled Vintage Patinated Bronze Figure of a Golfer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dressed in vintage 1940s clothes, the pensive golfer stares down the fairway after completing the perfect swing; inscribed EG.
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Europa and the Bull" Fine and Rare Art Deco Bronze Tray
By Fritz Nuss
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely and elegant scene, depicting Europa on her mythological bull, surrounded by nude bathers carrying water jars and towels, was sculpted by Fritz Nuss in the late 1940s. One...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Royal Dux, Rococo Couple in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand painted porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
The woman measures: 21 x 13 cm.
The man measures: 22 x 9 cm.
Category
Czech Rococo Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1940s by Omero Taddeini Esoteric Masonic Silver Metal Sculpture Musical Box
Located in Brescia, IT
Rare musical box by Omero Taddeini
Silver metal and wood base
Perfect working order
Perfect condition.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Silver
Pair of 1940s Carved Soapstone Chinese Figures
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1940s carved soapstone Chinese figures.
Category
Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Folk Art Hand Carved Black Cat Trinket Dish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wooden ebonized cat with dish sculpture mounted to a mahogany plinth. Dish can accommodate keys or smaller objects.
Patina / light wear present (paint loss to the tips of ears / edges of green dish...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
Pair Vintage World War ii Bomber Plane Balloon Tires Prop Accent Sculptures Red
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Strewn some midcentury red and black throughout your interior, they are holding air, great props!
Measures: D 27 x D 7 inches.
Category
German Industrial Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Classic First Year Production Eames LCW, Evans Label 5 2 5 Screw Configuration
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of the nicest examples I ve owned in quite a while, stunning figured birch plywood, circa early 1946-1947, L C W (Lounge chair wood) designed by Charles and Ray Eames, Manufactur...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Smashing Pair of Carved Giltwood Chinese Style Dolphin Statues
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very glamorous Palm Beachy pair of Chinese style dolphins in carved and gilded wood.
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Architectural Door Handles Alfredo Barbini 1940 Venetian Blown Glass Polar Bear
Located in London, GB
Venetian blown glass push and pull door handles from a hotel in Venice late 1940's, by Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) for Vitreria Gino Cenedese, Italy.
Polar bears climbing on geometric glaciers set in clear and opaque glass block set with brass mounts. One white and gold ice bear...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Painted Ceramic Sculpture by Tizziano Galli, Italy, circa 1940
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Painted ceramic sculpture by Tizziano Galli, Italy, circa 1940.
Tiziano Galli, (1908-1986).
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Rare Hand Wood Carved Walnut J Rozec Signed Portraits Fisherman & Wife
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare pair of original hand carved from solid walnut J Rozec signed portraits of a fisherman and his wife
A very good looking and high...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Decorated Wooden Backrest Sculptured in One Piece
Located in Leuven , BE
These backrests were exclusively used by Dignitaries of the Mongo people in DRC. The diamond design on the seat can also be found on the Kuba tissues called "Velours du Kasai.".
Category
Congolese Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Glazed Stoneware Bust 'Mathilda' Probably Sweden, circa 1940s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An exquisite and mysterious portrait bust has come into our possession. Her name is Mathilda.
The bust has been sculpted from earthenware clay and fired with a Bronze glaze. Given...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pierre Lefaguays Table Lamp
By Pierre Lefaguays
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Pierre Lefaguays (1892-1962)
Dancer
Patinated bronze with gilded accents table lamp.
Signed « Le Faguays » and dated 40 for 1940
Measure: Height : 12" or 30 cm.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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. ...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Hammered Metal Life-Size Palm Tree
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's Italian hammered metal life-sized palm tree with orginal patina.
Measurements:
Height 93.5
Depth 38.5
Diameter 66".
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Hand Carved Vintage Hat Mold Made of Ashwood from Müller, Zürich, Switzerland
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hand carved vintage hat mold, from the hat-making company Carl Müller in Zürich. Pretty as a picture and decorative as a sculpture. Could be placed a...
Category
Swiss Folk Art Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ash
Lea Von Mickwitz '1884-1978', Arabia, Large Sculpture in Glazed Stoneware, Lama
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Lea von Mickwitz (1884-1978) for Arabia. Large sculpture in glazed stoneware. Lama. Beautiful glaze in brown and green shades, 1940s.
Measures: 28 x 25 cm.
In very good condition.
...
Category
Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Monumental Glass and Iron Deco/ Victorian Fantasy Chandelier / Pendant Lighting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental oversized ...glass and iron deco/ Victorian fantasy chandelier / pendant lighting, Salvaged from theater, outrageous fantasy chandelier, featur...
Category
American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Intricately Carved Vintage Burmese Looms
Located in New York, NY
Two intricately carved and custom mounted vintage Burmese looms in the form of prancing roosters. Rarely seen. Priced and sold individually,
Burma, c...
Category
Burmese Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Chinese Qing Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood, Burl
Porcelain Statue "Woman with Roe", Czechoslovakia, 1942, Rudolf Hlavina
By Rudolf Hlavina
Located in Chorzów, PL
A figure by Rudolf Hlavina from 1942.
Dimensions: Height 41 cm, width 45 cm, depth 19 cm.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1940s Topless Flamenco Dancer Plaster Sculpture Style of Frederick Weinberg
Located in St. Louis, MO
Midcentury stylized topless 30" tall flamenco female dancer in plaster signed by the artist B. Rosenthal and dated 1941. Original paint, with loss and age crackles, plus older repair...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Lamp Table Sculpture Pine Abstract Figurative Organic Henry Moore High
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A Henry Moore Inspired, pine, figurative, sculpture upcycled into a 17” high, table lamp
- Unusual statement and conversation piece; injecting modernism and organic form and textu...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Stylized Art Deco Statue
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual, stylized Art Deco statue of Aphrodite, goddess of love. Polished pewter on a marble base. Approximate 13.5" H.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Small Art Deco Bas-Relief in Plaster, Signed, G. WATKIN 1942
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
small Art Deco bas-relief in plaster, signed and dated 1942.
Probably a Study for a larger bas relief.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Fine Sculpture of Apollo, Ceramic with a Metal like Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine sculpture of Apollo, ceramic with a metal like finish.
Dimensions: Height 12", diameter 9"
NI 1201.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Colonial Sculpture
Located in bari, IT
Colonial Art Deco period sculpture in solid wood depicting an African woman.
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1940s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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