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Kai Nielsen '1882-1924' Bing & Grondhal Porcelain Mother & Child Sculpture
By Kai Nielsen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Danish porcelain Mother & Child sculptural figure designed by Kai Nielsen (1882-1924) for Bing & Grondhal and dating from the early 20th century. The figure portraying a na...
Category
Danish Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Hand Cast Plaster Statue of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Located in New Orleans, LA
A stunning early twentieth century hand cast plaster sculpture in the likeness of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga. A beautiful all over patina from time. A realistic composition with beautifu...
Category
Italian Baroque Revival Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair 19th-20th Century Majolica Busts of "the Banjo Player and the Flower Lady"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Rare Pair of 19th-20th Century Majolica busts of "The Banjo Player and The Flower Lady," probably Austrian Goldscheider, each depicting an ...
Category
Austrian Other Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Dish, 'Monkey Racing a Greyhound, ' circa 1900
Located in Bath, GB
This is a truly fun piece, probably originally an ashtray perhaps from a London Gentleman's club. The square shaped tray has a lovely natural patina and topped with this finely executed model to the top.
The cold painted figures...
Category
Austrian Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Aime Jules Dalou bronze sculpture
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Aime Jules Dalou bronze sculpture
Realistic style bronze sculpture
Circa 1900 Origin France
Beautiful bronze sculpture called the great farmer lumberj...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cat, Vienna Bronze Sculptural Quill Cleaner, Austria 1900s
By Geschutzt
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb Vienna bronze representing a cat and doubling as a quill wipe with boar hair on its back, Austria 1900s. Signed Geschütz.
In very good condition. Slight polychrome use.
Dime...
Category
Austrian Romantic Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Majolica Hunting Dog Jardinière Jerome Massier Fils
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica hunting dog jardinière signed Jerome Massier Fils.
Reference / page 110 "Barbotines de la Cote d'Azur" of M.Bottero.
The Massier ...
Category
French Country Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
19th Century Set of Study Hands Saint Sculptures 'Set 2'
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1900. We offer this fantastic Set of Study Hands Saint Sculptures. This set of pieces belonged to a sculptor of religious figures who used these models to create the christian ...
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Stucco, Wood
Bernhard Bloch Terracotta Sculpture of a Tipsy Dog in Checkered Trenchcoat
Located in Stockholm, SE
Bernhard Bloch terracotta sculpture of a booze hound in checkered trenchcoat. Whimsical antique portrait of a tipsy terracotta dog laying on its side by Bernard Bloch and stamped BB...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Victorian deskBronze Horse and Jockey
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian silver plated bronze figure of horse and jockey jumping grass fence on white onyx rectangular shaped base
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze, Silver Plate
Antique Bust of a Woman, Gilded Bronze, Signed Eugene Hannoteau, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful miniature bust of an elegant young woman.
France, circa 1900.
High quality workmanship gilded bronze on a marble base.
Signed "Eug.Hannoteau" by the French artist and sc...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Raul Larche Bronze Cast Siot Decaville
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Raul Larche bronze cast Siot Decaville
Raul Larche 1860-1912
Title: The 20 years
golden patina natural wear.
Category
Neoclassical Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Liberty, a Patinated Lead Figurative Sculpture, France, c1900
Located in London, GB
A solid lead cast Art Nouveau statue of lady Liberty rendered in very fine detail, with exquisite aged patination. An immensely romantic depiction with incredible movement, flowing c...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Lead
Antique Balinese Carved Wood Deer Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Whimsical hand carved Balinese sculpture of a stylized deer having original paint decoration and wonderful character.
Category
Balinese Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Jerome Massier Majolica Camel with Baskets Figure
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Jerome Massier Majolica figural which features a camel with pannier baskets either side. Coloration: brown, green, ochre, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Jerom...
Category
French Victorian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Majolica
Solid Teak Sugar Cane Mill Crusher / Grinder from Java, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This solid crusher from Java, Indonesia was part of a larger sugar cane press extracting the sugar rich juices from harvested sugar cane. Hand-crafted from teak It has beautiful wood textures. Before modern sugar cane mills...
Category
Indonesian Other Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Teak
Pair of French 19th Century Louis XV Style Cherub Gilt-Bronze Chenets Andirons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and charming pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style Belle Époque figural gilt-bronze chenets. The finely chased whimsical ormolu andirons, each surmounted with a...
Category
French Louis XV Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Four Lead Water Spouts
Located in London, England
Four lead water spouts mounted on a wall mounted painted board. Circa 1900
H 17cm x W 102cm x D 17cm
Category
British Victorian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Lead
French Terracotta Statue of a Knight Signed J. Dupré
By J. Dupré
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful terracotta statue of a knight with a sword. The image is signed J. Dupré. The image also has a blind mark that says 'Reproduction Reservée', which can be translated as 'All...
Category
French Romantic Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Andrianna Shamaris Phallic Lingam Stone
Located in New York, NY
Century old stone from Sumatra. We have a collection of twelve. They look fabulous placed in a group as a sculpture. The price and images reflect the one shown. Used as a healing sto...
Category
Indonesian Primitive Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Very Rare Antique Sterling Silver Rhinoceros Model - Hallmarked in 1906
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Chester in 1906 by Berthold Muller, this very rare, and very handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Model of a Rhinoceros, is wonderfully made. The rhinoceros measures 4.25"...
Category
English Edwardian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Francois Raoul Larche (1860-1912) LA SEVE or Métamorphose de Daphné
Located in Dallas, TX
Francois Raoul Larche (1860-1912) LA SEVE or Métamorphose de Daphné Gilt Bronze Art Nouveau Sculpture
Cast, Gilt Bronze or Marble base
France, c. 1900,
Signed "Raoul Larche," number...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vienna Faience Porcelain Figurine by Schauer
By Schauer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Vienna faience porcelain figurine representing motherly love by Schauer. Bench and figures are porcelain. Faces and arms are in a bisque (flat) finish. Marked on the bottom Vienna ...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chryselephantine Representing a Young Girl with a Hoop Signed Bertrand on
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This charming chryselephantine represents a young girl with a hoop. This sculpture is made of a bronze body and hoop and ivory head (Head restored). This is a French work signed Bert...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bust of a child chrysoelephantine marble, after G. de Thouin
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exquisite and very refined chrysoelephantine sculpture depicting the bust of a child wrapped in a hooded gilded cloak. The work combines carved ivory for the face, which emerges from...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Elie Nadelman Plaster Cast "Recherche des Formes"
By Elie Nadelman
Located in Sharon, CT
A plaster cast of Elie Nadelman's important early proto-cubist Draped Standing Female Figure "Recherche des Formes" c.1908. Height 23", Base 11.50 x 8".
Category
French Art Deco Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Gilt And Patinated Bronze Bust By Henri Godet “Femme Tulipe”
By Henri Godet
Located in Norwood, NJ
A fine unusual Art Nouveau two tone gilt and patinated bronze bust of a young lady rising from the center of a tulip flower with fine detail, raised on a breche griotte circular marb...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Griotte Marble
Human Sculpture Home Décor Busts Antique Standing Male Figure, HanChristian Brix
Located in Wembley, GB
Like Asian Yin and Yang, this large sculpture merges masculine Renaissance and mythological feminine beauty. Besides its great balance of harmony, it portrays the beauty of the inner...
Category
German Art Deco Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Plaster, Organic Material, Ceramic
After Gaston Leroux French 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of Rebecca
By Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century orientalist silvered and gilt patinated bronze sculpture of "Rebecca" with a plaque that reads "Jeune Fille Arabe" (A Young Arab Girl - Water-Carrier)...
Category
French Greco Roman Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Wooden Sculpture Decorative Figurine Seated Figure on Stool Swedish
Located in Wembley, GB
Beautifully stylized a woman figurine with a great balance of harmony seated on a stool, portrays the beauty of the inner world through pure beauty.
This unique art piece is a great ...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bog Wood, Driftwood, Fruitwood, Wood, Ceramic, Acrylic
Ceramic Sculpture Water Carrier Viennese Secession circa 1903 White Gold
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Ceramic sculpture respresenting a Water Carrier - designed by Wilhelm Bormann - manufacture attributed to Ernst Wahliss Wien - Viennese Secession circa 1903 Austrian Art Nouveau - Jugendstil
Wilhelm Bormann studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1898 and lectured at the Vienna University of Technology. From 1908, he was also an employee in the Viennese mosaic workshop Leopold Forstner...
Category
Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Art Nouveau Bronzevase Loiseau-Rousseau
Located in Aachen, DE
Schwere patinierte Jugendstil-Bronzevase von Paul Louis Émile Loiseau-Rousseau um 1905 (* 20. April 1861 in Paris, Frankreich; † 1927 ebenda), signiert.
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Late 19th Century Belle Epoque Carved Marble Figure of a Bather Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian late 19th century "Belle Époque" carved marble figure of a young bather. The seated young girl wearing a form-fitting one-piece tank suit, holding a hand fan, and seat...
Category
Italian Belle Époque Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique French Art Nouveau Silvered Bronze Sculpture or Charger
Located in Houston, TX
Antique French Art Nouveau silvered bronze sculpture or charger.
A beautiful well detailed large period French Art Nouveau silvered bronze tra...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of German Porcelain Figures of Bacchus and Ceres, Nymphenburg, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Ceres is draped in a cloth resting on a tree stump while holding a sheaf of grain. Bacchus, the god of wine, also rests on a tree stump while holding up a cluster of grapes.
Category
German Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Sculpture, "Europea and The Bull" by Georg Wrba
By Georg Wrba
Located in Montreal, QC
Georg Wrba, German, 1872-1939 "Europa and the Bull", bronze with dark brown patina and gilt accents. Signed Wrba in the center of the plinth; with the foundry stamp C. Leyrer München...
Category
German Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Achille D'Orsi Sculpture Pescatorello, Early 1900s
By Achille D'Orsi
Located in bari, IT
Bronze sculpture on black marble base depicting a young boy holding some pots. Engraved signature of the artist. Manufactured in Italy, early 20th century.
Category
Italian Folk Art Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Squirrel Sugar Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique silver sugar box modelled in the form of a squirrel; part of our collection of rare silverware.
This magnificent, fine and impressive antique cast silver sugar box has been realistically modelled in form of a squirrel perched on a branch.
The silver sugar box is embellished with chased details reproducing the squirrel's coat and anatomical features, in additional to the naturalistic features of the branches, leaves and acorns.
This exceptional and large antique silver squirrel sugar box is fitted with the original push fit head/cover.
Such magnificent specially commissioned, large examples in this form are highly unusual and are not available on the open market.
Condition
This rare squirrel sterling silver sugar box is a magnificent gauge of silver, magnificent quality and in magnificent condition.
Full British hallmarks struck to the body of the box and part hallmarks to the sleeve of the cover are all very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply to the magnificent gauge of silver.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this large silver animal ornament...
Category
English Victorian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rebecca Bust in Patinated Plaster, Art Nouveau Period, Signed Pirolli
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rebecca bust in patinated plaster, Art Nouveau period, signed Pirolli.
Category
European Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Jar, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, Foundry: Eug. Blot Paris, Design: JOUANT
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Design: Jules Jouant (1863-1921)
Pitcher sign: Foundry: Eug. Blot Paris / Design: Jouant
Material: Silver plated
Biography
Auguste Jules Alphonse Jouant was born in Paris, Cité Fénelon, in the 9th arrondissement, on June 19, 18632, son of Étienne Alphonse Jouant, carpenter, and Louise Carré.
A student of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris3, Jules Jouant was one of Auguste Rodin's practitioners. He exhibited the Bust of Prince Gedroyc at the Salon of 1883 and sculpted busts of musicians such as Richard Wagner, Frédéric Chopin or Ludwig van Beethoven. He obtained an honorable mention at the Salon of 1913.
Jules Jouant is renowned for his works of art (vases, dishes, lamp bases, pitchers, candlesticks, table bells, trinket bowls, etc.) typical of the Art Nouveau style, produced in pewter by the Barbedienne founders This link leads to a disambiguation page, Eugène Blot and Ettlinger Frères. He also collaborates with the workshops of the Daum brothers This link returns
He was appointed professor at the Ecole Boulle in Paris.
He is buried in the Cimetière de Passy (2nd division).
Public collections
-Museum of Art and History of Belfort
seaweed, pewter
The Holly, pewter
-Mignard, marble bust, Paris, Manufacture des Gobelins7. Plaster model preserved in Angers in the Maine-et-Loire prefecture8
-Léo Delibes, marble bust, National Opera of Paris9. Plaster model preserved in the town hall of Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
-Two bas-reliefs, stone...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Marble bust by Guglielmo Pugi (1850-1915)
Located in Wijnegem, BE
A youthful, idealized Neoclassical marble bust, possibly an allegorical figure like Cupid, or a putto (cherub).
Italy, C.1890-1910.
Guglielmo Pugi (1850-1915) was a renowned Italia...
Category
Italian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Three dancing girls made of porcelain around the turn of the century
Located in Vienna, AT
Three dancing girls made of porcelain around the turn of the century in good original condition
Category
Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Amethyst
'L'au Dela' Bronze Sculpture on Marble Pedestal by Émile Louis Picault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alluring patinated bronze sculpture by Émile Louis Picault depicting an allegorical figure, a classically draped winged woman, gracefully extending into the air with arms raised. A s...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
E Battiglia La Favola Della Nonna Alabaster Italian Sculpture Tale of Grandma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Carved La Favola Della Nonna Italian Alabaster Statue Sculpture "Tale of Grandma" by Eugene Battiglia. Item features Ornate details, entitled "La Favola Della Nonna" which lo...
Category
Victorian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Bronze Bust of a Lady with New Custom Base
Located in Round Top, TX
Bronze bust of a classic lady with new custom base.
Category
Argentine Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Double Sided Whirligig Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century American double sided whirligig figure
A brilliant example of early 20th century American Folk Art. In the form of a hand carved wooden double sided whirligig f...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Pair of Gilt Bronze Table Sea Horses on Marble, by E.F. Caldwell, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Commissioned from E.F. Caldwell by Larz and Isabel Anderson ('she wrote "the great sea horse" a fairy tale from which the quotes are depicted in the sculptures, they were commissione...
Category
American Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Julien Caussé, Art Nouveau Bronze Bust of a Young Beauty, France, circa 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Julien Caussé, a well listed French sculptor.
Art Nouveau bronze bust of a young beauty "Cigale".
In very good condition, fine patina.
France, circa 1900.
Stamp: J. Caus...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Small Antique Swedish Red-painted Horse in Wood, 1900th
Located in Stockholm, SE
A peasant sculpture in the form of a small working, red-painted horse with a bushy mane and tail on a painted pedestal, beautifully carved and painted wood.
On the underside, a text...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
American Arts & Crafts Sculpture of a Pelican, Circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
The unknown sculptor of this fine, gilded-mahogany pelican appears to have been influenced by the turn-of-the-century Symbolist movement in Europe. The breast feathers are subtly car...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fine Italian 19th Century Marble Sculpture 'Baby's First Bath' - Felice Corsetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Charming Italian Late 19th to early 20th-Century Carrara Marble Sculpture Titled 'Primo Bagno' (Child's First Bath). The whimsical carved marble sculpture depicts a j...
Category
Italian Belle Époque Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Marble Sculpture 'Bust of a Child' F. Gerth
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marble sculpture (bust of a child) F. Gerth
Origin Italy, Rome circa 1900
perfect condition without restorations
Artist: F. Gerth.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Marble
1900s Belgian Wooden Horse on Metal Stand
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden horse, made in Belgium, circa 1900. The horse is positioned in a dynamic pose, front legs raised in a canter. A flowing mane, decorative saddle and tack, carved with fine detail. A cheery white...
Category
Belgian Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Vienna Bronze, Capercaillie, Bronze Figure of High Quality
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vienna Bronze, capercaillie, bronze figure of high quality.
Probably Franz Bergmann.
In good condition with fine patina,
Austria, circa 1900s-1910s.
Provenance: Private ...
Category
Austrian Arts and Crafts Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Whimsical English 19th-20th Century White Marble Figural Outdoor Dog Fountain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Whimsical English 19th-20th century white marble figural fountain with dogs fountain. The Baroque Revival six-sided tripod marble base surmounted with three upright seated Yorkshire Terriers resting on a leaf and acanthus center stem, topped with a semi-circular scalloped carved basin...
Category
English Baroque Revival Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Triumphant Man, " Spectacular Gilded Bronze Trophy Cup w/ Male Nude, Christofle
By Christofle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and spectacular, this gilded bronze trophy cup in the Art Nouveau style was sculpted by Eugène Bourgouin for Christofle, and is richly decorated wi...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Motive Fisherman
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bronze sculpture motive Fisherman
Origin Italy 20th century
circa 1900 partina brown
unsigned- natural wear
lost wax technique.
Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism was an interna...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two porcelain biscuit figurines of The Child Reading and The Child Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
These two figurines enjoyed great success in the 19th century, and were widely copied and reproduced in bronze, marble or biscuit. The most popular models in biscuit were those made ...
Category
French Antique Early 1900s Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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