Rococo Sculptures
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
Large Italian Statue of a Sleeping Nymph
Located in London, GB
A large Italian school carrara marble sculpture depicting a sleeping nymph. The finely carved sculpture is reminiscent of a depiction of Sleeping Ariadne, popularised by the Roman copy of the Hellenistic original, the former being housed at the Vatican. Reclining on rocks, the sleeping nymph is shown draped only below the waist, and her finely modelled form is exemplified by the delicacy of her fingers.
Italian, early 19th century.
Before restoration.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Set of 5 Meissen Figures Emblematic of the Senses by J.J. Kändler and Eberlein
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and fully complete set of 5 Meissen figures emblematic of the senses: Hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight, Modeled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein. These figures ...
Category
1860s German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Angels with Tangerine Quartz Crystals Mounted on Aragonite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved gold leaf angels with tangerine quartz crystals and mounted on aragonite. The hand-carved angels were once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction in a historic church in Tuscany.
The angel arms and feet are adorned with the tangerine quartz crystals to restore the broken aspects of the figurative pair. They appear partially crystalized in form. The aragonite is from Morocco and has many different formations. This one in particular emulates a cloud which is compliments the 18th century Italian gilded angels.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the piece and the period shows that the pair of Italian angels...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz, Gold Leaf
Pair of Derby Figures ' Welch Tailor and his Wife on Goats' circa 1800
Located in Maidstone, GB
Pair of Derby Figures depicting 'Welch Tailor and his Wife on Goats' circa 1800.
These Derby figures were originally copied from the Meissen originals ( sculptor J J Kaendler).
Th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, 'Rhesus Monkey and child'
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Rhesus Monkey and child, model 1464, circa 1750 .
Modelled by J.J. Kändler. Monkey, with outstretched hand holding fruit, and child chained ...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures, 'Turkish / Persian Lady & Gentleman'
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures, Turkish / Persian Lady & Gentleman. circa 1755
Both designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Rare and early examples of both models.
Category
1750s German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine, 'Pair of Gardeners', Model No 1584
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurines, Pair of Gardeners. Model 1584.
A couple of gardeners, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, with flowers and vegetable basket, sitting / s...
Category
1750s German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, 'Piedmontese Bagpiper'
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure, Piedmontese bagpiper.
Modelled by J.J. Kändler after an engraving by Jacques Dumont, wearing a black hat with brown feather, fur-lined white...
Category
1740s German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Silver and Gold Crucifix with Mica and Calcite Crystal
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian silver and gold leaf crucifix adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a mica cluster and a calcite crystal. The mica specimen is from the Great Smoky Mountain...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Crucifix with Selenite Sunrays and Apophyllite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian crucifix with selenite in matrix and adorned with gem beading around the cross. The selenite in matrix creates the sunrays around the crucifix. The pi...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Cross with Smoky Quartz Crystals and Druzy Petrified Wood
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian brown and gilded cross adorned with smoky quartz crystals and druzy petrified wood. The smoky quartz crystals are from Madagascar and druzy petrified wood from t...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz
Wooden angel possible French Rococo
Located in Lugo, IT
Wooden angel should be French 1700/800s
Not perfect condition, missing and broken
Thank you
Category
Mid-17th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century Monumental XL Italian Rococo Carved Wood "Supra Porte" Ornament
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Super Large Antique Italian Rococo Carved Wood "Supra Porte'. This monumental 18th Century ornament is 2 meters wide! Beautiful A-symmetrically carved Pinewood and Basswood with C-Sc...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Derby Porcelain Figure of Female Ranelagh Dancer, Rococo 1759-1769
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a sublimely made porcelain figure of the female "Ranelagh Dancer", made by Derby between 1759 and 1769, which was the Rococo era. The figure would originally have had a male ...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Figure of Shepherdess with Garlanded Lamb, ca 1760
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a charming Derby figure of a shepherdess with a garlanded lamb, made in or shortly after 1760. The figure is one half of a set called the "Garland...
Category
1760s English Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Coral on a Fossil Coral Cluster
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a fossil coral cluster base.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Coral
Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with an 18th Century Italian Angel and a Baroque Pearl
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 'Sacred Heart' - 18th century Italian gilded angel mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with a natural-forming baroque pearl.The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in Catholic art history which symbolizes God's unconditional love for mankind.
Hematoid Quartz is a quartz crystal that contains Hematite inclusions. It is polished and sculpted into a heart and adorned with the Italian gilt putto and baroque pearl.
The piece is put together by Jean O'Reilly Barlow, the artist and creative director of Interi. The date of manufacture reflects when she created the piece and the period shows that the Italian putto...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Gold Leaf
18th Century 'Florence Fragment' with Elestial Quartz and Ecphora Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" vase with an elestial quartz point, chalcedony rosettes, and ecphora shells on a petrified wood base. The elestial quartz has an additional c...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
My Wild Garden Sculpture N.4 by Chala Toprak
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This one of a kind, two piece sculpture hand built and decorated with porcelain flowers and finished with the pure porcelain touch with only glaze inside.
Dear You Ceramics...
Category
2010s American Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Angel Wing with Aragonite and Faden Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on white aragonite and adorned with faden crystals, crystal quartz, and baroque pearls. The hand-carved angel wing was ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Quartz
17th Century Italian 'Florence Fragment' with Fossil Coral on a Rock Coral Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian "Florence fragment" with a fossil coral head on a rock coral base with miniature fossil shells.
This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and sav...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Coral
18th Century Italian Angel Wing on a Calcite Cluster with Citrine Points
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on a calcite crystal cluster and adorned with citrine points. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, a...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Angel Wing on Aragonite with Tangerine Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on aragonite and adorned with tangerine quartz crystals and a baroque pearl.
The hand-carved angel wing was once part...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Pair of 18th Century Italian Angel Wings on Iridescent Titanium Quartz Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Pair of 18th century Italian hand-carved and painted angel wings on titanium plated quartz crystal clusters with natural-forming baroque pearls.
The hand-carved multi-colored angel wings are originally from a historical church in Venice, Italy. These are particularly rare and exquisite due to their unique coloring. The ecclesiastical artifacts are mounted onto a base of titanium plated quartz and adorned with coordinating baroque pearls. The minerals display...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Gilt Angel Wing on a Hematoid Slab with Citrine and Quartz
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved brown and gilt angel wing adorned with citrine and quartz crystals and mounted on a polished hematoid slab. The hand-carved angel wing was...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Multi-color Italian Angel Wing on Chalcopyrite & Kyanite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian hand-carved angel wing mounted on a chalcopyrite and adorned with kyanite. The hand-carved angel wing was once part of a heavenly, angelic depiction i...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
Early Meissen Rococo Group 'Love and Indulgence' by J.C. Schönheit, Ca 1840
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain genre group:
Young mother seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, her left foot set down on a low stool, a boy lying on his stomach on her left thigh, his white shirt slipped up to reveal his bare buttocks, which the mother has probably just struck with the cane in her left hand, to her right a girl in a dress and hat decorated with feathers, clasping her mother's arm so that she can no longer strike the boy.
The group is based on an oval pedestal with gold heightened frieze decoration on the sides.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
This model was based on drawings by Johann Eleazar Zeissig, known as 'Schenau' (1737-1806).
Designed by JOHANN CARL SCHÖNHEIT (1730 - 1805) in 1788
started working as an apprentice in the Meissen factory in 1741 and has been in a responsible position since 1768. For more than 20 years, Schönheit was an employee of both J.J. Kändler as well as from M.V. Acier, who entered the Meissen factory in 1762. After Kändler's death in 1775, Schönheit was head of the model department until 1794.
Design of the model in 1788
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1840
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain, finest hand painting
Dimensions:
height: 25,5 cm / 10.03 in
width: 18,0 cm / 7.08 in
depth: 16,0 cm / 6.29 in
Marks:
Blue Meissen crossed sword mark
Model number: I 66 / former's number 35 / painter Da..
Bibliography:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen Artist's - Figures / Erlangen Germany 2014, Model numbers A1 - Z99, page 31...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Count Bruhl's Tailor, 19th C. Bisque Porcelain Goat And Rider By Vion Et Baury
Located in Free Union, VA
A very finely modeled French bisque porcelain figural group, incorporating a mix of glazed and natural bisque porcelain. Dating to the late 19th century, this is an excellent example of the work produced by modeler Charles Baury who worked in Paris for the firm of Jean Giles (founded in 1837) until Baury took over the manufactory in 1868 and a few years later moved it to Choisey-le-Roi. A periwinkle embossed maker’s seal cipher “VB” for Vion et Baury is found on the underside. The figures and costume are inspired by the whimsy, beauty and absurdity frequently found in earlier 18th and 19th century Meissen porcelain compositions, and the historical figure, Heinrich, Count von Brühl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Dragon Golden Porcelain Vase Rococo style, 20th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A striking vase adorned with a multicolored design depicting a dragon and a mermaid, symbolizing the mythical creature's transformation from carp to dragon. The background features a...
Category
20th Century French Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"PAIR OF BIRDS ON TORSO" FRENCH SCULPTURES SEVRES 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
"PAIR OF BIRDS ON TORSO" FRENCH SCULPTURES SEVRES 19th Century
pair of Sèvres porcelain sculptures.
Resting on relief bronze bases.
Marked....
Category
19th Century French Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Group 'The Good Father' by J.C. Schönheit, 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain genre group:
The father in domestic garb (housecoat over elaborate house clothes, slippers, high cap) sitting on a cushioned bench and busy supervising hi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Fragment with Pyrite and a Baroque Pearl on a Lucite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment base with coordinating pyrite and a baroque pearl on a lucite base. The fragment was originally part of a hand-carved piece in a historical I...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Fragment Base on Agate and Mounted with Mica and Tourmaline
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick base with natural-forming mica and tourmaline. The gilded fragment base was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian churc...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Gilded Fragment with Chalcopyrite and Pyrite in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick with pyrite in matrix on a coordinating chalcopyrite mineral base.
The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
18th Century Italian Fragment with Mica in Matrix and Crystal Quartz Points
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian fragment decorated with mica and crystal quartz points on a polished agate base. The 18th century fragment originally came from a candlestick in a his...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Agate, Rock Crystal
18th Century Italian Fragment Base with Mica in Matrix and Silver Leaf Shells
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian base decorated with mica in matrix, and silver leaf shells on an antique metal base decorated with church vestment braid. The 18th century fragment ba...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Silver Leaf, Metal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Fragment Mounted on Phantom Optical Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment with gold mica and baroque pearls on a phantom optical calcite base.
The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Sunray Mounted on a Yellow Hematoid Quartz Heart
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural Sacred Heart - 18th century Italian sunray mounted on a yellow hematoid heart and adorned with yellow crystal quartz points. The piece is inspired by "The Sacred Heart" in...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Antique German porcelain figurine of young man in fine clothes.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique German porcelain figurine of a young man in fine clothes.
Hand-painted in polychrome colors.
19th century.
Marked.
In good ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Fragment with Fossil Agate Coral and a Silver Leaf Shell
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick top fragment with polished agate coral and a coordinating silver-leaf shell.
The hand-carved, 18th century silver candlestick top origin...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Agate, Silver Leaf
18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Fragment with Pyrite in Matrix on Agate
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century Italian gilded candlestick fragment with pyrite in matrix on a polished agate base.
The fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Pyrite, Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Red Hematoid Quartz Heart with an 18th Century Italian Cross on a Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 'Sacred Heart' - 18th century Italian cross mounted on a polished red hematoid quartz heart and adorned with natural-forming baroque pearls and a cross-shaped baroque pear...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Gold Leaf
Porcelain Group, "The noble rococo game of chess", German Manufacturer
Located in Berlin, DE
Large, decorative porcelain group, "The noble game of chess". German porcelain manufacturer.
Undamaged.
Category
20th Century German Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique German porcelain figurine. Young woman in elegant attire.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique German porcelain figurine.
Young woman in elegant attire. Hand-painted in polychrome colors.
19th century.
Marked.
In excel...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Germany. Porcelain figurine of young man in elegant attire.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany. Porcelain figurine of a young man in elegant attire.
Hand-painted in polychrome colors.
19th century.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensio...
Category
19th Century German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Italian Fragment with Chalcopyrite and Calcite Crystals in Matrix
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with chalcopyrite and calcite crystals in matrix.
The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italia...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Candlestick Fragment with Galena and Pyrite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian candlestick mounted with galena and pyrite deposits.
The gilded fragment was originally part of a candlestick in a historical Italian church in Italy...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite, Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Fragment with Baroque Pearls on Optical Calcite
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian fragment adorned with baroque pearls and mounted on a optical calcite base. The fragment originally came from a historical church in Italy. It is adorned with na...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Gilded Candlestick Top with Fossil Agate Coral
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
Sculptural 18th century Italian gilded candlestick top with fossil agate coral.
The fragment was originally part of an 18th century Italian candlestick from a historic church. It ha...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Gilt Arrow on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century distressed Italian mecca gilt arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base.
The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Sculptural 18th Century Italian Mecca Arrow on a Polished Calcite Base
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th-century distressed Italian mecca arrow with a baroque pearl on a polished calcite base.
The arrow was once part of a decorative motif in an artistic depiction in historic Itali...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Leaf
Rococo Reverie: 18th Century Terracotta Busts from France
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Transport your imagination to the splendor of the 18th century with our captivating pair of terracotta busts, straight from the French eleganc...
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18th Century Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Winged Putto Italian Sculpture 1700 Face of Angel in Carved Wood
Located in Milan, IT
Winged Putto Sculpture of Italian origin from the 1750s depicts the Face of Angel In Carved Wood from a liturgical ornament to which it was attached with two nails, holes can still ...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Pine
Gabriele Parente Bronze Bust
By Gabriel Parente
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Italian Bronze bust of a lady in a hat. Signed by sculptor Gabriele Parente (see photo) (1875-1899). This is a classic, but whimsical twist on bronze busts that would be pe...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Meissen Rococo Genre Group 'The Happy Parents', by M V Acier, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Young mother in elaborate Rococo house dress: Ruched wide long skirt, bodice, fitted frilled coat with hood, the upswept hair covered by a high voluminous bonnet with ruched hem and bows, sitting on a splendid Louis XVI style bench and placing her right foot on a stool, beside her the happy spouse in frock coat, waistcoat over frilled shirt and knee breeches with white stockings, both embracing each other at the back and looking down at the baby wrapped in cloth and lying half naked on a cushion on both their laps, the father guiding his right hand to the mother's chin in an affectionate gesture. Behind them a little boy in a playsuit and hat, holding a bowl and blowing soap bubbles with a tube.
The group is based on an oval natural base with sculpted flowers and foliage and gold heightened lateral frieze decoration.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
Designed by MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 - 1799) Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kändler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Terracotta Bacchanale Sculpture with Faun and Putti - After Clodion
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A fine quality French mythological terracotta sculpture, after Clodion (Claude Michel Clodion 1738 - 1814), depicting a young female faun/satyr playing with two Bacchante cherubs, on...
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1890s French Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Porcelain Plaque Of The Holy Virgin Mary
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a porcelain plaque of the Holy Virgin Mary. It depicts an oval shaped medallion adorned in the center by a high relief profile of the Virgin Mary. Around the medallion is pie...
Category
20th Century Unknown Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Meissen Figure Group 'Cupids On Dolphin' by Heinrich Schwabe Circa 1890
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and loving porcelain figure group of the 19th century:
Two cupids with a dolphin on a restless sea, one of the boys dressed only in cloths sitting on the animal's back and ...
Category
1890s German Antique Rococo Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Rococo sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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Ceramic Floral Sculpture
Dolphin Stand