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Antique Antler Mirror with Console Table, Austria, ca. 1860
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Antler Mirror with Console Table, Austria, ca. 1860
A large antler mirror with console table, made in Austria ca. 1860. The mirror is decorated with turned horn roses, antle...
Category
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Antler, Glass, Wood, Stucco
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Artists plaster skull
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Hutton-Clarke Antiques is proud to present this extraordinary 19th-century Plaster of Paris skull, a rare and unusual find for connoisseurs of historical artifacts. Masterfully sculp...
Category
1860s French Gothic Revival Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Apollo Belvedere Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This magnificent bust of Apollo, the Greek god of art, medicine, and music is directly inspired by the Classic marble statues in the Roman tradit...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Large Vintage Display Figure, English, Plaster, Decorative Ornament, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage display figure. An English, plasterwork decorative girl with duck ornament, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
A chaotic moment, with the unruly duck...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Shop Counter Display, English, Plaster, Decorative Figure, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage shop counter display character. An English, plasterwork decorative retail figure, dating to the Art Deco period, circa ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Vintage Shop Retail Display, English, Plaster, Decorative Figure, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage shop retail display character. An English, plasterwork decorative merchandising figure, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
Superb character, with a raised ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Large Hand Painted Oil on Canvas Painting of Arab Street Scene Signed Hassan
Located in Lisse, NL
Large size and slightly abstract Arab street scene painting.
This larger size and very well executed painting is another one of our recent great finds. It may be abstract in style, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Islamic Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Wood, Paint, Canvas
Vintage Belgian Alms Box for Missionary’s in the Congo
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is an unusual, vintage 1950s Mission alms/money-box, which where placed in the shops in Belgium to raise money for the missionaries in the Belgian Congo.
If one threw a coin int...
Category
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Smooth (17") Circular Undulating White Plaster Shell Pendant Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
A plaster pendant in a smooth, undulating shell shape, with scalloped edges. A newer take on Francis Elkins's 1940's plaster plafonnier. Hanging by ...
Category
2010s Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Metal
A Highly Whimsical Canadian Historical Themed Diorama by Terry Pfliger
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly whimsical & amusing wall mounted diorama, featuring a mixed media three-dimensional interior depicting figures in a forested landscape who have happened upon a cache of lost parts belonging to the famous Canadian military aircraft ‘The Avro Arrow’.
The scene is described by the artists hand in script, as observed on the outer front edge of the case which reads....“While deep in the woods on a fishing trip, Dave & Sydney stumble upon the lost cache of Avro Arrow parts”.
Signed & dated 1992, and signed & dated again on the reverse.
The multi-tiered case measuring 16” wide x 11.75” high x 7” deep.
Terry Pfliger (1947-2016) was an American born and highly accomplished professional artist & educator. He taught visual arts at Loyalist College & Vocational Institute in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, before accepting the position as head of the art department at St. Lawrence College also in Kingston Ontario, which he held from 1973-95. Afterwards he moved to Michigan where he taught art at Southwestern Michigan College and was elected Professor Emeritus.
He exhibited for several years in both solo & group exhibitions in Ontario Canada, and in Michigan, USA.
Similar examples of the artists work are represented in the permanent collection of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre located at Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario.
Terry Pfliger was part of a group of artists including Tobey Anderson, David...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plastic, Plaster, Wood, Paint
English Sheep Sign Used for Woolen Store in Leek, Staffordshire UK Reproduction
Located in Chicago, IL
Decades ago, we purchased a hand-carved wood Sheep Sign that was hanging outside the front of a Woolen Store in Leek, England. For as long as I ...
Category
2010s American Country Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Antique Lusterweibchen of a Patrician Lady ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Lusterweibchen of a Patrician Lady ca. 1900
An antique lusterweibchen chandelier of a medieval patrician lady holding a heraldig blazon which features the bavarian colors an...
Category
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Six Anatomical Castings of Deformed Hands, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six anatomical plaster casts of deformed hands.
No provenance, however it seems likely they were used for anatomical studies or in a museum - the Boston Science Museum has some very...
Category
Late 20th Century American Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Folk Art Figure by Mr. Eddie with Bamboo Frame
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American, 1947
Colorful portrait in a mix of folk-pop art by American artist Edwin Weaver Jr, or 'Mr. Eddie', framed in cut bamboo. Bright color and texture define this framed fresco...
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Plaster
Gaddi Torso Plaster Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This is a plaster bust reproducing the Torso Gaddi, the famous fragmentary sculpture displayed in the Uffizi Museums in Florence, which inspired many great artists of the Renaissance...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
1930s Architectural Model, 'Doll House', Modernist Adobe Home, Interior Lighting
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Architectural Model, possibly a hand made doll house? Modernist Adobe Home. Amazing design, proportion. Color, patina, surface. Very detailed. Removable exterior walls, working light fixtures in each room as well as outdoor porch light.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Stucco, Wood
Rare dutch "Gaper" statue with monkey on his shoulder.
Located in Leuven , BE
A gaper is a stone or wooden figurehead, often depicting a Moor, Muslim, or North African. The figurehead first appeared in the late 16th century as a hangout sign used outside the storefronts of drug stores in the Netherlands. The meaning of gaper is the same in English; the figurehead is always displayed with an open mouth, sometimes with a pill resting on his tongue. The gaper's gaping tongue could represent the intake of medicine and grimace represents the bitter taste of the medicine. The gaper takes on various appearances that are symbolic of the origin for the pharmacist...
Category
20th Century Dutch Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Pair Beautiful Baroque Style Stucco Plaster Cherub Angel Heads, Antique Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
These beautiful Baroque plaster cherub angel heads are an antique from Italy. Made of plaster and hand painted, these cherub angel heads feature intrica...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Stucco
Antinous Plaster Bust
Located in Milan, IT
The elegant features of the young Antinous, a favorite of beloved Roman emperor Hadrian, are masterfully captured with exceptional richness in this plaster bust of the ancient Greek hero...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Former Mannequin Head Representing The French Actor Fernandel, circa 1960
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Former Mannequin Head Representing The French Actor Fernandel, French Manufacturing circa 1950/1960.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Vanitas Sculpture, Italy Beginning of 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Above the gilded wooden base is a Vanitas, a painted plaster sculpture depicting a human skull. Italy early 19th century.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intriguing advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Statue of Christ, France, circa 1870
Located in Culver City, CA
Statue of a Saint, France, circa 1870
Cast plaster sculpture of a saint, weathered surface
Measures 15.5”w x 13”d x 49.5”h.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Quirky Plaster Figures, Signed E. Siegl
Located in Brecht, BE
A quirky pair of plaster figures, 19th century Folk Art, signed E. Siegl,
in very good vintage condition. man is 40 cm high x 43 cm wide and 24 cm deep,
woman is 40 cm high x 39 cm...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Plaster Bust of Marianne, France, circa 1890
Located in Culver City, CA
Plaster Bust of Marianne, 34 inches tall
France circa 1890
Detailed cast plaster sculpture of the bust of Marianne.
Measures: 20”L x 28...
Category
19th Century French Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Composition Mask of Mythical God
Located in Chicago, IL
Composition mask of a classic mythical face.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Composition
Martini Rossi advertising sculpture or bust, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Cool advertising sculpture or bust for Martini & Rossi to display a bottle in shops.
Great to use in our bar or as a decorative piece in your ho...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century Hand-Crafted and Hand-Painted American Duck Decoy
Located in Germantown, MD
An Mid Century, large, Hand-crafted and Hand-Painted American life size Duck Decoy measuring 21" in width, 9" in depth and 9.5" in height.
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Plaster
Hand Study in Plaster on Oak Plinth Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
Anatomical plaster study of a man’s hand, sitting on an oak plinth base. With wonderful definition to the fingers and palm.
British, early 20th cent...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Store Display Boy Doll, Child Mannequin
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco store display boy - store display doll - child mannequin doll.
This antique child mannequin is a male child.
He has a painted plaster body, painted eyes and a painted wooden base. This store display advertising doll is probably designed for a clothing line which was located in Holland - The Netherlands.
This vintage store display - shop window doll - advertising doll - vintage mannequin doll is for the age still in very beautiful condition. He does have an old repair on a finger and on 1 foot.
This boy mannequin doll will look great in your interior as a decorative object or in a collection of dolls and bears, antique mannequin dolls.
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Art Deco Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Composition California State Seal
Located in Chicago, IL
Composition seal from the state of California. From a TV courtroom drama.
Category
1980s American Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Small Gaddi Torso Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
A widely celebrated model of human aesthetic inspiring Renaissance artists like Michelangelo, this plaster bust of Gaddi Torso is handcrafted by skilled ar...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Large Antique Americana Gilt and Forest Green Painted Plaster Spread Wing Eagle
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c., Americana, a large scale gilt and forest green painted cast plaster eagle, depicted spread-wing, with crisply detailed overlapping feathers. With mounting bracket on reverse. This is a very handsome example of an iconic form. The combination of the gilt and forest green paint is striking.
Depictions of eagles can be seen across American art. The national bird of the United States, the eagle has been used as a symbol of American freedom for centuries. This is a fine example in the style of John Haley Bellamy...
Category
19th Century American American Classical Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Incanto Bust by Raffaello Romanelli
Located in Milan, IT
A glorious work of art by sculptor Raffaello Romanelli, this piece is an original and singular sculpture handcrafted of gypsum. It depicts the bust of a naked female...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Post Social Folk Art Student Work from West Balkan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Post social student work. Farm house full of hand made animals and all is hand made.
Category
1960s Balkan Folk Art Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Plywood
Mercurio Bust
Located in Milan, IT
An extraordinary, renowned oeuvre of the Mannerist period, this stupendous bust depicts Mercury, or Hermes, the son of Zeus and nymph Maia who served as the messenger of gods in Gree...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Giant Bayer Pill Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental vintage Bayer pill in cream plaster/ceramic. 7" diameter. Likely used as a store display. Whimsical desktop object or paperweight. Black felted bottom. Great piece of art ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Bust of Discobolus Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This exquisite bust is an exact depiction of the face of the Discobolus, the famous Greek sculpture whose celebrated Roman copies are housed in the Natio...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Folk Art / Pop-Art Comic Strip Papier Mache Teddy Bear Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine folk-art papier-mache sculpture.
In the form of a teddy bear.
The papier mache appears to be from various 20th Century Philippine comic books, such as Superkat by L.S. M...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Paper, Plaster
Mid-Century Mirror, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Mirror,Wood,plaster
Re-polished
Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Wood
Composition Maquette for a Fountain
Located in Chicago, IL
Composition maquette for a fountain. Putti/angel riding a mythical sea creature. This maquette was used to model the bronze castings for a fountain.
Category
1910s Argentine Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Traiano Bust
Located in Milan, IT
Depicting Traiano, known as one of the most influential Roman emperors, this stupendous bust will elevate the look of any decor style with utmost sophistication. Handcrafted by Roman...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Gaddi Bust Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This is a plaster bust reproducing the Torso Gaddi, the famous fragmentary sculpture displayed in the Uffizi Museums in Florence, which inspired many great artists of the Renaissance...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Good Large Bust of a Roman Lady in the Pre-Raphealite Style
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A good large bust of a Roman Lady in the Pre-Raphealite style
This is a good quality bust, the young woman has a fey demeanour and
long, thick, wavy hair which is tied back falli...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Niccolò da Uzzano Bust
Located in Milan, IT
A stupendous reproduction of the Niccolò da Uzzano Bust by Donatello (1432) preserved at the Bargello Museum of Florence, this extraordinary oeuvre is one of the most ancient busts...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Antique Fench Male Dress Mannequin
Located in New York, NY
An antique French male mannequin or dressmaker's dummy.
Late 19th / Early 20th Century.
All original dress and detailing. Plaster body and fabric outfit.
Category
1890s French Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Plaster
Gilt Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio with Bust of a Woman, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a woman holding an olive branch. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in t...
Category
19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Mid-Century Modern Plaster Planter in the Style of Serge Roche
By Serge Roche
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant portrait of a Conch Shell as a planter rendered in plaster. A likeness to the style of Serge Roche and his shell forms. In excellent vintage condition with minimal...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Medusa Low Relief by Romanelli
Located in Milan, IT
An extraordinary work of art by Romanelli sculptors, this low relief is inspired by the celebrated Medusa Rondanini, a Hellenistic marble copy of the ...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Gilt Grand Tour Plaster Intaglio with Bust of a Man, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a 19th-century Intaglio Tassie - A seal with the bust of a man on it. Thick gilt paper wrapped around the edge mimicking a frame. There are a few tiny faults in the mold but ...
Category
19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Rare Original Cody Foster Folk Art Pink Wool Rabbit Easter Bunny Doll Strawberry
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare, one of Cody Fosters early original works. Folk art style stuffed animal figurine in the form of a pink rabbit wearing a bow tie and holding a yellow ...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Velvet, Plaster, Paint
Nautical Display in Showcase France Beginning 20th Century
Located in Salzburg, AT
Nautical display in showcase France beginning 20th century.
The object is finely handcrafted from wood, plaster, fabric and paint. It shows an antique sailing ship...
Category
1910s French Neoclassical Vintage Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Plaster, Wood
Bust of Antinous Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This handmade work is a reproduction of a piece currently housed in the British Museum in London. The bust of the young, Ancient Greek hero Antinous is fa...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
1930's Art Deco Streamline Arrow Plane Car Design Study Model
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A plaster design study attributed to an artist designer at the Hill Auto Body Metal company based in Cincinnati Ohio . The company specialized in streamline equipment for airplanes and would periodically go into the automotive field with race cars and streamline bodies . This study may be based on the 1932 rear engined teardrop car called the Arrow Plane for customer Lyman Voelpel a wealthy Chicagoan and may have served as inspiration for six McQuay-Norris Cars built during that period and into 1934. The bodies were aluminum over a steel and wooden frame work and has Ford under pinning's including suspension , brakes and V8 engines...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Sailing Ship Diorama, Late 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a beautifully detailed diorama or shadow box of a late 19th century schooner and tug boat.
Category
Early 20th Century American Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Paper, Plaster
Costanza Bonarelli Bust
Located in Milan, IT
Handcrafted by artists from the Florence-based Romanelli Gallery, this plaster bust depicts Costanza Bonarelli, an Italian noblewoman and merchant famous for having been a subject of Bernini...
Category
2010s Italian Plaster Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
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