Terracotta Horse Head Trade Sign

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A massive studio pottery sculpture out of terracotta. Beautiful glazed it earthen hues. Quite striking, it has an open top, and slightly flared base. The bottom has two firing cracks...

A large sculpture of a woman on a horse signed O.V. Taylor. The sculpture is an assemblage of paper, resin, paste and vinyl on an armature of pipes. D...

A beautiful large glazed terracotta sculpture by the noted East Hampton based artist Phyllis Hammond. It is quite large and extremely well done. It is signed Hammond lower back and the artist has identified the piece as having been done in the late 1970s. It appears to have been made in two parts and then joined. Please be sure to visit her website as well. A brief biography from her website follows: Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Phyllis has a BS in Education (fifth year graduate certificate) Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. In 1960 she was awarded a Travelling Scholarship by the trustee’s of the Boston Museum. She was the first American woman to work study at Kyoto City College of Fine Arts, Japan. A studio at Scarborough, NY until 1998. Relocation in 1998 to East Hampton, New York where a custom built studio and sculpture garden recreate sculpture in public places. Public Arts Commissions: The Will Award "The Shakespeare Theatre at the Folgers will present this sculpture to the first recipient of the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre. Designed by nationally-recognized artist Phyllis Hammond, the intricate 14” cast bronze piece pays homage to Shakespeare and his work. The award will be presented April 23 during a gala evening under written by Shearson Lehman Hutton, at the National Building Museum." New York Times, The Arts Section C15 on Tuesday March 15, 1988. The 2002 award marks the 14th year of presentations. The Shakespeare Theatre Company... Past Will Award recipients. Connecticut Commission For The Arts, Percentage for the Arts Program. Hartford CT Phoenix1 and 2. Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Ma Acquisition, 1989 Stoneware Sculpture. American Savings Bank, corporate headquarters, White Plains, NY. Schmeltzer, Aptaker, And Shepard. law offices, Washington, D.C. Centerpoint, office complex: Fair Oaks, VA Atrium: Cadillac Fairwell, Corp. headquarters White Plains, NY. Guest Quarters Hotel, Bethesda, MD: 2 bronze sculptures, Visions/Revisions. One Clay TOTEM. Unitarian Fellowship in Mt. Kisco NY: 1992 the sculpture commissioned by Henderson Cole. Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT: 2 Clay Wall Panels. Associations: Artist Alliance of East Hampton (President) PO Box2242 East Hampton, NY 11937. Friends Of Guild Hall (Director of the Artist Studio Visits) 158 Main Street East Hampton, NY 11937. East Hampton Arts And Culture Council (Member) POBox232 East Hampton NY 11937. International Sculpture Center (ISC Member) 19 Fairgrounds Road, Suite B Hamilton, NJ 08619. Clay Art Center (Member)40 Beech Street, Port Chester, NY 10573. Gallery and corporate representation Kiesendahl & Calhoun Contemporary 122 Great Oak Lane Pleasantville, NY 10570. Exhibitions selected group: 2007 Artist Alliance of East Hampton Members Exhibition and Studio Tour. 2007 Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY. Past member exhibition 1969-1975. 2006 Spring Invitational, Springs Improvement Society, Springs NY. 2006 Artist Alliance of East Hampton Members Exhibition and Studio Tour. 2004 Guild Hall East Hampton NY Group Exhibits. 2004 Artists Studio Tour, East Hampton Artists Alliance NY. 2002 Guild Hall Invitational East Hampton NY. 2002 Artists Woods Amagansett NY. 2001 Artists’ Woods, East Hampton NY six sculptures. 2001 Springs Invitational Springs Improvement Society, Springs NY. 2001 Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, N.Y. 1999 New Studio Space & Sculpture Garden, East Hampton NY. 1993 The Gallery Briarcliff Manor NY. 1992 Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, N.Y. 1992 Seraphim Gallery, Englewood, NJ. 1991 Benson gallery: East Hampton N.Y. 1990 Art Gallery, Montgomery College, MD: "Sculpture Public Art”. 1989 Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY: "Clay Transformations” Travelled. 1989 Atelier Gallery, Zug, Switzerland: "Icarus". 1989 Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA: "Contemporary Sculpture". 1988 Franz Badar Gallery, Washington, DC: "Architectural Ceramics" 1987 Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 1985 Silvermine Guild of Artists, CT: 33rd New England Exhibit of Paint & Sculpture. 1983 Robertson Center, Binghamton, NY: "Ancient Inspiration/Contemporary Interpretation". 1983 Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College. New London, CT: w/Poster. 1982 Women's Interarts Center, NYC: "Architectural Ceramics". 1982 Brookfield Art Center, Brookfield, CT: "Centennial Exhibition of Sculpture". 1981 Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ: "Paper, Clay, Metal, & Glass". 1981 The Gallery at Hastings, NY "Collage/Assemblage". 1981 Katonah Art Gallery, Katonah, NY "Sculpture. Invitational". 1980 Ikebono School, Shinjuku, Japan: International invitational (Travelled). 1979 Mamaroneck Artist Guild Juried Exhibition White Plains NY. Solo exhibitions: 2002 Ashawagh Hall, EH, NY. 1998 Exhibitions at Studio & Sculpture Garden, Scarborough NY. 1990 112 Greene Street Gallery, NYC. New Sculpture. 1990 Pindar Gallery, New Works NY. 1989 Pindar Gallery, NY. Visions/Revisions. 1989 Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 1986 Pindar Gallery, NY: Excavations: Clay. 1986 Hudson River Gallery, Ossining, NY Retrospective exhibit. 1984 Noyes Museum, Ocean Ville, NJ: Curator Anne Fabbri, Retrospective. 1981 Mari Galleries, Mamaroneck, NY. 1981 Pindar Gallery, NY: Transitions, Clay. 1979 Pindar Gallery, NY Emerging Images. 1979 Silvermine Guild of Artists, CT: 30th New England Exhibition of Paint & Sculpture. 1977 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA: "Art in Transition". Awards: 1991 University of Florida at Pensacola. Finalist for a Sculpture Garden. 1990 Ragdale Artists Community Lake Forest, ILL. - Fellowship. 1986 Woman in Design International Compendium - Certificate of Outstanding Achievement 1985 State Legislative Office Building, Hartford - Finalist, Percent for the Arts Program. 1981 CT Commission: Portals for a school - Finalist. 1981 National Endowment for the Arts - Grant. 1979 Mamaroneck Artist Guild Award - Juried by Mr. Doty, Whitney Museum. 1978 Westchester Art Society: Sculpture Award - Juried by John Bauer...

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Boucherie Chevaline Trade Sign A hand crafted Boucherie Chevaline, zinc gold leaf hand beaten butchers trade sign. A highly decorative wall hanging in untouched condition with or...

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English carved and polychrome decorated wood tobacconist’s trade sign in the form of a “Turk” wearing a distinctive headdress and dressed in a long robe, this advertising figure rela...

19th century Flemish gilt zinc horse head trade sign. This beautiful hand made sign was used by a Flemish butcher and dates to circa 1860. There are still remnants of the beautiful g...

19th century Zinc French butchers “Boucherie” trade sign. Referred to as a Boucherie, this handcrafted zinc horses head sign would have hung above a...

Unusual set of German mid-20th century shop trade sign tools Every now and again we are lucky enough to acquire items that firstly we have never seen and secondly, we will never see...