Ireland - Statues

Mid 20th C. or Earlier Cast iron Dimensions: 32.5 × 15 × 15 in. (each) / 83 × 38 × 38 cm Weight: 250 lbs/114 kg each. Because these items are very heavy, they will need to be crat...

French late 19th century spelter sculpture by Hippolyte Moreau fitted with original 1 7/8" thick rouge griotte marble base. Hippolyte was one of the famous Moreau brothers, all of whom were sculptors. He was born in Dijon France in 1832 and died in 1927. This statue, in a warm chocolate brown patina depicts a diaphanously dressed woman with flowing scarf overhead and winged cherob at her side resting on the crest of a wave and shell. Hippolyte Moreau exhibited in the Salon des Artistes Français at the turn of the century and won a medal at the Universal Exposition in 1878 and another at the 1900 World Expo. Most of his works are preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon. The light beige pedestal...

Superb Antique hand-carved stone Garden Statue or Sculpture of a Praying Angel from the 19th Century. Possible salvaged from an old historic St. Louis Church, Park or Garden. Purchas...

Handsome Pair of 19th Century American or English Lions with Proud Paws.

Grand Tour Carved Marble Statue of the Empress Livia Drusilla After the Antique. A true depiction of the Classical Statue of Rome's First Empress. Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was Roman empress...

Set of dining table and armchairs. Garden or Patio Furniture. Indoor and outdoor.

In the grand tradition of classical mythology, these four lead sculptures represent the original personifications of nature in all their seasonal aspects. Each figure has been creat...

A superb quality and palatial pair of French 19th century lifesize cast-iron sculptures - torcheres of Native American Indians titled "L’ Indienne" designed by Jules Salmson (French, 1823-1902) and Cast by Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne, each standing figure representing a Native American Indian male and a female scantily dressed in their native robes, one arm raised holding a light-torch with an opaline glass globe, both wearing earrings, seashell necklaces and arm-braces, raised on cylindrical cast-iron stand. Signed/cast on each pedestal: “VAL D’OSNE”. (Electrified). Paris, circa 1870-1880. Overall hHeight: 127 inches (322.6 cm) Pedestal height: 39 inches (99.1 cm) Indian man's width: 22 inches (55.9 cm) Indian man's depth: 26 3/4 inches (68 cm) Indian woman's width: 28 inches (71.1 cm) Indian woman's depth: 25 inches (63.5 cm) These fantastic and impressive pair of cast-iron sculptures, most likely representing Hiawatha and Minnehaha, were probably comissioned to Le Fonderies d'Art du Val d'Osne for export to the America's to decorate governmental buildings and parks which makes these pair a rare find and now available for a private collection. Iron sculptures were preferred over bronze for outdoor park and building decorations for their long lasting resistance to all types of weather conditions. An identical pair of sculptures, also by Val d' Osne, are currently exhibited at the National Garden of Congress in Santiago, Chile. View Pages No. 87, 88, 89. Another identical pair are also currently exhibited at The Musée de la Ville - Indian Museum "O Indio do Museo da Cidade" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Another identical pair decorate the front of the Ópera Teatro Amazonas, Manaús, Brazil. A single figure of the female Indian...

A very rare 19th century cast iron equine hitching post in the form of a jockey. The jockey is classically dressed in the 19th century riding attire, comprising of a black riding hat, red jacket and cream jodhpurs. The jockey is poised on a moulded plinth base, with one arm raised, holding out for use as a hitching post for tying up horses for grooming. He would be holding a stirrup or lantern which is missing. The sculpture is boasting a nicely weathered patina revealing its age. With its nice proportions and rusty finish, this Turn of the Century English iron jockey...

Spectacular and most likely a 19th century representation of a lawn jockey in cast iron. In excellent antique condition with minimal wear, some separation at the seams where they joi...

An English Turn of the Century iron sculpture depicting a jockey holding a ring in his left hand. Created in England during the Turn of the Century which saw the transition between t...

A wonderfully patinated cast iron greyhound or whippet by J.W. Fiske Company from the late 19th Century. Beautiful detail. It’s had many layers of paint over the years most of which...