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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
Kosta Boda Mirage Vase Forest Green/Blue XL
By Göran Wärff
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
With Mirage, the artist and designer Göran Wärff found inspiration from nature and light, especially in the reflection of light and optical illusions. The object is a sculpture, a va...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Antique Primitive Swedish Large Hand-Carved Trough Style Wooden Dough Bowl, 1850
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique primitive large Swedish trough style dough bowl, c. 1850.
Hand carved from a single piece of wood, this robust, elongated bowl is designed for kneading and proofing dough. F...
Category
19th Century Swedish Primitive Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Female Nude Torso Sculpture in White Marble, circa 1920-1930s
Located in Bernville, PA
Exquisite female nude torso sculpture in white marble. An exceptional example from the Art Deco/ Art Nouveau period. Would be the focal point of any room. Beautiful scallop detailing...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Gulvase by Otto Brauer Holmegaard Brauer Red Art Glass Vase Sweden
By Otto Brauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gulvase by Otto Brauer Holmegaard Brauer red Art glass vase Sweden.
Item features opaque white on the inside, original red finish, original labe...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Art Glass
WT Copeland English Majolica Mythological Satyr Mask and Floral Vase, 1860-1875
By Copeland
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Renaissance Revival Majolica vase, WT Copeland & Sons, England, circa 1860-1875.
The mythological theme shows Satyr masks with a floral pattern of twi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Large Rattan Native American Basket - Stickley era W7416
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
Large Rattan Native American Basket - W7416
This is a large native American woven basket in very good condition. Although there is no marking ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Native American Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Rattan, Reed
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Leaning on Tree Stump Figural Sculpture #4068 designed in the 1950's. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Kosta Boda Orchid Vase High
By Göran Wärff
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
In his close relationship with nature, the legendary glass artist Göran Wärff was inspired to create a distinctively shaped art object in vibrant colors, which resulted in Orchid. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
19th Century American Sterling Silver Tea Caddy by Shreve, Stanwood & Co, Boston
By Shreve & Co.
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
This hand chased heavy gauge sterling tea caddy was made in Boston by renowned makers Shreve and Stanwood, and weighs approximately 15 ounces.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Colonial Revival Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Kosta Boda Boats Memory Boat
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Memory Boat is an art glass creation by the renowned Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien who sees the boat as a symbol of freedom and solitude. The boat has become one of his main si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Carl Auböck Model #4366 'Bird' Brass Sculpture
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4366 'Bird' brass sculpture. A wonderful abstract patinated brass bird sculpture designed in the 1950's by Vienna, Austria's, Carl Aubock. This item is produced in the original Carl Aubock Werkstatte currently operated by Carl Aubock IV. All items are produced with the highest quality materials, using traditional tooling and techniques.
Over many years, Carl Aubock Wekstatte has amassed a large catalog of items, many of which are for daily use in the household or office. Aubock items make for the perfect high quality, collectable gift for the home...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
American Modernist Roman Bronze Works Sculpture of a Gazelle by Walter Rotan
By Roman Bronze Works, Walter Rotan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb Modernist model of a Gazelle by Walter Rotan (1912-2001) with a very dark verdigris patina.
Cast at the Roman Bronze Works in the 1930s or 1940s.
The bronze is stamped Roman Bronze Corp. NY to the reverse and bears an integral signature in the plinth.
Rotan was an important 20th century American sculptor. A student of Albert Laessle, Rotan's work is held in public and private collections throughout the country. During his lifetime, his work was exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art.
A similar gazelle is incorporated into his sculpture installed at Brookgreen Gardens.
References include Beartrice Gilman Proske's 1968 book...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Rare Covered Art Deco Jar with Rabbit Finial by Gensoli for Sevres, Blue & Gray
By Maurice Gensoli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Both whimsical and high-style, this remarkable Art Deco covered jar is decorated on its sides with a sophisticated pattern of chevron, zigzag and wave motifs executed in deep, rich s...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Kosta Boda Open Minds Vase White Med
By Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Open Minds Vase from Kosta Boda has dramatic hand-painted brush strokes and is mouth-blown in Kosta, Sweden. The vase is decorative on its own or looks amazing with a bouquet of your...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Kosta Boda Fortress Cube
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
As a sculptor, Bertil Vallien has transformed Michelangelo’s marble block into a transparent glass cube. They have the same eye as artists: a hidden secret is sealed inside the glass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Mid-century vintage white and gold German porcelain classical urn/vase
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a handsome large mid-century vintage white and gold German porcelain urn. This urn features a 22 karat gold glaze to the handles and around the base with a white glaze to the...
Category
1950s German Classical Roman Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Empire Style Gilt Bronze Candlesticks
By Thomire & Cie.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of French Empire gilt bronze candlesticks.
With intricate raised decoration in the form of geometric and foliate patterns.
The middle of each candlestick is fluted and ...
Category
20th Century French Empire Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Maling Pottery Pail and Cover, Cetem Ware, 1908-1930
Located in Downingtown, PA
Maling pottery pail and cover,
Cetem ware,
1908-1930.
The tall cylindrical pail and cover with removable wicker handle is covered with a green swiz...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Kosta Boda Tattoo Vase
By Ludvig Löfgren
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
The Tattoo collection from Kosta Boda is inspired by tattoo art. The vase is hand-painted in Kosta, Sweden, and offers a creative combination of romance and rock ‘n’ roll. Good thing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Large Signed Mid Century Italian Glazed Ceramic Frog or Toad in White Bitossi
By Bitossi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very large ceramic floor sculpture from Italy circa 1970's. It features white glazed ceramic form. Marked & numbered. No condition issues.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Authentic Frederick Roth "Hissing Cat" (1913) Bronze Sculpture, Gorham Co.
By Gorham CO.
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FREDERICK GEORGE RICHARD ROTH
United States, 1872-1944
Hissing Cat (1913)
Lost-wax cast bronze Signed in cast "Copyright 1913 by FGR ROTH / Gorham Co Founder ORP"
Item # 208NKJ18...
Category
20th Century American Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of Thais” by Emmanuel Villanis
By Emmanuel Villanis
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EMMANUEL VILLANIS
French, fl. 1880-1920
"Bust of Thais"
Cast signature to shoulder "E. Villanis" cold-stamped "3264" & "CB" with foundry cachet of "Societe des Bronzes de Paris" o...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gold Gilt Bronze Figural Centerpiece Bowl Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Louis XV Style Gold Gilt Bronze Figural Centerpiece Bowl Sculpture w/ Swan. A Napoleon III gilt bronze centerpiece surmounted by winged maiden and winged swan pulling ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Bod Bottle Clear Large
By Simon Klenell, Matti Klenell
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Like a tall wineglass, Bod balances confidently while its bowl captures the play of light. With their sheer and tall shape, the bottles are a piece of art that stands grounded in eve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Paperweight, Rosenthal Classic, Libreria Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Paperweight,
Rosenthal Classic,
Dekor Libreria Pattern, (Library),
1980s
The circular Fornasetti porcelain paperweight has a continuous scene of books...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Kosta Boda Ticka
By Ellen Ehk Åkesson
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
As Ellen Ehk Åkesson was asked to create an art object in honor of Ulrica Hydman Vallien's artistry, the magnificent Ticka was born. The object became part of Kosta Boda's 2021 tribute collection to the late Hydman Vallien. Ticka, available in a limited edition of 100 pieces, is a vessel from Ellen’s own imagination based on the same shape as Ulrica’s “Snake Bowl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Kosta Boda Beans Orange
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Beans is a creation by the renowned glass artist Bertil Vallien as an homage to the icon of Swedish glass design, Ingeborg Lundin. The collection is inspired by her well-known glass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Vase #4276 1950s Design
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock patinated brass vase #4276 1950s design. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials, o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
“A la terre!” French Antique Bronze Sculpture by Alfred Boucher & Barbedienne
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Alfred Boucher
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Bronze sculpture model of "A La Terre!" (1890) after Alfred Boucher
Signed to naturalistic base "A. Boucher", inscribed "F. Barbedienne Fondeur"
Item # 008AMH08W
This powerful mode...
Category
19th Century French Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Wedgwood Aesthetic Majolica Tortoise Shell Glazed Char Fish Dish, circa 1878
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rarely seen wedgwood char dish, an Aesthetic Movement mold showing a pair of fish in a deep dish glazed to resemble tortoise shell. Char is a fresh-water m...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Antique English Staffordshire Prattware Pottery Rooster or Cockrel Figurine
By Thomas Whieldon Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A antique English prattware model of a cockerel or rooster.
With mottled decoration in ochres and yellow.
The base bears an old partial D. M. ...
Category
Late 18th Century British Country Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Organic Ceramic Vase by Rudi Stahl, Germany 1970s
By Rudi Stahl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid-Century, West Germany, studio vase but renowned ceramist Rudi Stahl.
Featuring a wonderful organic multi stemmed mushroom form above a long tubular base.
Textured clear finished ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Sculpture of Childs Face by Artist Eugene Canneel, Belgium
By Eugeen Canneel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wall Sculpture of Childs Face
Artist Eugene Canneel (1882-1966)
Belgium, circa 1950
Inscribed Signature along the Edge
"a very nice child's face wall scuplture ready to hang"
"it w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Brad Sells Abstract Wood Sculpture 2015
By Brad Sells
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carved Yellow wood vessel sculpture by renowned artist Brad Sells. Sell's work can be found in private collections, museums and other public institutions. Sells also starred in the P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Kosta Boda Tattoo Bowl Large
By Ludvig Löfgren
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
The Tattoo collection from Kosta Boda is inspired by tattoo art. The bowl is hand-painted in Kosta, Sweden, and offers a creative combination of romance and rock ‘n’ roll. Good thing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
"Riding the Currents", Rare Art Deco Sculpture of Merboy and Fish by Andersen
By Just Andersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Joyful and full of energy, this rare -- possibly unique -- sculpture by Just Andersen depicts a merboy, complete with fins on each feet, riding a plump fish through the sea, his mout...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Kosta Boda Brick Votive Black
By Anna Ehrner
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
The Brick votive from Kosta Boda has a square shape inspired by something so simple: a brick. Its style, which is created through the separation of color in the votive holder, gives ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Kosta Boda Gatekeeper Clear
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Bertil Vallien is devoted and consistent. His objects created for Kosta Boda develop over time, and he is always looking to extract more from his work. Gatekeeper is a case in point. Previous executions range from charcoal drawings to glass and metal objects. In the summer of 2021, large-format adaptations were exhibited in the famous garden of the Royal Palace “Solliden”, on Öland in Sweden, providing a magnificent spectacle for the audience. The two impressive Gatekeeper figures from the exhibition – almost 20 inches tall and fixed by thin wires – gave the impression of drifting. A trademark Vallien face rests inside these shimmering miniature Gatekeepers. This peaceful and mythical sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Oversized bronze and burled walnut candlesticks after theater Alexander
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a pair of vintage oversized candlesticks after Theodore Alexander. These candlesticks have bronze Lyon feet and a burled walnut columns. At the top the bronze candleholder ha...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Greco Roman Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Dresden Potschappel Porcelain Miniature Flower Encrusted Perfume Bottle
By Dresden Porcelain, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique miniature Dresden porcelain perfume bottle.
By Thieme Potschappel.
Decorated throughout with encrusted porcelain flowers...
Category
20th Century German Rococo Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
"Sea Dragon Candle Stand", Large Art Deco Masterpiece, Wrought Iron, Sweden
By Carl-Einar Borgstrom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unique and striking, this Art Deco-Modernist candle stand by Karl Einar Borgström depicts a highly stylized sea dragon using wrought iron bars and rods. Although this piece has a pr...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Kosta Boda Make Up Nailpolish Poppy Red
By Asa Jungnelius
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Shake it up with Make Up! The nail polish from Kosta Boda’s collection, first launched in 2008, is a pressed glass sculpture painted by hand. In its early days, the collection became...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
"Angel Fish, " Large, Stunning Technicolor Art Deco Sculptures, Occupied Japan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pair of technicolor-hued Art Deco angel fish sculptures -- glazed in hues of gold, dark pink, cobalt, sea green and canary -- was made in Japan between 1945 and 1951, when American forces occupied the nation after World War II and required that goods made there be marked "Occupied Japan...
Category
1940s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Glaze Ceramic Pottery World Globe Face Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Glazed Ceramic Pottery World Globe "Face Impression" Artist Studio Sculpture. Artist is unknown but the piece does read "not to be used for navigation...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Kosta Boda Basket Bowl Small Red
By Anna Ehrner
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
The Basket bowl is a magical, vibrant Basket made of glass. It has an artistic expression similar to a Jackson Pollock painting: one splash with the paint brush and full of color. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Vtg Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Figural Orange Moon Flask Vase with Dragons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Famille rose porcelain figural orange moon flask vase with dragons. Item features twin dragon handles, gold gilt details, figural "geisha g...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Export Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Optimist" Sculpture #4049. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Rare French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture Arab Warrior after Jean Didier Debut
By Jean Didier Debut
Located in Shippensburg, PA
JEAN-DIDIER DEBUT
French, 1824-1893
French Orientalist Model of a Janissaire Warrior
Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "E. Debut", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Ga...
Category
20th Century French Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
French Empire Rococo Style Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Jewelry Vanity Trinket Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Empire Rococo Style Carved Mahogany Paw Foot Jewelry Vanity Trinket Box. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 7.5" H x 13" W x 8" D.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Rococo Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Italian Greyhound Sculpture Ceramic Terra Cotta Life Size Favaro Cecchetto
By Favaro Cecchetto
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A very realistic, life size Italian Greyhound Sculpture designed and manufactured by Favaro Cecchetto in Italy. 1960s. Signed on the base.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Sheryl C. Benjamin Marble Nude Figure Abstract Sculpture On Marble Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sheryl Cannold Benjamin (American, 1924 - 2023) Marble Nude Figure Abstract Sculpture On Marble Base. Circa Late 20th Century. Weighs approximately 60 pounds. Measurements: 13.5" H x...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
Kosta Boda Contrast Bowl White/White Small
By Anna Ehrner
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Contrast from Kosta Boda is made using a technique called centrifuging. This technique creates veils within the glass, making each product unique. The small bowl is absolutely perfec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
Le Fumeur French Spelter Statue Sculpture of Young Man Smoking by Charles Masse
By Charles Masse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Le Fumeur French Spelter Statue Sculpture of Young Man Smoking by Charles Masse. Item featured brass plaque reads " Le Fumeur par Ch. Masse", spelter construction, by Charles Masse (...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Spelter
Rare American Western Sculpture “Desert Rat” (1928) by J. Clinton Shepherd
Located in Shippensburg, PA
J. CLINTON SHEPHERD
United States, 1888-1975
"The Desert Rat" (1928)
Patinated bronze signed "(c) 1928 J. CLINTON SHEPHERD", cold stamped "GORHAM CO FOUNDERS QGCB"
Item # 405KOB04A
An exceedingly rare cast of J. Clinton Shepherd's study of a Western miner and his pack mule titled "The Desert Rat", it features a tired old-timer with his worn and weathered features trodding along with his pickaxe resting on top of the full pack and a sturdy walking stick in his other hand. The sheer rarity of the cast perhaps is due to the timing of his model, which was modeled in 1928 and started production at Gorham almost in sync with the beginning of the Great Depression. Shepherd saw his income from sculpture dwindle to such a degree that he was forced to begin illustrating thriller novels during the 1930s. The only other model we have seen on the open market was offered at Christie's in New York on November 30th of 1990 (lot 86) with an estimate of $ 10-15,000. An example of this sculpture is recorded in the Smithsonian American Art Museum index of American Art as being preserved in the permanent collection of the University of Delaware (acc. no. 64.2.007); it is also held in the Birmingham Museum of Art (acc. no. 1978.41).
Joy Clinton Shepherd was born on September 11, 1888, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Charles and Emma Shepherd. He was the third of five children, and his family lived on Twenty-third Street. His father, a men's suit salesman, enabled Joy to attend college after high school. Joy studied at the University of Missouri at Kansas City before leaving in 1909 to travel to the Northwest with his brother, where they lived with the Crow Indians and learned their customs.
In 1910, Joy moved to Chicago and enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago where he graduated in 1914. He subsequently studied at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and afterwards worked as a freelance artist. He married Gail English, a fellow art student, in 1915. In 1916, he joined the Illinois National Reserve as a bugler. Despite a hearing defect, he served until 1919 when he moved to New York City to work as a freelance artist for magazines like Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post.
Joy adopted the signature "J. C. Shepherd" and found success throughout the 1920s. He and Gail moved to Westport, Connecticut, and had two children, Joy and Charles. In addition to illustration, he pursued a career as a sculptor of western bronzes.
The Great Depression shifted his work to pulp magazine covers...
Category
20th Century American Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Oval Mahogany Shadow Box Frame Felt Cotton Flower Mourning Wreath
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian oval mahogany shadow box frame felt cotton flower mourning wreath. Item features a wonderful oval mahogany frame, felt/cotton flowers...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
"Nondum, " Remarkable Art Deco Bronze Sculptural Panel with Multiple Nudes
By Anna Coleman Ladd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Nondum" or "not yet," this remarkable and important bronze panel by Anna Ladd depicts a time in the future -- a mysterious, ecstatic world that seems to represent both para...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Female Nude Bookends, Rare Bronze Sculptures by Max Kalish, Paris Foundry
By Max Kalish 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finished with a gorgeous, deep green-black patina with mossy highlights, this rare pair of bronze bookends depicting seated female nudes was sculpted by Max Kalish, best known for his series of sculptures celebrating the American worker...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Brains Look In
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created the first Brains – the head, which has become one of his most prominent symbols. Since then, he has made a variety of ‘in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Decorative Objects
Materials
Crystal
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