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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
French Antique Bronze Sculpture “Great Dane” by Georges Gardet
By George Gardet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGES GARDET
French, 1863-1939
Recumbent Great Dane
Patinated bronze signed in cast "G. GARDET", cold-stamped "865 K" and "FRANCE"
Item # 311KOG07P
A good casting of Gardet's ...
Category
20th Century French Romantic Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage stoneware penguin by John Seymour
By John Seymour
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wonderful stoneware penguin sculpture signed by artist John Seymour, 1986.
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-century vintage bronze sculpture of a hunting dog
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid-century vintage sculpture of a hunting dog. This bronze sculpture has an age-appropriate green patina. This is an American made peace circa 1970.
Category
1970s American Other Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Philosophical Dispute, " Rare Nude Male Porcelain by Liebermann for Rosenthal
By Ferdinand Liebermann
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A marvelous combination of whimsy and sensuosity, Ferdinand Liebermann's depiction of a nude youth holding forth with a stork, symbol of wisdom, was first c...
Category
1910s German Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Two Athletes in Unity, " Unique 1930s Italian Art Deco Sculpture with Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quite extraordinary, this bronze depicting two nude athletes side by side, their arms out streched in common cause, was sculpted by an Italian artist in the 1930s, perhaps in connect...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Cast Iron Figural Flatback Rust Patina Garden Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A cast iron flatback panel originally from a balcony rail in France.
Dating to the mid-late 19th century, these decorative objects were used as building or garden elements.
Heavy, weighing about 25 pounds, and aged with a beautiful patina, the panel shows a robed figure within an ornate scrolled frame.
Imagine it as a piece of outdoor sculpture, used as a fireback, turned into a table base, or framed in a garden gate.
Measures: 26.5 inches H x 15.5 inches W x 1.25 inches deep.
In very good antique condition with the desired rusted patina.
Category
1850s French International Style Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Architect Sculpture #4061
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock patinated brass "Architect" sculpture #4061. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality material...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Pair Salviati Attributed Venetian/Murano Glass Peacock Place Card Holder Figures
By Salviati
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Fine pair of Venetian or Murano glass figurines or place card holders.
In the form of peacocks in yellow glass with gold foil with dark blue eyes.
Attributed to Salviati.
Simply a wonderful pair of Venetian or Murano glass peacocks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Finely Cast French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture “Playtime” by Marcel Bouraine
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MARCEL-ANDRÉ BOURAINE
French, active 1918-1935
"Playtime"
Lost-wax cast and verde patinated bronze signed in cast "M. BOURAINE", the base edge "Susse Frs. Edts Paris", "cire purdu...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sheryl C. Benjamin Carved Marble Abstract Modernist Sculpture on Marble Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sheryl Cannold Benjamin (American, 1924 - 2023) Carved Marble Abstract Modernist Sculpture on Marble Base. Approx 40 lbs. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 11" H x 15" W x 8" D....
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Kosta Boda My Palace Home Clear Copper Figure
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
The myth of ”wandering” air bubbles has always been present at the glassworks of Kosta, Sweden. Bertil Vallien has given this some consideration when he made the transparent sculptur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
"Faun and Nymph, " Art Deco Sculpture of Nijinsky in "Afternoon of a Faun"
By Fred Press
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable pair of "faun" and "nymph" sculptures memorializes the legendary performance of Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun in Ballets Russes' renowned production of "Afternoon of a Faun" in 1912. Sculpted by Fred Press several decades later -- in the 1930s or 1940s -- the Faun captures the bold and sensual costume and headpiece of Nijinsky's character as designed by Léon Bakst, complete with spotted, form-fitting tights, a bare torso and a headpiece with horns in gold. Press was a kind of Renaissance...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Art Deco Lamp Base, South Seas Half-Nude Male with Fish
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, this very fine ceramic figure of a half-nude Pacific Islander or Hawaiian male figure balancing a large fish on his shoulders is gorgeously glazed in shades of ivory ...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Rattan, Wood
Salvatore Messina Large Sculpture 'Studio Rifrazione'
By Salvatore Messina
Located in Red Lion, PA
Salvatore Messina Production Italy 1960 ca.
Big sculpture 'Studio Rifrazione'
Four volumes folded in steel foil, rectangular base
Category
1960s Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Meissen Porcelain Female Golfer Figurine by Peter Strang
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Meissen porcelain figurine or miniature.
By Peter Strang. Strang was born in Dresden in 1935 and received a degree in Sculpture from the Academy...
Category
20th Century German Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Boy Balancing on Water Jug, " Whimsical Art Deco Bronze Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A charming and delightful example of the "playful child" genre of bronzes that proliferated in the early decades of the 20th century -- some of the best examples by important sculptors such as Brenda Putnam and Harriet Frishmuth...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Henri Prozinski "Pekingese" French Bronze Figural Show Dog Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Henri (Proszynski) Prozinski (1887-1968, France) "Pekingese" French Bronze Figural Show Dog Sculpture, Circa 1935. Item is signed PROZINSKI and bearing the foundry stamps SUS...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shlomi Haziza Colorful Lucite Sculpture
By Shlomi Haziza
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Shlomi Haziza Acrylic Sculpture in shades of Purple. Round Ball is mounted in the center of a 24" tall column. Great Scale and size! Color changes as...
Category
1990s American Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Handshake, a Post-War Lattimo Art Glass Sculpture by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An exceptionally rare figurine by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini & Co.
Referred to as 'Handshake', the model consists of a gloved hand with a scalloped cuff shaking hands with a naked...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
Frankart Lady Holding Dish T330
By Frankart, Arthur von Frankenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frankart nude lady Ashtray T330. Looks like this one was repainted in last 20 years. Reproduction Ceramic dish has been glued. Presents very well!
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Lehman Bros. Anniversary Medal, " Art Deco Bronze Paperweight, 1925-1950
By Arthur Lee
Located in Philadelphia, PA
First sculpted for Lehman Brothers in 1925 for its 75th anniversary -- with the soaring sentiment, "The Well-Being of Men is Forged on the Anvil of Ind...
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th C. Thai Temple Buddhist Hand Carved Terracotta Figural Sculpture Statue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
20th C. Thai Temple Buddhist Hand Carved Terracotta Figural Sculpture Statue. Item featured is a Thai buddhist figural carving of solid terracotta, raised on oak wood base. Circa Mid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
French Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Tiger and Tortoise” after Georges Gardet
By Georges Gardet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGES GARDET
French, 1863-1939
"La Tigre et la Tortu" [The Tiger and the Tortoise] (1886)
Sand-cast bronze with verde, red, brown and black patination signed to the base "GEORGE...
Category
Early 20th Century French Romantic Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of Knight by François A. Clémencin
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ CLÉMENCIN
French, 1878-1950
"Celui qui fut pris" (The one that was taken)
Patinated & polychromed bronze Signed on base "A. Clemencin"
Item # 110BKP22X
An exquisi...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
John Spielman (British, born 1944) large abstract carved wood sculpture c. 1970
By John Spielman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
John Spielman (British, born 1944) A large mid century modern freeform abstract carved wood sculpture circa 1970. Signed on underside J. Sp.
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Glistening Large Nickel Plated Cast Brass Deer Sculpture
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Large impressive cast brass nickel plated table top sculpture of a reclining deer with antlers.
Category
1970s American Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Nickel
French Bronze Sculpture Seated Woman by Etienne-Henri Dumaige
By Etienne-Henri Dumaige
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ETIENNE-HENRI DUMAIGE
French, 1830-1888
Classical Seated Woman with Treasure Spilling at Her Feet
Burnished and patinated bronze over original polished black marble base signed in cast "H. Dumaige Sculpt" and cold-stamped 3750 circa 1875
Item # 309OXB09P
This exquisite cast depicts a full-length seated female modeled with echoes of classical antiquity. Dumaige seeks to depict the young woman as a noble likely of the Roman Empire, her wealth an obscene display with pearls falling from her fingers almost as an afterthought over a chest of jewels with treasure spilling from the lid before her overstuffed throne with a richly decorated pillow...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Hauling In, " Possibly Unique Art Deco Bronze Sculpture with Male Nudes, 1931
By Romolo Del Bo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and fascinating sculpture of two nude men hauling in something from a distance, this piece also serves as a fascinating study of the tangled relationship between two figures. ...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Staffordshire Pottery Flat Back Figurine of a Gypsy Camp with Campfire
By Staffordshire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Staffordshire pottery figural flat back spill vase.
In the form of a gypsy family with livestock gathered around a cookin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Chinese Pottery Mudmen Playing Board Game Small Figurine Mud Man
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Pottery Mudmen Playing Board Game Small Figurine Mud Man. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 5" H x 6" W x 3.5" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
"Brother Against Brother", Rare Art Deco Silver Medal/Sculptural Piece by De Lu
By Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and rare example of late Art Deco sculpture struck in solid silver, this medal was designed by Donald De Lue in 1965 as part of the larger New York University Hall of Fam...
Category
1960s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Silver
White Porcelain Parrot Figure Statue 5 Point Crown N Capodimonte or German
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique white porcelain 11" parrot figure statue 5 point crown over N Capodimonte or German. Marked with 5 point crown and "N", parrot figure perched on ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Hollywood Regency Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Kosta Boda Fortress Hidden Stairs
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
In the hands of Bertil Vallien, the message through glass is both visible and hidden. With a love for nature – with his daily walks in the woods and along the water – he has learned ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Kosta Boda Fortress Stairs
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
Architects and children tend to be fascinated by stairs. Bertil shares that love! For over four decades, he has created and explored glass sculptures in which stairs are the lifebloo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
"Polo Player, " Classic and Rare Art Deco Sculpture in Caramel Hue by Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the rarest and most classic Art Deco sculptures ever produced in 1930s America, this striking Polo Player, complete with his original polo mallet, was sculpted by Waylande Gre...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Kosta Boda Brains You Made My Day
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
“Thank you! I forget that sometimes. So thank you. Because you fill my day and my life with such joy in all things.”
In the eighties, Swedish glass artist Bertil Vallien created th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Antique Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of the Crouching Venus after Giambologna
By Giambologna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine Grand Tour bronze sculpture.
Modeled after the 'Crouching Venus' by Giambologna.
Depicting Venus surprised at her bath with an overturned urn at her feet. Mounted o...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
18th-century Chinese Export Porcelain Pair of Court Maiden Candlesticks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain pair of maiden candlesticks,
circa 1760-1775
A pair of large Chinese Export figures of standing maidens holding ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Export Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
American Modernist Sculpture Bust of a Man by Lucile Leslie Swan & Valsuani
By Valsuani Foundry
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Lucile Leslie Swan
United States, 1890-1965
Bust of a Man
Lost-wax patinated bronze signed in cast "L. Leslie /33", sealed verso "A. VALSUANI cire perdue"
Item # 410REP02A
Cast using the lost-wax method the Valsuani foundry was renowned for perfecting, this fine modernist bust showcases loose modeling to create a chaotic surface while articulating an exactiingly realist sense of her sitter. His powerful features and stoic profile evoke a character of great seriousness. The bust is cast hollow and is raised on an early wooden plinth.
Leslie Swan (born Lucile Swan, May 10, 1890, Sioux City, Iowa) was an American sculptor and painter, known for her sensitive and evocative portrayals of human figures, informed by her extensive travels and intellectual exchanges. After receiving early education at an Episcopal boarding school, she moved to Chicago in 1903 and began her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1908. In 1912, she married fellow artist Jerome Blum. Over the next decade, Swan’s artistic career took her to Corsica, Japan, China, Tahiti, and France, where she immersed herself in the diverse cultures and artistic traditions she encountered.
In 1924, following her divorce, Swan relocated to New York City, where she continued her work as both a painter and sculptor. Five years later, she accepted a significant commission from the Cenozoic Laboratory in Beijing, beginning a transformative period in her career. It was in China that she met the philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and their friendship would profoundly influence her work and life. Swan's portrait bust of Teilhard, now housed at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, remains one of her most celebrated pieces. She also created a reconstruction of the Sinanthropus skull, a project supervised by German anatomist Franz Weidenreich.
During her time in Beijing, Swan modeled a variety of subjects, from Western intellectuals to local Chinese figures. Her sculptures of children, Chinese jugglers, and sword dancers...
Category
20th Century American Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Down for the Count, " Extraordinary, Rare Bronze w/ Nude Male Boxers by Howard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most celebrated figural sculptures of the 20th century, and one of the finest depictions of the male figure from the 1920s and 30s, this extremely rare bronze by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard depicts two boxers, one triumphant and one defeated, in the heat of the match. Each of the two nudes is beautifully captured in a scene that is compact and complex, with the standing figure stepping over and around the fallen figure below. The sculpture is depicting a dramatic moment in the boxing ring, but it is also presenting two male figures at their peak of physical perfection. Howard was born in Canada, brought up in America, and trained under sculptors such as James Fraser...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture “Bust of a Woman” by Cesare Ceribelli
By Cesar Constantino Ceribelli
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CESARE CONSTANTINO CERIBELLI
Italian, 1841-1918
"Bust of a Young Woman"
Polychromed and chemically patinated bronze signed to the reverse shoulder "C. Ceribelli" raised on origin...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Very Fine Russian Antique Bronze “Resting Bear” after Nikolai Lieberich
Located in Shippensburg, PA
NIKOLAI LIEBERICH [after]
Russian, 1828-1883
A Resting Bear
Sand-cast patinated bronze with concrete core signed in Cyrillic to the underside (editeur ...
Category
19th Century European Romantic Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Coastal Modern Large and Realistic Faux Seashell Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large scale cast faux seashell sculpture from the early 1970's. Very realistic and a coastal decorators dream.
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Antique Meissen Porcelain Cherub Motto Figurine "Je decouvre tout" Model F13
By Michel Victor Acier 1, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Cupid figurine.
By Meissen.
Model no. F13 from the Cupid Motto Series.
Entitled "Je decouvre tout".
Originally de...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Boy and Girl Children Swinging Garden Outdoor Statue Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Bronze Boy and Girl Children Swinging Garden Outdoor Statue Sculpture. Item features great detail throughout, fun and whimsical form, approx ...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Stoneware Pottery Monkey Figurine by Knud Khyn for Royal Copenhagen
By Knud Kyhn, Royal Copenhagen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful stoneware pottery model of a Monkey designed by Knud Khyn for Royal Copenhagen.
Knud Khyn (1880-1969) was a Danish sculptor and painter. He was an important, long-term...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Important Art Deco Tile Panel with Nude on Horseback
By Majolica Manufactory of Karlsruhe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare majolica tile panel, produced by the important Karlsruhe manufactory in southwest Germany, depicts a male nude on horseback, accompanied b...
Category
Early 20th Century German Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Lladro Daisa 1978 In the Gondola Couple Sculpture No. 2413 Large Porcelain
By Lladro
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lladro Daisa 1978 "In the Gondola Couple" Sculpture No. 2413 Large Porcelain. Item features a large impressive size, original signature, sculpture rests o...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Art Deco Cast Iron Figural Horse Form Black & Yellow Doorstop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Art Deco Cast Iron Figural Horse Form Black & Yellow Doorstop. Weighs approx 10 lbs. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 7" H x 8" W x 2" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique French Bronze Sculpture "Standing Stag" by Alfred Dubucand
By Alfred Dubucand
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ALFRED DUBUCAND
French, 1828-1894
"Standing Stag"
Medium-brown patinated bronze Signed in naturalistic base "A. Dubucand"
Item # 109HPV21P
A beautifully textured model of Stan...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Art Deco Bronze Sculpture “Mischievous” by Paul Philippe
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAUL PHILIPPE
Polish/French, 1870-1930
"Mischievous"
Polychromed gilt bronze over original marble base signed in cast "P. PHILIPPE" signed in cast "i9.R / France" with foundry seal of A.G. Paris
Item # 212MPH15S
An exquisite and rare example of Paul Philippe's Mischievous finished in a brilliant polychromed gilt, the young woman grabs her reddish-brown hair in hand while looking off into the corner with a sly look in her eyes that suggests she holds a secret that we will never know. The base signature is captured directly from the mold. Situated over its original faceted base. A very fine work.
ARTIST
Born in Thorn in Poland in 1870, Paul Philippe studied under Antonin Larroux at the École des Beaux-Arts after moving to Paris, France around 1900. He exhibited extensively at all of the major French salons and developed his own voice in sculpture by focusing his ouevre around the movement of the female body, often depicting exotic models in highly theatrical poses with a loose adherence to realism in his idealized visions. He walked a fine line between Art Nouveau and Art Deco while his figures do tend towards the latter. He executed figures in bronze and chryselephantine and worked with some of the best foundries in France and Germany. Many examples of his work are held in the Art Deco Museum in Moscow, Russia.
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Category
20th Century French Art Deco Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Kosta Boda My Palace Globe Clear
By Bertil Vallien
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
My Palace Globe is a collection of exquisite “globes” enclosed by a transparent house. These hand-made globes shift in color and style, similar to the ocean exposed to a change in li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
"L'Effort, " Large Art Deco Bronze with Nude Males in Common Cause
By Joseph Witterwulghe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most powerful depictions of the male nude we have ever offered, "L'Effort" was sculpted by Joseph Witterwulghe, a Belgian sculptor, in the late 1920s. The sculptor studied...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Bronze Sculpture “Matador with Cape” (1953) by Malvina Hoffman
By Malvina Hoffman
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MALVINA HOFFMAN
United States, 1885-1966
"Matador with Cappo” (1953
Lost-wax cast, polychromed and patinated bronze signed in cast "M. HOFFMAN 1953", edge engraved "ROMAN BRONZE W...
Category
20th Century American Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kosta Boda Happiness Yellow Red
By Kjell Engman
Located in Wilkes Barre, PA
After one of his visits to the USA in the 80s, Swedish glass artist Kjell Engman got the inspiration to create Happiness based on the women he saw perform in a gospel choir at a chur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Ceres or Plenty, circa 1815
Located in Downingtown, PA
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Venus,
circa 1810
The extremely large figure depicts Venus, Aphrodite of the Classical Greek legend. This model is of great rarity. Venus, is superbly painted, depicted in purple robes with green edging as she rise from the foam of the sea The condition is excellent. Only one other example is known- see below.
Dimensions: 24 1/4 inches high x 8 1/2 inches wide x 8 inches deep
See: Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Family, Friendship, Play, & Classical Subjects, Vol 4, Page 186, Figure 194.37 from the Collection of Arnold and Barbara Berlin, although this example is plainly decorated with a white dress with scattered flowers and a Greek Key border to the plain base.
History of Venus
Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Venus was born from the foam of the sea after Uranus, the sky god, was castrated by his son Cronus. She was carried to the island of Cythera by seashells and then to Mount Olympus, where she became the wife of Vulcan, the god of fire.
Venus in Art
Venus has been a popular subject for artists since ancient times. She is often depicted as a beautiful woman, nude or partially clothed, and is often accompanied by symbols of love and beauty, such as doves, roses, and apples. Some of the most famous depictions of Venus include the Venus de Milo, a marble sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, and the Venus of Urbino...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pearlware, Pottery
James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone Sculpture Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
James Tandi African Wild Boar Green Carved Verdite Hardstone Sculpture Figure. Item features an impressive carved verdite hardstone sculpture of a mother w...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Tribal Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Collection of 9 Folky English Victorian Brass Shoe and Boot Mantel Ornaments
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A collection of 9 brass shoe mantel ornaments.
Each in the form of a lady's boot or shoe.
Some with applied buttons and etched decorations.
Most ...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Pennsylvania - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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