Sculpture, Carvings & Other

Stock: 14286

A pair of fine marble resin relief plaques, in ornate carved giltwood frames, after the Flemish sculptor Francois Duquesnoy, (1594 to 1644). Copies of the originals made in Paris in the late 19th century. Each depicts Neoclassical scenes of nymphs and cloud-borne putti. One of the figures is probably that of Venus rising from the sea. Each is signed Francois Duquesnoy Paris 1892. The reverse of each bears a bronze medallion with the words Virges Acquirit Eundo ( which roughly translates as We gather strength as we go) and Lutet Parisi M.D. CC.XVIL. In good condition.
French, dated 1892

Notes: Medallion - A depiction of Fame, flying towards a rising sun, sounding one of her trumpets, to which is attached a banner and in her other hand she holds another trumpet.

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	width	height
	11" 28 cms	22 3⁄8" 57 cms

Stock: 12185

A pair of very large corbelled European Pine brackets or jambs carved in the Baroque manner with elaborately acanthus detail and each terminating in differing Green Man Masks. Possibly once part of a large fireplace. French, circa 1910.

Link to: Antique Baroque Chimneypieces inc English, Italian, French, Flemish Bolection fireplace mantels.

	Width	Height	Depth
	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	60" 152.5 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms

Stock: 10438

A large and rare, English Rococo, finely carved Statuary Marble tablet of the infant Eros asleep under trees on a bank beside a river in an Elysian landscape set within scrolling borders. It may have once been the central feature on the frieze of a grand chimneypiece. The last image, rather blurred I'm afraid, shows a similar tablet that was from a chimneypiece in Blair Castle, in Pitlochry Scotland.
Carved by Thomas Carter, English, c.1755.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	10 5⁄8" 27 cms	3" 7.5 cms

Stock: 14545

A Statuary Marble bust of a young woman purportedly by the French sculptor Jean-Paul Aubé (1837-1916). The name P. Aubé and the date 1885 can be seen carved on the back. French circa 1880.

Notes:Jean-Paul Aubé (3 July 1837 – 23 August 1916) was a French sculptor born in Longwy, North Eastern France and was once painted, together with his son, by Paul Gauguin.

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	width	height	depth
	29 1⁄8" 74 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 14978

A Statuary Marble Regency chimneypiece tablet depicting the Greek youth Ganymede offering a drink from his cup to Zeus who is in the form of an eagle. In Greek mythology Zeus, in the guise of an eagle, abducted the beautiful Ganymede from his home in Troy and flew him back to Mount Olympus to serve as a cup bearer to the Gods. Zeus bestowed on him the gift of eternal youth and immortality. English, circa 1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms	2 3⁄8" 6 cms

Stock: 14979

A charming Georgian Statuary Marble chimneypiece tablet depicting a reclining Greek muse with her harp. English, circa 1810.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄4" 41.5 cms	6 1⁄2" 16.5 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 14980

A Neoclassical style marble plaque in pure white Statuary Marble finely carved with a central urn surrounded by scrolling foliage and ribboned descending grape vines. English, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	18 7⁄8" 48 cms	8 1⁄8" 20.7 cms	1 1⁄8" 2.8 cms

Stock: 14977

A Statuary Marble classically styled delightful antique plaque of generous proportions carved with a central shell cartouche flanked by a sunflower and rose and surrounded with an abundance of small flowers, wheat ears and ribboned bellflowers. English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	10 13⁄16" 27.5 cms	1 5⁄8" 4 cms

Stock: 4226

A tall 18th century finely carved wood and polychrome figure of the Bohemian saint St. John Nepomuk(1345-1393). He was purportedly the confessor to the Queen of Bohemia and at the request of King Wenceslaus(1361-1419), King of the Romans and Bohemia, was drowned in the Vltava River in Prague for refusing to divulge the secrets of the confessional. Nepomuk is also believed to be the protector against floods and troubled waters and is considered a patron saint of bridges.
Bohemian, early 17th century but could possibly be earlier. (a/f)

Notes: Not the "Good King Wenceslaus"(907-935) of legend who is sung about in the carol of the same name whose life was based on the life of the historical Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia or Svatý Václav in Czech.

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	width	height	depth
	19 13⁄16" 50.2 cms	64" 162.6 cms	11" 27.9 cms

Stock: 10307

A Regency statuary marble tablet representing the marriage of Cupid and Psyche. The couple is veiled and Cupid holds a dove whilst they are accompanied by three putti, holding a torch, a basket of fruit and a stool for their wedding ceremony. This is based on the onyx cameo made by Tryphon during the Roman Late Republican or Early Imperial Period (50–25 B.C.). This cameo once belonged to Peter Paul Rubens and was inventoried in both the collection of the Duke of Arundel and the Duke of Malborough in the 18th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	20 1⁄2" 52 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.6 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 7546

'The Choice of Heracles'. A carved Statuary Marble chimneypiece tablet or plaque depicting the Greek hero Heracles (Roman Hercules) at the moment in which he was offered to choose an easy peaceful life or a turbulent glorious life by the two allegorical figures Vice and Virtue. He chose the latter.
English, late 18th early.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	18 1⁄8" 46 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.6 cms	1 3⁄8" 3.5 cms

Stock: 14442

An antique Italian carved Alabaster figure of a young bather standing on a rusticated base of rocks, lapped by waves, and resting on a circular moulded plinth. Some minor scuffs and scratches.
Italian, late 19th century.

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	width	height
		24 3⁄8" 62 cms

Stock: 14105

A fine neoclassical style antique bronze figure of a muse holding a lyre in one hand and a small musical scroll in the other, standing on a break bowfront base signed with the name Magnan Paris 1867. French late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	9 3⁄8" 24 cms	22" 56 cms	7 1⁄8" 18 cms

Stock: 14387

A 20th century bronze of a beautiful young gypsy maiden with a tambourine after the model by Claudius Marioton (1844-1919). The name Marioton and the number 126 are enscribed on the back. The original would have been made in Paris at the art foundry - Fondeur, Siot-Decauville active in the 19th and early 20th century and whose workshops and stores were in Villehardouin Street, Paris. French early to mid 20th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	5 1⁄2" 14 cms	17 1⁄4" 44 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 14383

An antique carved beech wood plaque depicting the Coat of Arms of the City of Manchester which was granted to the City in 1842. The City's motto is inscribed on the plaque and reads "Concilio et Labore" which loosely translated means "Wisdom and Effort".

The Coat of Arms depicts the Heraldic Antelope with its chain, a symbol of peace and harmony, extreme courage and discipline also representing the engineering industries; and the Heraldic Lion a symbol of bravery and strength, his crown, a castle is a reference to the ancient Roman fort of Castlefield. Each wears the Red Rose of Lancaster on their shoulders. They flank a central cabuchon depicting a ship representing the trading relationships of Manchester, and a globe covered in bees which in heraldic terms is a symbol of efficient industry. To this day the bee is often used as a shorthand emblem of Manchester.

English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	11 1⁄4" 28.8 cms

Stock: 13871

A patinated antique bronze of Lorenzo de Medici, the 15th century Italian Statesman and the powerful ruler of the Florentine Republic. He was well known for his patronage of Renaissance scholarship. poetry and art most notably that of Botticello and Michaelangelo. He is depicted deep in thought, this figure is deserving of its nickname "Pensieroso" or "The thoughtful one" and is after the original by Michelangelo on the tomb of Lorenzo de Medici in the Chapel of San Lorenzo in Florence. Italian, possibly French late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 13747

A Coalbrookdale lamp stand modelled as an allegory of Europe, from a series of four cast-iron standards representing the continents. This series was designed by the celebrated British sculptor John Bell in the 1860s.

It was Francis Darby's interest in the possibilities of statue casting that led to the foundry’s partnership with Bell, who allowed the foundry to take a mold from his celebrated statue, The Eagle Slayer. Once they had successfully completed this task, Bell went on to design a number of fine cast items for them, including pieces for the Great Exhibition and the Paris Exposition.

John Bell (1811–1895) was a British sculptor perhaps most famous for his statue, The Eagle Slayer.

English, c.1860

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	Base diameter	Height
	13" 33 cms	58 1⁄4" 148 cms

Stock: 13742

A grand and finely modelled life size bronze figure of a prowling tiger.
Powerful and Regal.
Probably 20th Century Japanese.

Weight: 90kg

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	length	height
	77 3⁄16" 196 cms	26 5⁄8" 67.5 cms

Stock: 4351

A pair of rare stone roundels in the Renaissance manner, each with a carved head; one depicting Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Florentine sculptor, goldsmith and amorist; the other depicts Giulio Romano (1499-1546), painter and architect, one of the creators of Mannerism, from 1515 until Raphael's death in 1520, his chief assistant.
Italian 19th century, circa 1850.

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	diameter	depth
	40" 101.6 cms	15" 38 cms

Stock: 7478

A most attractive patinated bronzed cast-iron Baroque style figure of a small girl reminiscent of the illustration by Emile Bayard of the child Cosette from Victor Hugo's " Les Miserables". It was almost certainly made by the Coalbrookdale Foundry. There are holes in the base which point to it once being part of a larger piece and the figure of the girl is identical to the one depicted in the fourth image below of a Coalbrookdale fountain base which sold at Sothebys Billingshurst on 26th May 1987.

English, the Diamond Foundry mark on the base indicates1854 image five attached below.

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	width	height	depth
	13" 33 cms	33" 83.8 cms	9" 22.9 cms

Stock: 13629

A large marble plaque, or chimneypiece tablet, depicting the winged Nike, Greek Goddess of Victory, driving a chariot pulled by team of powerful horses. She is attended by a pair of winged cherubic attendants and a hunting dog can be seen running alongside the horses. English, late 19th century.

Notes: The Greek goddess Nike personified Victory. She was the daughter of the Titan Pallas and the goddess Styx and a close companion of Zeus. She took on the role of the divine charioteer and flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame, symbolized by a wreath of laurel leaves.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	27" 68.5 cms	14 3⁄8" 36.5 cms	2 3⁄16" 5.5 cms

Stock: 8273

An interesting pair of Japanese street entertainers in spelter. One has its forearm missing, the other some fingertips. They would originally have supported acrobatic children as part of their act. Copies from the much earlier bronze originals
Japanese 19th century

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	Width	Height
	15 3⁄8" 39 cms	30 1⁄4" 77 cms

Stock: 7358

A plaster bust of Zachariah probably cast in the late 19th century from the original monumental 'Well of Moses' sculpture by the Dutch artisan Claus Sluter ( 1395 - 1405 ) for the Carthusian monastery of Chartreuse de Champmol built as a burial site by the Burgundian Duke Philip the Bold just outside the Burgundian capital of Dijon, now in France. See image below.
French late 19th century

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	width	height	depth
	25" 63.5 cms	25" 63.5 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.4 cms

Stock: 11022

A large antique terracotta campana urn, possibly by Blashfield, decorated in the Greek Revival manner after Bertel Thorvaldsen and Thomas Hope. Frieze features under the anthemion motif beneath the rim show various figures of flower and fruit maidens, minstrels and an angel typical of Ancient Greek inspiration, the handles are butted by the heads of river deities. English, early 19th century.

Notes: Although not stamped the texture of the clay & the design is very similar to the work produced by J M Blashfield." There was an identical urn sold at a Sotheby's Sale on 21 Sept 1999.

Weight: 110 kg.

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	Diameter	Height	Base W & H
	30 1⁄4" 77 cms	41 1⁄4" 105 cms	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms

Stock: 11498

A well sculpted antique statuary marble bust in the manner of a Roman Senator.
Probably Italian, 19th century.

Reminiscent of the Bust of Cicero, by Peter Scheemakers, 1743 (Long Room, Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland).

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	width	height	depth
	13 3⁄8" 34 cms	17 1⁄2" 44.5 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 12679

An antique large Victorian bronze figure of a Knight Crusader.
Mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
External	11 3⁄8" 29 cms	19 1⁄4" 49 cms	6 1⁄4" 16 cms

Stock: 12134

A life size bronze of Don Quixote of La Mancha who with his squire, Sancho Panza was the inveterate tilter at windmills. He was the creation of the early 17th century author Miguel de Cervantes.
Sculptor: Fredy Balthazar Stoll(1869-1949).
Early 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	26 13⁄16" 68 cms	39 13⁄16" 101 cms	18 7⁄8" 48 cms

Stock: 10700

A massive aluminium heraldic spread eagle, with three Ducal coronets on it's breasts and wings the original emblem, without the three crowns was used by the Barclays Bank Group from the early 18th century. The three crowns were added in the 1930's to differentiate it from those emblems used for centuries in varying forms by royal households, countries and other establishments.
English, 1930's.

Notes: When in 1728 the Barclays Bank company moved into the premises known as The Black Spread Eagle on Lombard Street in central London they adopted as their emblem the sign of a Black Spread Eagle which had been left by the previous unknown tenants of the building. The premises later became 54 Lombard Street. Barclays present day blue emblem, first introduced in the 1960's and adopted in 1970, is based on the old earlier logo as shown on the hanging Bank sign below.

Casting of monuments and works of art in aluminium was first used by Alfred Gilbert in 1893 for his statue of Eros (famously misnamed, the figure is in fact Anteros, his twin brother), the Greek God of requited love, which is poised on top of the memorial to Lord Shaftsbury in the middle of Piccadilly Circus in London's West End.

SCALE : Imperial .

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	Width	Height	Depth
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	72" 183 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms

Stock: 11842

A 19th century terracotta architectural corbel, with lion masks to the corners and the mask of a boy to the centre. The rest of the corbel is modelled from acanthus leaves and egg and dart mouldings. Original paint.

English, c.1870.

	Width	Height	Depth
External	15 5⁄8" 39.5 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 9184

A pair of terracota winged lions in the Baroque manner.
Italian, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	33 1⁄2" 85 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 6440

A marble bust of a classical female with high necked draped robe.
Italian 18th century.

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	width	height	Depth
	24" 61 cms	28 1⁄4" 72 cms	11 13⁄16" 30 cms

Stock: 11353

A small antique bronze bust of Dionysus set on a circular plinth, his locks intertwined with vine leaves and grapes. Dionysus was the son of Zeus and known as the Ancient Greek God of the wine harvest. In Ancient Rome he was known as Bacchus. Victorian, mid 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	7 11⁄16" 19.5 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 7134

A plaster bust of Bacchus, Roman god of wine and fertility, formerly the Greek God Dionysius, after the original by Raux in the Louis XIV manner.
French, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	15" 38.1 cms	23" 58.4 cms	9 1⁄2" 24.1 cms

Stock: 10300

A superb and very large painted polychrome terracotta model of a North American Bison at Bay.
Late 19th century.

Notes: Sometimes confused with the buffalo the American Bison is found only on the north American continent and is only distantly related to the African Cape Buffalo and the Asian Water Buffalo.

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	Length	Height	Width
	57 1⁄8" 145 cms	36 5⁄8" 93 cms	19 11⁄16" 50 cms

Stock: 10635

A rare Doulton Lambeth Cream Glazed Stoneware Garden Sundial, the square plateau with scalloped corners over a column moulded as two swans, each with upswept wings, on a raised base.
Note: The original bronze sundial plate is missing

English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms	28" 71 cms	15 3⁄16" 38.5 cms