Archibald Knox Gold Pendant for Liberty
Gold pendant with an openwork entrelac design from the drawing board of Archibald Knox and dating from circa 1905. Set with a central blister pearl drop and with a turquoise matrix lower drop, this pendant…
‘Lady on The Seine’ by Dietz Edzard*
Ornately framed oil on canvas by the German born artist Dietz Edzard (1893-1963). This is an atmospheric half length portrait of an elegantly dressed young woman taking refreshment whilst seated on a verandah raised above…
Loetz ‘Candia’ Vase with Silver Overlay
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WMF Flower Dish
Pewter flower dish from WMF with the original green cut glass removable liner. So Art Nouveau, with its flowing outline, featuring an openwork whiplash design framing leaves and berries of ivy. Originally electro-plated but most…
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Goldscheider ‘Theodora’*
Item Description
Top quality large Art Nouveau terracotta bust titled ‘Theodora’ originally sculpted by the artist Cherc for Goldscheider.
Presumably this is Cherc’s stylised take on the Roman Empress Flavia Maximiana Theodora who was the second wife of Emperor Constantius Chlorus.
She is modelled here as a young maiden with gentle features and a typically modest, downward gaze, her head turned slightly to her right. Her long hair is falling forward over her shoulders and is tied in stylish and unusual fashion at the back. She’s wearing an ornately detailed headdress or helmet and the darker coloured base of the bust swirls and twists upwards to form the leafy top of her dress.
At around 64 cm tall, this is a very impressive work with strong Art Nouveau styling.
Signed by the artist and showing the Goldscheider potter plaque verso together with the numbers 1994/296/16. Circa 1897-1900
Lit: Dechant / Goldscheider, p. 341 Also Pinhas, pp. 53 and 96