Art Nouveau Maiden Lamp*

Art Nouveau Maiden Lamp*

French Art Nouveau table lamp from Les Lumieres de Nancy with a colourful pate-de-verre glass shade signed Le Verre Francais. The slenderArt Nouveau maiden, wearing a long diaphanous gown, is standing with her hands entwined…

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Le Verrier Leaping Deer Bookends*

Fine pair of green patinated French Art Deco leaping deer bookends by Max Le Verrier. Made of Le  Verrier’s high grade alloy known as fonte d’art and mounted on black metal framed bases, these epitomise…

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Art Deco Weather Station*

Art Deco black bakelite and chrome weather station made by Fee & Stemwedel of Chicago circa 1940. A very Deco shape with rounded front edges and a chrome plinth curving forwards beneath the centre panel.…

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Pre-Raphaelite Lady*

Fine watercolour portrait of a red-haired young lady dating from the late 1800’s. Painted in the pre-Raphaelite style and monogrammed with the letters HH followed by the figure 94 , presumably for the year 1894.…

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Egyptian Temptress

Terracotta “Cleopatre” signed by Jacobs.  The classical Egyptian temptress as interpreted by this highly regarded French sculptor.  Attractively finished in a single rich reddish-brown colour, giving it a look almost of bronze. Wearing an ornate…

‘Danse Paienne’ signed Derenne*

Art Deco green patinated figure of a nude young woman dancing and holding a pair of discs which she will toss in the air and catch as she dances. Cast at the Le Verrier foundry…

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Bronze Lady

“Buste de Faunesse a la Coiffure de Feuilles et Fruits” – quite some title! This is a dark green patinated bronze bust set on a square, slightly tapered red marble base and signed in the…

Nouveau Maiden by Carli

French plaster bust of a romantically stylised young maiden and so typically Art Nouveau. She has a delightfully innocent face and a most impressive hair style. Her clothing is finished in pleasingly muted shades of…

Art Deco Solid Silver Swimsuit Girl*

Fabulous cast silver figure of an athletic young girl wearing a swimsuit and standing on top of a raised column.  She’s on tiptoe, leaning forward while holding on to decorative curved supports behind her, as…

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“Diana The Huntress” Perfume Lamp*

Rarely seen ‘Brule Parfum’ or perfume lamp made by Argilor of Paris in the 1920’s. A cleverly stylised porcelain figure of Diana standing behind two deer who are bending forward to drink water.  She is…

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Goldscheider Girl of Capri

Water carrying maidens were a favoured subject of the Art Nouveau sculptors and here we have another one.  This is a delightful small terracotta statue from Goldscheider created by the artist E. Tell around 1898 and titled…

Le Verrier Candle Holder*

Unusual and rare seven branch bronze candle holder from Le Verrier – quite possibly a menorah. Of an openwork foliate design supported on four similarly styled feet and with a central culumn featuring a rope pattern…

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William Comyns & Co Art Deco Silver Box*

English Art Deco silver box with clean, sharp lines and a machined finish to the top of the lid, the sides and the ends. Raised off a platform with a bevelled edge all round, and…

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Good Dog

Great looking, seated German Shepherd dog of somewhat stylised form, ears pricked and seemingly at the alert.  This is a simple but very pleasing sculpture cast in spelter and with nice aged patination. Unsigned but a…

Bronze Panther by Gaby

Good bronze study from around 1920 or perhaps a little earlier of a quietly watchful panther by the Belgian animalier H. Gaby.  Something seems to have caught the attention of this good looking animal as…

Amazone au Javelot*

This is the smaller version of Pierre le Faguay’s famous Art Deco sculpture at around 30 cm high. The slender and athletic girl is modelled with lovely flowing lines, the slight tilt of her head…

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