A fine pair of Charles X ormolu and patinated bronze candlesticks from the first half of the 19th century. The waterleaf cast drip pans above a bronze acanthus moulded sconce with a reeded tapering column support. The triform base with hipped paw feet resting on a concave sided plinth base.
Height 11 1/4” (28.5cm)
Width 4” (10cm)
Depth 4” (10cm)
French
Circa 1830
‘Diane à la Biche’ /Diana of Versailles
A late 19th century, French, bronze figure of ‘Diane à la Biche’ (Chasseresse). Standing drawing an arrow from her quiver, her left hand restraining a rearing doe. Original dark brown patination.
The Louvre statue is a Roman copy (1st or 2nd century AD) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, 325BC.
Height 10 3/4″ (27.3cm)
Width 6 1/4″ (16cm)
Base 3 1/2″ x 4 1/4 (9cm x 11cm)
French
Circa 1870
After Michelangelo (Italian, 1475-1564)
A pair of late 19th century, Italian, Grand Tour style patinated bronze figures of Lorenzo & Giuliano Medici, of small size. Cast after the figures by Michelangelo from the tombs of Lorenzo di Piero, Duke of Urbino and Giuliano di Lorenzo, Duke of Nemours, in the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy. Dark brown patination.
Height 6 1/4” (16cm)
Width 3” (7.5cm)
Depth 3” (7.5cm)
Italian
Circa 1870
A delightful small bronze & ormolu ink standish in a naturalistic rural style from the first half of the 19th century. The animalier figure of a grazing ewe with her lamb suckling, standing on a rectangular plinth cast with naturalistic plants and grasses, inset with the original pounce sifter, tray, inkwell and cover. The base with a waterleaf cast ormolu band on plinth base. Retaining the original ormolu & bronze patinations.
Height 3 3/8” (8.7cm)
Width 5 1/2″ (14cm)
Depth 3 9/16” (9cm)
English
Circa 1825
A handsome George IV ormolu & bronze patinated desk stand. The original twin cut glass square ink bottles, flanking a removable taper stick, standing on an ormolu base with embossed band of grape & vine leaves, the sides with scroll handles and base with finely cast ball feet. Regilded. Excellent condition.
Reserved.
Height 5” (12.5cm)
Width 13 1/2” (34.5cm)
Depth 7 1/2” (18cm)
English
Circa 1825
A fine pair of French, Charles X, ‘Romantic period’ bronze & ormolu candelabra. The classically dressed bronze figures holding aloft a three branch candelabra standing on stepped plinths with hexagonal bases. Retaining the original mercury gilding. Usual signs of wear commensurate with age. Both with cast ‘DUB’ to each mount. Both numbered to each part ‘7’ & ‘8’ respectively.
Height 17” (43cm)
Width 7” (17.5cm)
Depth 4” (10cm)
French
Circa 1825
Barbedienne Fondeur
‘TIREUR D’EPINE’
‘Spinario’
A late 19th century, French, bronze figure of a seated boy removing a thorn from the sole of his foot. Rich chocolate brown patination. ‘Reduction mechanique’ seal to base, inscribed ‘Barbedienne Fondeur”.
Also known as ‘Fedelino’ or ‘Boy with Thorn’, the original Greco-Roman Hellenistic bronze sculpture is in the Palazzo die Conservatori, Rome. There is also a Roman marble version in the Medici collection, Florence.
Height 9 3/8” (24cm)
Width 7 1/4” (18.3cm)
Depth 3 7/8” (9.7cm)
Paris
Circa 1890
Produced in three sizes by Barbedienne, this is the second largest size.
A fine mid 19th century Italian Grand Tour bronze model of the ‘Capitoline Wolf’. The finely cast and chased she-wolf with the twin figures of Romulus & Remus suckling beneath.
Height 3 1/2″ (8.9cm)
Width 5 1/2″ (14cm)
Depth 2 1/2″ (6.3cm)
Italian
Circa 1840
La Lupa Capitolina “the Capitoline Wolf”. Traditional scholarship says the wolf-figure is Etruscan, 5th century BC. The figures of Romulus and Remus were added in the 15th century AD by Antonio Pollaiuolo. Recent studies suggest that the she-wolf may be a medieval sculpture dating from the 13th century AD. The work’s attribution attests to the enduring nature of the myth.
Attributed to William Bullock
A pair of early 19th century, George IV, patinated bronze candelabra. The three branches, hung with chains, issuing from a central sconce with flame finial, above a reeded stem on a concave-side canted triangular base, with reeded angles, each side mounted with masks, on scrolled and palmette paw feet. Original patination.
Height 23 3/4” (60.5cm)
Width 7 3/4” (19.5cm)
Depth 6 3/4” (17cm)
English
Circa 1825
Joseph D’Aste, Italian (active 1905-1935)
A pair of gilt bronze & ivory figures of a Dutch boy and girl dressed in traditional costumes, standing with their hands in pockets. Both supported by turned onyx socles, signed ‘D’Aste to each base. Numbered ’54’ to the boys clog.
Born in Naples he worked as a portrait and figure sculptor in the early part of the 20th century.
Height 9 ¼” (23.5cm)
Width 3 ½” (8.9cm)
Depth 3 ½” (8.9cm)
French
Circa 1910
A finely cast and chased mid 19th century, French, Grand Tour bronze bust depicting Athena, Goddess of war. Shown with flowing hair tied at the back, a helmet topped with a wrythen snake, looking straight ahead, the square stepped base cast with a leafy border and supported on a substantial Sienna marble base. Base with nibbles to marble edges.
Height 8 3/4″ (22.2cm)
Width 4″ (10cm)
Depth 4″ (10cm)
French
Circa 1840
A fine pair of bronze, ormolu & marble, mid 19th century French candelabra in the Louis XVI style. The patinated bronze putti seated cross legged on a naturalistic base, each supporting a pair of ormolu candle arms. The circular griotte stepped marble plinth bases with ormolu acanthus and bead cast mounts. Superb original matt & burnished gilding and patination. Discreetly drilled for electricity.
Height 12 3/4” (32.5cm)
Width 6 1/4″ (16cm)
Depth 4 3/8″ (11cm)
French
Circa 1850
A fine pair of early 19th century, George III, patinated bronze candlesticks. Each in the form of a kneeling winged maiden in classical dress, arms raised holding a candle sconce in the form of a swagged urn with an entwined serpent, and retaining the original drip pans. The square stepped plinth bases are weighted with cast iron.
Height 7 1/2″ (19cm)
Width 3 1/4″ (8.2cm)
Depth 3 1/4″ (8.2cm)
English
Circa 1810
A late 19th century, Italian, patinated bronze figure of a bearded Silenus, after the antique, standing on rouge marble plinth. Silenus was a companion to the wine-god Dionysus.
Height 7 1/2” (19cm)
Width 4 1/2” (11.5cm)
Depth 2 1/2” (6.5cm)
European
Circa 1880
‘Mercury & Ceres’ after Giambologna (1529-1608)
A very fine pair of late 19th century continental “Grand Tour” style bronzes after the antique. The figure of Mercury depicted holding a Caduceus in hand, Ceres wrapped in flowing robes, a pair of shears in one hand. Both raised on a blowing Zephyr with turned rouge marble plinths, square black Belgium marble bases and a cast bronze band of Cherubs depicting the Arts. Both in good original condition. Very minor chips to bases.
Height 19 3/4” (50cm)
Square bases 3 3/4” (9.5cm)
Continental
Circa 1860
A pair of 19th century, French Empire bronze and ormolu mounted urns. The flared
rims above a body with stiff leaf band, flanked by gilt scroll handles, standing on
stepped plinths, the sides mounted with finely cast panels of scrolling leaves, with
square bases. Retaining the original
patination & gilding. Cast ‘MP’ to
plinth mount
Height17″ (43cm)
Width 7″ (18cm)
Depth 4 3/4“ (12cm)
French
Circa 1820
A fine pair of Regency Period bronze & ormolu candlesticks. Each with a single candle sconce cast with a leafy border above a shallow bronze urn supported by three monopodia, headed by rams masks with scrolling horns & ending in hoof feet. The circular stepped plinth bases with pinatum finial, a Greek Key band through the centre and finely cast spreading base.
Height 9 1/2″ (24cm)
Width 4 1/4″ (10.5cm)
Depth 4 1/4″ (10.5cm)
English
Circa 1815
A fine pair of French, early 19th century, bronze, ormolu & marble candlesticks. Each in the form of a classically dressed maiden supporting a single candle sconce with original bobeche, and palmette leaf collar. The turned white marble plinths with rope twist border. The sconce discretely drilled as once wired.
Height 11″ (28cm)
Base diameter 3 3/4″ (9.6cm)
French
Circa 1800
Louis Riché (1877-1949)
‘Jollet & Cie Paris Anche Mon Colin’ Foundry
An early 20th century sand cast bronze animalier of a German Shepherd dog by Louis Riché. The finely detailed figure lying down on a naturalistic base with rich green/brown/golden patina. Cast by the Jollet & Cie foundry.
In 1906 The Maison Colin4585 changed it’s name to Jollet & Cie, however it also kept it’s original name adding the wording “Ancienne Maison Collin” on all their castings until 1911.
Height 6 1/4” (16cm)
Width 10 1/4” (26cm)
Depth 3 1/8” (8cm)
French
Circa 1910
A mid 19th century continental bronze figure after Michelangelo of Moses. Depicted seated with tablets under his right arm, the finely cast and chased bronze with dark brown patination.
The Moses (c. 1513–1515) is a sculpture by the Italian high renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb, it depicts the Biblical figure Moses with horns on his head, based on a description in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible used at that time. Michelangelo’s Moses was unequalled by any modern or ancient work. Seated in a serious attitude, he rests with one arm on the tablets, and with the other he holds his long beard, the hairs, so difficult to render in sculpture.
Height 11 3/4” (30cm)
Width 4 3/8” (11cm)
Depth 4 3/4” (12cm)
Continental
Circa 1860
