C1880 butterfly AUSTRIAN BRONZE
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All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1457193
Global Ceramics
$140.00
Five watchful dogs – setters, dachshunds and a collie – cast in brass on an Art Nouveau pen tray. Around 1910, unmarked, probably English. Length "7 1/3 / 18.7 cm. Condition: natural wear, consistent with use, the underside still with original gilding.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1094289
Finely executed early 20th century miniature bronze figure of a young boy holding giant boot, 4 1/4 inches high and in great condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1428105 (stock #BNJartNouBoo)
June Hastings
$185.00
Pair of antique art nouveau bookends depicting a scholar reading in a library. Cast iron with a bronze finish by Judd Co., it is great set of bookends for your office or library. Measures 5.5" high, 7" long, 2.75" wide. Dates circa 1920
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1094290
Finely executed early 20th century bronze figure of a crawling toddler with ball, 4.5 inches wide and in great condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1094292
Finely executed early 20th century bronze figure of a young girl on her back playing with ball, 4 inches wide and 3.5 inches high, in great condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #113472
Very nice cold-painted Vienna bronze figure of a dachsund. The painting is finely done in shades of black and brown. Unmarked.

Origin: Austria, circa 1900. Condition: excellent, minimal wear at high points such as the tip of the nose and the tip of the tail. Size: 1-3/4" x 1-1/16".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1700 item #1418091
A fine quality redish brass Candlestick, Flemish, late 16th.-early 17th. century.

The piece late renassance style and quite attractive. Some light wear and tear but in authentic and original condition.

Size: ca. 20 cm.

Ex. Danish Private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1358185 (stock #CI)
A very artistic Bronze IMPALA running, mounted on a fine Marble base. Size 9" x 5.5" inches (23 cm. x 14 cm.)
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1800 item #1463375
Nice heavy cauldron, dating to the 17th/18th. century made in the gothic style. A round body and shortened legs to make it suitable for a stove, instead of open fire.

Size: 27 cm. wide (incl. handles) and and 14 cm. tall heavy item, weighing c. 5 kilograms, so expect c. $100 for overseas shipping, c. $50 for for EU and UK.

Condition: Choice, nice patina.

Provenance: The Estate of Carl-johan Hummeltoft (1958-2020), Birkerød, Denmark...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1221005
A good bronze footed trumpet base by bronze artisan Carl Sorensen. The surface is patinated in a mottled bluish-green shade and is enhanced with bands of parallel engraved lines in a bright copper finish. Most of Sorensen’s vases did not have a foot, and the addition of the small foot—also enhanced with a bright copper edging—adds special appeal. Sorensen is known to have worked in Philadelphia in the first part of the 20th century, making bronze wares in the Arts & Crafts tradition...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1027628 (stock #1443)
A Petite Bronze Dressing Table or Vanity Mirror in an Art Nouveau Design, with a Folding Stand on the Back. Circa 1880. Dimensions; 10.5" high x 7.5" wide. Very Good Condition
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1800 item #1463226
A lovely early North-European bronze tripod Pan, dating to the 17th.-18th. century AD.

An early type of Scandinavian bronze or bell-metal pan for open fire with three legs and a closed handle. Later crude owners initials and dating to 1806. This particular alloy and type dates to c. 1690-1720.

The pan with wonderful patina, extensive wear and numerous repairs from the time of use.

Size: c. 36 cm. long incl. the handle...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1328627 (stock #1693)
An Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Card Tray (or Trivet) with Four Legs and a Bird, Floral and Wheat Design. Dimensions; 8.5" diameter x 1.25" high. Circa 1875 and in excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #111297
Handsome gilt bronze figure of a reclining dog (some variety of hound) mounted as a paperweight on a butterscotch marble base. The statue retains its original gilt surface and has achieved a very pleasing patina. The marble base is richly colored with gray veining.

Origin: France, circa 1850. Condition: some flaking to bottom edges of marble base, no cracks, no damage to bronze figure. Size: 4-1/4" x 2-3/8" x 2-1/4" tall.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #157893 (stock #358)
A Pair of Bronze and Onyx Garnitures Urns from the Late 19th century. They were originally made to go with a mantle clock. Dimensions 14" high, including base x 4" wide. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1481473
Cold-painted Viennese bronze sculpture of a devil by Franz Bergman. This half-goat half-man figure is very well detailed, even showing the individual vertebrae along his back and the curls of his hair.
  • Origin: Austria, ca 1900
  • Condition: near mint; tiny surface rubs at sharp points such as the fingertips
  • Dimensions: 2-1/4" tall
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1094299
Finely executed late 19th century bronze figure of a young boy proudly standing, 5.75 inches high, in excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1449245 (stock #TBD00313)
A pair of scrolling cast bronze chenet with good chasing. The iron backbars are probably replacements. Approximately 12 inches tall, 11 inches across (each one) and with backbars about 16 inches deep.

The condition is excellent without any losses. Could really shine if that is the desired finish.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #586756
A handsome Victorian bronze pen tray with a native American motif. One end of the tray has a very detailed representation of an Indian wearing a feathered headdress and various jewelry. The tray itself has a wonderful relief scene depicting an encampment. A group of warriors are gathered around a fire smoking a pipe and wearing feathered bonnets and loincloths. Teepees are in the background, along with a number of palm trees...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1305422 (stock #BNJinkwellFr)
June Hastings
$325.00
Circa 1880 French bronze champleve enamel inkwell with delicately hand-painted bird scenes. It sits on 4 bun feet and is in excellent condition. All enameling is intact with the darkest red color being a beautiful clear wine red (which tends to look a darker/duller in our photos). This lovely inkwell measures 7 inches across and 3" high.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #19744
Very rare heart shaped gilt bronze-mounted dresser tray with handmade lace insert. This is the only heart-shaped dresser tray I've ever seen. Marked on the bottom "France."

Origin: France, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, but could use some cleaning. Size: 10-3/4" x 8-1/2" x 1".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1438075
An interesting antique bronze figure, Roman style, possible after antiquity, likely 19th. century AD.

A good bronze, likely of the god Herculas (now missing the club), with fine patina and mounted by way of a brass pin. The mounting is old and the collection whence it came is old too.

We're not certain about the age of this piece so we're selling it as antique but not as ancient.

Size: 19,5 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #1306275
A delightful bronze dresser mirror, the entire frame ornately decorated in the form of two Pierrot figures and a smiling man-in-the-moon. Pierrot was a originally a Comedia dell’Arte character, but in the 18th century, he and the moon became inextricably linked in the French children’s song, “Au Claire de la Lune.” There are a few variations of this mirror; this is the most ornate, with the intricately beveled glass. The detailing of the figures is excellent.

Origin: France, ca...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1449249 (stock #TBD00417)
A Rococo style bronze stand for either fire tools or umbrellas. May have been gilt at one time. 28 ½ inches tall and 10 inches across. French 19th century.

Condition: If gilt most of it is gone. Red showing in some of the bronze. Replaced screw holding the base and standard together. Good structural condition without repairs.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1700 item #1470472 (stock #R159)
This is a rare and authentic 17th-century antique Russian bronze icon with a center panel finial from the triptych Deesis. It depicts The Savior enthroned, surrounded by the Mourning Virgins and St. John the Baptist in the upper tier. The lower part of the Icon has half-figures of St...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1700 item #1463371
A very rare and attractive bronze skillet pan, European, likey Flemish or german, c. 1600-1650!

Very large bronze skillet or pan, dating to the late renaissance period in the fine gothic style. A round hollow handle to take a wooden pole. Legs shortened at time of use to make it suitable for a stove, instead of open fire...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1094301
Finely executed late 19th century bronze figure of a young boy wearing hat, faint polychrome remaining, signed illegibly. Size: 8.5 inches high including the base.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1800 item #1463218
A scarce and very impressive large white bronze / bell metal Cauldron, Northern Europe, Sweden or Denmark, c. mid 18th. century.

The exceptional cauldron were part of luxery interior of a kitchen of an important mansion / manor in the 18th. century and is with initials from the family. The cauldron is tanding three seperately cast legs and two Gothic style handles are attached, concenthric decoration and initials in relief as part of the casting.

Size: c. 37 cm. wide and 22...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1700 item #1487280
A lovely thick oval bronze plaque with a classic theatre depiction, Italy, c. 16th.-17th. century.

An artful and highly interesting bronze plaque, cast in high relief and would probably have adorned a casket or case, perhaps even furniture as an inlay. The scene depicts a younger man with classical greek dress seated at a table with three heads / theatre masks. He holds a of the three masks in his left hand and he is looking straight at it. behind the high table, theres an impressive...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #397830
Extraordinary French bronze jewel box in the Louis XVI style. The lid has a bas-relief design illustrating a boating party preparing to pass below an aqueduct. A city rises in the distance, while the foreground is populated with very detailed trees and shrubs. The scene is draped in fabric, tied at the corners with ribbon and surmounted with a laurel wreath intertwined with a torch and staff, typical Louis XVI devices. The sides are decorated with beautifully detailed swags of roses. Boxes ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1910 item #1047152
Description: Striking and beautiful gilt bronze French dresser box with hand painted miniature portrait on the top. The portrait depicts a beautiful lady dressed in 19th century style, the workmanship is well rendered. Size: This is 1.5"" in height and 3 1/4" wide, in good condition with water stain to inside cushion. Shipping is FREE.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1469698 (stock #D282)
Antique 18th-19th century circular bronze plaque-dish in the Renaissance manner "Minerva leads the personification of painting into the circle of Arts and Sciences," after Hans Jakob Bayr (1574 – 1628), Augsburg, Germany.

The bronze plaque, beautifully cast in relief, depicts the goddess Minerva (Athena in Greek mythology), introducing the personification of "Painting" into the circle of liberal arts. Female figures personify the Seven Liberal Arts. They are Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Ari...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1426691
A good example of the remarkable talent behind the wonderful Austrian Bronze handmade, hand painted bronze miniature figurines, made in the late nineteenth century. Austrian bronzes are individually cast from sand molds used only once, then sculpted and cold painted by hand with several and secretive colors of enamel paints, known as "dust" paints. This resulted in very fine and realistic studies of the different models. This adorable miniature sculpture of a husband and wife Inuit couple with ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1166214 (stock #5A28)
"Tiffany Studios" Gilded Bronze Paper Clip, Art Deco period 1920, 2" x 2 1/4" wide, 1" high, marked "Tiffany Studios, New York, 358, 1805", no damages except some gilding is worn on the corners.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1426688
This is a rare example of the remarkable talent behind the wonderful Austrian Bronze handmade, hand painted bronze miniature figurines which were made around the turn of the 20th century in foundries in Austria and Vienna. Austrian bronzes are individually cast from sand molds used only once, then sculpted and cold painted by hand with several coats of a special and secretive type of enamel paint, resulting in very detailed and life like miniature figures. Our tarantula, approximately 1 inch squ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1475247 (stock #4215)

Arts and Crafts bronze bookends in the form of stylized goats

These well-sculpted pieces retain the original applied green patina

7 1/2" tall x 4" x 4"

In very good antique condition

Unsigned

Goats feature prominently in the ancient mythology of many cultures and are depicted as symbols of fertility, abundance, good luck and aggression