About Barbara Israel Garden Antiques
Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel founded Barbara Israel Garden Antiques in 1985, after a serendipitous purchase of a large collection of estate statuary lead her down the garden antiques path. Now in her 30th year in business, Barbara is recognized as an authority on the subject. Barbara’s exhaustively researched book, Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste (1999), is the definitive work in the field. She is also the author of A Guide to Buying Antique Garden Ornament (2012), a user-friendly handbook packed with tips on conservation, identification and m...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Carved Marble Cranes on Rockwork Base
Located in Katonah, NY
A carved marble group with two cranes on a rocky base, one crane shown with head down harvesting aquatic plants, the other upright with aquatic plants in its beak, both birds with fi...
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Vintage 1910s English Neoclassical Statues
Materials
Marble
Garden Worker in English Stoneware with Shovel Carrying A Bag of Grapes
By Robert Compton Pottery
Located in Katonah, NY
A stoneware figure in the Arts and Crafts style, inscribed “Garden Labour”, depicting a worker with one hand gripping the handle of a shovel, the other hand on his brow, his back aga...
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Antique 1890s English Arts and Crafts Statues
Materials
Stoneware
Monumental Rare English Coade Stone 19th century Urns on Pedestals
By Eleanor Coade
Located in Katonah, NY
An exceptional pair of stoneware urns by the Coade manufactory of Lambeth (London), the body of each semi-lobed, amphora-shaped vessel ornamented with grape vines, the foot of each w...
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Antique 1840s English Neoclassical Revival Urns
Materials
Stoneware
French Cast Iron Two Tiered Fountain with Cherub Baluster, Scalloped Pool
Located in Katonah, NY
A two-tier cast-iron fountain with two fountain bowls, the lower bowl larger, each bowl with scalloped edge and cherub masks on the underside, the smaller bowl surmounted by a founta...
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Antique 1870s French Neoclassical Revival Fountains
Materials
Iron
Stoneware Irish Classical Female with Harp, Flowing Blossoms
Located in Katonah, NY
A rare stoneware figure of Erin, the female personification of Ireland, the partially-draped figure playing a small harp and standing alongside a tree trunk encircled with roses and ...
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Antique 1860s English Neoclassical Statues
Materials
Stoneware
An English Composition Stone Statue of a Gentleman Hunter with Hat
Located in Katonah, NY
A composition stone figure of a gentleman, standing in long coat and knickers and wearing a wide-brim hat, his proper left hand grazing his chin, his pensive countenance with downwar...
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Vintage 1920s English Neoclassical Revival Statues
Materials
Cast Stone
A Pair of Terracotta Urns with Swags and Lion Masks
Located in Katonah, NY
A pair of stoneware urns by J.M. Blashfield, each body ornamented with four lion masks joined by festoons of fruit and flowers, stamped on inside of rim, “J M Blashfield, Stamford”, ...
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Antique 1870s English Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Stoneware
Bronze Fountain Statue of A Cherub holding a Fish
Located in Katonah, NY
A bronze fountain figure of a winged cherub holding a fish, the figure standing with proper right foot aloft, the right foot standing atop rock-work base with seashells, the fish of the koi variety, the whole in the spirit of Andrea del Verrocchio’s ca. 1470 “Putto with Dolphin”, and after a similar figure by Leonardo Rossi...
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1990s Italian Renaissance Fountains
Materials
Bronze
American Bronze Statue of Mythological Figure holding a Sundial by Robert Aitken
By Robert Ingersoll Aitken
Located in Katonah, NY
A bronze figural sundial with satyr figure by American sculptor Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878-1949), the satyr holding a large stylized shell while crouched beneath it, the shell top...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Aesthetic Movement Sundials
Materials
Bronze
French White Cast-iron Classical Statue of Diana de Gabii
Located in Katonah, NY
A fine cast-iron figure of Diana de Gabii, the Goddess standing next to a tree trunk and draped in robes, on its integral base.
This model of Diana is one of many replicas derived f...
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Antique 1880s French Neoclassical Statues
Materials
Iron
Haddonstone Plaque of John Tradescant in 17th-century Dress
Located in Katonah, NY
A composition stone wall plaque with arched top depicting the botanist and gardener, John Tradescant the Younger, standing in 17th-century dress with...
Category
Early 2000s English Tudor Garden Ornaments
Materials
Cast Stone
Italian Carved Marble Statue of a Mythological Faun after Classical Original
Located in Katonah, NY
A carved marble figure of a faun playing the flute, the figure’s head is tilted to meet the flute in playing position, with left leg crossed in front of the right leg, and with left ...
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Neoclassical Revival Statues
Materials
Marble
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