Dullaert Art Antiques Decorative Objects

Pair of Altar Pricket Candlesticks Cast and turned brass Europe, ca. 1600 Height: approx. 28.5 cm A fine pair of brass altar pricket candlesticks, each with a baluster-shaped shaft ...

Polychromed Oak Figure of the Virgin, Kneeling Germany or Flanders, first half of the 17th century Carved and polychromed oak. Height: ca. 50 cm. A devotional sculpture of the Virgi...

Nossa Senhora da Conceição (The Immaculate Conception) Brazil (Minas Gerais), 18th century, or Luso-Brazilian Carved steatite (pedra sabão) with traces of original polychromy; mounte...

Oak sculpture depicting Saint Catherine of Alexandria, early 17th century, South Flanders Elegant oak sculpture, 33 cm high, depicting Saint Catherine of Alexandria, identifiable b...

Probably pearwood, Flanders, first quarter of the 17th century This intimate representation of the Virgin and Child is carved in warmly toned wood. Mary, standing, carries the Child...

Unusual size walnut chest, decorated with blackened wooden rims, standing on ball feet, France or South Germany, 18th century, Dimensions: 57 x 33 x 27 cm. In fair condition, some ...

A rare wooden casket with polychrome and gilded pastiglia relief, Italy, 15th century. The box is adorned with four finely executed scenes from the life of an unknown martyr — beautifully preserved and remarkably vivid after centuries. Dimensions: 15.5 × 10.4 × 9 cm Provenance: Dutch private collection In overall good condition for its age, with minor losses to the surface and possible retouching to the polychromy. The ball feet are likely later additions. Pastiglia [paˈstiʎʎa], an Italian term meaning "pastework", is low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain. The technique was used in a variety of ways in Italy during the Renaissance. White lead pastiglia was a north Italian speciality, produced between about 1450 and 1550. Six workshops were identified by Patrick M. De Winter, although their location remains uncertain; the Workshop of the Love and Moral Themes, whose products seem the most numerous, was possibly at Ferrara, where the painter Cosimo Tura began his career gilding caskets. Venice is also thought to have produced them. Other workshops identified by De Winter include the "Workshop of the main Berlin casket" and "Workshop of the Cleveland Casket". The subjects were typically classical, drawn from both mythology and Ancient Roman history (especially the early period covered by Livy), but biblical ones are also found. Compositions can often be shown to be borrowed from another medium, such as prints or bronze plaquettes...

Wooden sculpture of a putto in a mix of baroque and classical style, Early 19th century. Dimensions: 61 (h) x 34 (w) x 15 (d) cm. Heavy oak statue. Probably part of an altar or pul...

Rare collection of 5 antique ceramic tobacco jars/humidors. 1. Hand-painted cermic tobacco jar, marked underside illegible and numbered 8100, man with cap with inscription 'Polin' ...