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Item Ships From: United Kingdom
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures,
Turkish / Persian Lady
Gentleman
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures, Turkish / Persian Lady
Gentleman. circa 1755
Both designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Rare and early examples of both models.
Category
1750s German Rococo Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$5,285 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Victorian Brass Monopedia Dragons on Marble Bases
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of striking Victorian era brass monopedia dragons mounted on contrasting sienna marble bases, circa 1880.
Once decorative or supporting brackets for furniture or architecture...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Rene Lalique Sanglier Car Mascot Marcilhac 1157, Designed 1929
By René Lalique
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Rene Lalique Sanglier Car Mascot Marcilhac 1157, Designed 1929
Additional Information:
Heading : Rene Lalique 'Sanglier' (wild boar) car mascot
Date : Designed 1929
Origin : Wingen...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
18th Century Gold Processional Religious Church Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
Wonderfully ornate gilt gesso over carved wood processional cross, probably northern Italy late 18th century. The large floral wreath with carved gilt ribbons, a small cross to the c...
Category
1780s Italian Baroque Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Seated figure white abstract sculpture
By RinDesign
Located in London, GB
An abstract sculpture of a seated figure in white, handcrafted molded and cast in full bodied gypsum reinforced with fibreglass matting. The creative process takes multiple stages,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Jute, Fiberglass, Plaster
Antique Grand Tour Alabaster Statue of Diana di Gabii
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique Grand Tour alabaster statue of Diana di Gabbi, after the antique. Dating to circa 1890, this expertly hand-carved sculpture is in excellent ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Classical Late 19th Century Marble Statue of a Reclining Nude
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th century French marble statue of a classical female nude reclining on a tigers skin and bronze daybed.
Signed: G Gomlags.
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Italian Gilt Bronze Sculpture of a "Centaur and Cupid"
Located in London, GB
A very fine early 20th Century gilt bronze group of cupid riding on the back of a Centaur with execellent golden patina and very fine detail, raised on a marble base
ADDITIONAL INFO...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Classical Greek United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Purple Amethyst Cluster White Quartz Decorative Object Sculpture Rock Crystal
Located in London, GB
A pleasing crescentic section of quartz with agate areas, surrounding a beautiful vibrant streak of deep purple amethyst.
This crescentic medium sized section has a wonderful thick white quartz...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
Fossil Knightia Alta Fish Shoal Lithographic Limestone Plate
Located in Scorton, GB
This visually stunning statement piece, designed for placement, captures a shoal of Knightia Alta fish for vertical wa authentically fossilised within the original silt beds of a once tropical lagoon from the Green River, Wyoming.
The unique sub-lithographic limestone plate presents a remarkable opportunity for collectors and enthusiasts to own a piece of natural history. This extraordinary find features a considerable slab of specimen fish...
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Prehistoric Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Brown Druze Amethyst Green Jasper Decorative object Sculpture Crystal Rock
Located in London, GB
A stunning intense brown amethyst druze formation with stalactites.
The mineral sculpture is embellished by multiple stalactite formations, and gives the sensation of movement due ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Quartz, Amethyst, Agate
19th Century Mounted York Stone Finial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
19th Century Mounted York Stone Finial. An antique York stone finial mounted on a modern lacquered steel stand.
Additional Dimensions
Base
15 cm x 15 cm
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Steel
‘Diana the Huntress’. A Near Lifesize Statuary Marble Group
By Alfred Boucher
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Alfred Boucher (French, 1850-1934), ‘Diana the Huntress’, A Near Lifesize Statuary Marble Group.
Modelled nude with head turned looking to her left, striding forward holding the greyhound by its collar with her right hand and a giltwood bow in her left hand. On an integral carved base with foliage support.
Signed 'A. BOUCHER'
Boucher’s choice of pose is deliberately indebted to the celebrated mid-16th century painting of Diana the Huntress by an anonymous artist of the School of Fontainebleau. The painting is a mythical representation of Diane de Poitiers, the mistress of King Henry II, in the guise of the goddess Diana, who is shown nude, walking forward beside a greyhound, looking over her left shoulder and holding a bow. Another clear antecedent for Boucher’s ‘Diane the Huntress...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century German Carved Wooden Deers Head
Located in London, GB
19th century carved wooden deer’s head
We are proud to offer a delightful example of a 19th century hand carved German deer’s head. This ite...
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Pine, Paint
Antique French Bronze Bust Sculpture of a Satyr / Faun by Alix Marquet - 1914
By Alix Marquet
Located in London, GB
Antique Bronze Satyr Sculpture, Antique Bronze Faun Sculpture, Antique Bronze Devil Sculpture, Alix Marquet Bronze Sculpture, Gothic Antique Sculpture...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Weathered Cast Iron Statue of Michelangelo
s David
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Weathered Cast Iron Statue of Michelangelo's David
A lovely piece for the garden, celebrating “David”
The Bust is weather worn and has a rusty patina, it is otherwise in good con...
Category
Mid-20th Century United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Antique Set of Viennese Cold Painted Bronze Cats
Located in London, GB
This set of seven antique bronze cats are each posed differently, and are cast using the highly collectible Viennese cold painted bronze technique. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,843 / set
Antique Greyhound Figure, French, Bronze, Dog Paperweight, Ornament, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique greyhound figure. A French, bronze dog paperweight or ornament, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. A charming decorative piece, ideal for the desk, s...
Category
1880s French Late Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Swiss
Black Forest
Carving a Dog Family
By Walter Mäder
Located in London, GB
A 'Black Forest' Dog Group
The naturalistically carved limewood group shows the bitch couchant and her three playful pups; glass eyes are used in all the figures, in the manner of Walter Mäder...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Orientalist Bronze Busts by Cordier, 1861
By Charles Henri Joseph Cordier 1
Located in London, GB
Pair of Orientalist bronze busts by Cordier, 1861
French, 1861
Man: Height 42cm, width 32cm, depth 18cm
Woman: Height 40cm, width 26cm, depth 16cm
This impressive pair of bronze busts were made by the renowned French sculptor Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier (1827-1905). Known for his Orientalist works in bronze and marble, Cordier gained inspiration from his visits to Algeria. The male figure of this pair is after a study made during one of these visits.
The figures form a wonderfully contrasting pair. The male bust wears a more sombre, downturned expression, whilst the female smiles almost sleepily. Both faces are expertly carved to achieve a human likeness, and the two figures are similarly dressed in embellished shirts and robes. The patination is exceptional throughout, providing light and shade to the facial features and garments. Gilding can also be seen on the woman’s earring...
Category
19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$75,502 / set
Contemporary Enamelled Bronze Sculpture entitled "Surf" by Tim Cotterill
By Tim Cotterill 1
Located in London, GB
An attractive limited edition bronze study of a green frog in a stretched position with its head raised exhibiting very fine enamel colours and excellent tactile surface, signed Tim,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1950
s Small Cast Aluminium Sign Letter - G
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s Small Cast Aluminium Sign Letter – G.
Heavy quality American cast aluminium signage letter. Listing for a single letter as photographed. Other group images are included for i...
Category
1950s Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Henri Michel Chapu "La Jeunesse" Bronze Statue by Barbedienne H 46.5 inches
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu
Located in London, by appointment only
A very large parcel-gilt bronze figural sculpture: “La Jeunesse”
By Henri Michel Chapu (1833-1891)
Signed Chapu, F. Barbedienne Foundeur Paris, Seal Achi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Young Fisher Boy by Carpeaux
By Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Susse Freres
Located in London, GB
This beautiful patinated bronze sculpture was designed by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and cast by the Susse Frères foundry. The work portrays a young Neapolitan fisherboy, who sits on a naturalistic base, crouched holding a shell to his ear. The work is signed 'J. B. Carpeaux' and has Susse Frères foundry marks, and is set on a veined green marble plinth.
This stunning antique French bronze sculpture presents a unique opportunity to collect one of the original models of the young Neapolitan fisherboy by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. The original model for this delicate antique bronze sculpture of a fisher boy...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Semi-Precious Stone and Silver-Gilt Egg Model
Located in London, GB
Antique semi-precious stone and silver-gilt egg model
Continental, Late 19th Century
Height 19cm, diameter 8cm
This superb decorative egg model is inset ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver
19th Century Bronze statue of
Le Devoir
by Gaudez
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality 19th Century patinated bronze study of 'Le Devoir' (Duty) by Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Batch 75 61139 CZKN
Adrien Étienne Gaudez (2 February 1845 – 23 January 1902) was ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
‘Tall Black Crumpled Form No 94’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela.
Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional ceramic practise began in...
Category
2010s Spanish Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Pair of Bronze Busts of Rousseau and Voltaire
Located in London, GB
A pair of Antique busts of the French philosophers Rousseau and Voltaire. Unusually although from fairly standard portraits the busts appear to be English rather than French as they ...
Category
1820s English Grand Tour Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Head of Buddha 18th Century, Thailand
Located in London, GB
Bronze cast with delicate serene features, very refined detailing throughout. Featuring bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes, flanked by pendulous pierced ...
Category
18th Century Thai Tribal Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1950
s Small American Vintage Gas Station Enamel Marquee Letter - E
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s American Vintage Gas Station Enamel Marquee Letter – E.
We sourced these from an old gas station in America, thought to be from the 50’s and 60’s. We have a number of colours...
Category
1950s Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
Pair of Decorative Antique Hand Carved Wooden Statues of a Lovely Horses
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very decorative pair of circa 1880 English hand carved wooden horses.
A good looking well made and decorative pair, they would look amazing...
Category
1880s European High Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Footed Bowl Gold Leaf and Grapes, Ercole Barovier for Barovier Toso
Co 1949
By Ercole Barovier, Barovier&Toso
Located in London, GB
Classically shaped oval bowl is a master class of technique and elegance, designed by Ercole Barovier (1889-1974) circa 1948 for Barovier, Toso & Co. It has an edging of white on the...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Rare C19th Bronze Coat Of Arms
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A rare and well defined mid C19th large bronze coat of arms featuring the family crest flanked by rampant lions, mounted on later oak plinth. Good rich patination.
Originally adorni...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
White Calcite Purple Amethyst Agate, White Quartz Green Celadonite decorative
Located in London, GB
An interesting and stunning geode section with a striking colour mix.
In this aesthetic piece the original basalt has been polished to reveal the exquisite green celadonite hidden within on the front, whilst maintaining its rough condition at the back. Such a thick and vibrant celadonite layer is uncommon.
The interior of the mineral sculpture is endowed with a gorgeous very deep purple amethyst...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
$3,510 Sale Price
46% Off
Vintage Farm Animal Bronze Horned Bull Statue With Black Marble Base After Barye
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
This is a vintage decorative bull statue. A Continental, bronze and marble desk ornament in the manner of A.L. Barye, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Fascinating study ...
Category
20th Century British United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Blacksmith Made Mid-Century Steel Decorative Trees
Located in London, GB
A pair of unique blacksmith made 'clementine' trees.
England, c1970s.
Likely welded steel.
Decorative appeal.
Weighted base, can be filled with stones or moss.
Pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century British United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cold Painted Limited Edition Bronze Figure "Chinese Legend" by Erté
By Erté
Located in London, GB
An eye-catching limited edition cold painted Art Deco bronze figure of an elegant beauty in a full length costume resembling a Fenghuang. The bronze surface with excellent color and detail, signed Erté...
Category
1980s Russian Art Deco Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Abstract Studio Pottery Stoneware
Pagoda Pot
by Alan Ashpool England 70s
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A stunning three hooped ‘Pagoda Pot’ by Dorset potter Alan Ashpool, with a flared bowl to the top, tiered forms made from a mixture of thrown and slipcast sections joined together, culminating in a bell shaped base. Predominantly in an ecru colourway, followed by a dark grey glaze, then a turquoise/blue glaze, culminating in a stunning bronze manganese glaze. There are also beautiful blue flecks in the ecru finish, which were created in the firing process.
A wonderfully impressive and tactile piece measuring 40cm in height, in very good condition with no chips or cracks. Alan Ashpool backstamp to the base alongside the original address label.
Dorset based potter Alan Ashpool, studied pottery under Heber Matthews (1905-1959), a foremost student of William Staite Murray and teacher of Hans Coper.
During the 1960s Ashpool’s pots were sold in leading design stores such as Heal’s, alongside those of Dame Lucie Rie...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$543 Sale Price
20% Off
Near Life Size Marble Crouching Venus
Located in London, GB
A near life size carved marble figure of the Crouching Venus. This late 19th century copy of the iconic Hellenistic original bases its form on the crouching Venus on permanent displa...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Abstract Studio Pottery Stoneware ‘Pagoda Pot’ by Alan Ashpool, England C.1970s
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
A wonderful three hooped ‘Pagoda Pot’ by Alan Ashpool, tiered forms made from a mixture of thrown and slipcast sections joined together, in an ecru / pale green colourway, with three matt green slip stripes. In very good condition with no chips or cracks. Alan Ashpool backstamp to the base.
Dorset based potter Alan Ashpool, studied pottery under Heber Matthews (1905-1959), a foremost student of William Staite Murray and teacher of Hans Coper.
During the 1960s Ashpool’s pots were sold in leading design stores such as Heal’s, alongside those of Dame Lucie Rie...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware, Paint
Oval Form in Galactic Blue No 88, a Ceramic Vessel by Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
By Nicholas Arroyave-Portela
Located in London, GB
‘Oval Form in Galactic Blue No 88’ is a unique sculptural vessel by the British artist, Nicholas Arroyave-Portela.
Nicholas Arroyave-Portela’s professional ceramic practise began ...
Category
2010s Spanish Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Bronze Figure of a Lady Golfer
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Jose Dunach Bronze Lady Golf Figure.
A very nice French Art Deco style sculpture of a lady golfer mounted on a round naturalistic base, the golfer ...
Category
1920s French Sporting Art Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Vintage Painted Plaster Model Dog Sculpture Statue By Frederick Thomas Daws
By Thomas Frederick Daws
Located in Sale, GB
- An incredible pair of painted plaster model dogs by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956), England, Mid-Twentieth Century.
- The models have a wonderful lifelike quality in regards to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Collection of Museum Minerals in Display Case
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A collection of museum minerals in a display case. Presented in a sleek glazed case, the collection includes 38 European minerals, including amethyst and pyrite, all with their own s...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Natural Fiber
Pair Large Antique Silver Pheasants Model Bird Figurines Germany c. 1890
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive pair of Antique Silver Pheasants. These Model Pheasants have a lovely attention to detail and feature inset glass eyes....
Category
19th Century European Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Silver
$7,992 Sale Price
20% Off
Plaster Maquette Sculpture of a Young Boy
By John Hodges
Sons
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Plaster sculpture of a naked young boy holding fishes aloft.
This charming sculpture is believed to be a maquette of John Hodges' fountain sculpture in Braintree, Essex.
A maquette is a three-dimensional object made as a preparatory study...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of Antique 19th Century Breccia Marble Appliqués
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A pair of antique carved breccia marble appliqués dating to circa 1830.
Showcasing expertly carved floral and swags designs, this pair have been broug...
Category
Early 19th Century French Baroque Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Breccia Marble
19th Century Brass Wall hanging Shield A Decorative Gothic wall hanging Shield
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
19th Century Brass Wall hanging Shield
A Decorative Gothic wall hanging Shield hand made in brass, the shield is decorated with mythical Warriors and beasts, there are 2 images of t...
Category
19th Century Gothic Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers Pair Stoneware Grotesque Andirons
By Martin Brothers
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and important pair of stoneware grotesque amphibious creature andirons by Robert Wallace Martin for Martin Brothers dating from the mid 1870’s.
This pair of unrecorded figur...
Category
1870s British Arts and Crafts Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Parrots Sculpture by Alfredo Barbin 1950
s Applied Glass with Gold Powders
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in London, GB
The hand blown Sculpture depicts a pair of parrots poised upon twisted branches. The artist has represented the birds in an opaque dark brown glass decorated internally with gold inc...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Contemporary Bronze and Gold Bonsai Tree Sculpture by Pierre Salagnac, France
By Pierre Salagnac
Located in London, GB
Bonsai Tree by Pierre Salagnac
Material: Bronze, 24K gold, brass
Dimensions: H 61 x 56 x 59 cm
Type: one-of-the-kind
Year: 2023
Revealing the organic curves of nature in the metal block with great talent, Pierre Salagnac has made a name for himself in the world of interior design thanks to his Bonsai Trees that he has “planted” all over the world.
The artist creates the trunk by sculpting the shape and texture directly into the bronze material. The 265 different models of leaves are molded, casted and chiseled one by one then finished with 24k gold. The floor part is sculpted from brass and also finished in 24k gold, before being embedded in a traditional Japanese ceramic pot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Brass, Bronze
Life size Black Forest carved wood dog Setter
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A life size Black Forest carved lindenwood wood setter in a ‘pointing’ stance with a long plumed tail, his collar inscribed ‘Nägler aus Gera’ and the base ‘St. Zechmeister.
Provenan...
Category
1880s German Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Bronze Statue of Young Boy, Entitled
Lesson in Song
by E Carlier
By Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century bronze statue of a young boy whistling with a bird perched on his hand, entitled ' A lesson in song'
Signed ; E. Carlier.
Carlier, Émile Joseph Nestor...
Category
19th Century French Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Judaica Porcelain Sculpture of a Rabbi
Located in London, GB
This large antique porcelain figure depicts a Jewish Rabbi with a siddur (prayer book). It is a charming piece of 19th century European porcel...
Category
19th Century European Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
A bronze portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Rufus Martin, 2023
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A bronze portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Rufus Martin, 2023 This head and shoulders bronze bust is instantly recognizable as Sir Winston Churchill. He is wearing a British Warm greatcoat with epaulettes and has a half-smoked cigar in the left hand resting on his hip. His right hand is raised in his trade mark V-for-Victory salute. Signed ‘Rufus Martin 1/12’.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 –1965) was a British politician, army officer and writer. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, when he led Britain to victory in the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as a Member of Parliament. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, for most of his career he was a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but from 1904 to 1924 was a member of the Liberal Party. This portrait of Churchill by Rufus Martin is striking for its juxtaposition of this famous historical subject and the free and contemporary choice of presentation. Churchill’s tenure during the Second World War infused the nation with calm and confidence, providing the British people with strong leadership during its darkest hours. Martin succeeds in portraying Churchill’s unshakeable belief in a successful outcome for the Allies through his defiant stance, unwavering gaze and Victory V gesture. Together with the recognizable “Bulldog” facial features and broad shoulders, this bust captures the subject in terms of character as well as being an accurate physical portrait .
Rufus Martin trained at Wimbledon College of the Arts, London, though his aptitude for 3D design and sculpture was apparent from a very young age. His mother, a portrait painter, showed him the portrait sculptures of Augusta Savage, Jacob Epstein and Augustine Rodin, which inspired him to create a bust of his late mentor, Michael Howells. He sculpts ‘intriguing individuals, always hoping to capture some element of their past or current struggles and to create something for the good of the community they inhabit and wherever possible for posterity’ – an ambition he has most successfully fulfilled with this powerful portrait.
After leaving college in 2017, with first class honours, Martin has won many prestigious prizes including the Tiranti Prize at the FACE, the Signature Art Award, the Chelsea Arts Club show for ‘Amy’, the True Blue Show, the Salmagundi Open Show, New York, Green & Stone Summer Show, the Chelsea Arts Society Summer Show, RBA Rising Stars, the Royal Cambrian Academy Open, the
Binny Mathews & Sons joint show, The Next Big Thing and has been published in the Kings House...
Category
2010s English United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pilkington Arts
Crafts Lustre Glaze Tree of Life Tile
By Pilkington
s Royal Lancastrian Pottery Company
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A decorative 6-inch by 3-inch Arts and Crafts lustre glaze tile by Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Co.
One of four similar in design we have for sale, t...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Bretton Carved Oak Decorative Pediment, Over Door
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Bretton carved oak decorative pediment, over door
A lovely carved oak Pediment from an item of French Furniture
This piece is very much in the Brett...
Category
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Pair of Vintage Bronze Black Patina Elephant Lamps
Located in London, GB
Pair of late 20th century bronze black patina elephant lamps, Vietnam.
Category
Late 20th Century Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Neoclassical Plaster Grotesque Herm Statue
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An early 19th century plaster grotesque herm statue in the neoclassical style circa 1820. Once used as architectural interior decoration, it has a distressed look and depicts a figur...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Cosmic Ore
Pendant 100, Gradient Patina Bronze Brass Ceiling Lamp, Chandelier
By Eva Menz for Atelier001
Located in London, England
Two finely hand-spun brass plates make up this pendant light, a bronze to brass gradient accentuates the shape. The light is projected into the shade and reflects out, illuminating w...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern United Kingdom - Sculptures
Materials
Brass
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Swedish artist Margit Brundin's large anthropomorphic animal sculptures are on view for the first time in the United States at Dienst + Dotter Antikviteter, in New York.
Tour the Wabi-Sabi New York Apartment of Andrianna Shamaris
As her sun-filled home reveals, the furniture maker and dealer puts a contemporary spin on antiques from around the globe.
Vicente Wolf’s Tips for Finding — and Living with — Eastern Treasures
The A-list designer shares his expertise on choosing authentic objects and displaying them with style.
Rodrigo Rivero Lake’s Mexico City Showroom Is a Museum-Worthy Trove of Spanish Colonial and Asian Antiques
The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.