Pair 19th Century Carved Wood Figures of Recumbent Whippets on Foliate Brackets

Vintage Brass Dog In A Prone Position.

Pair of heavy cast iron dog andirons in a seated pose in a black finish .

Group of three painted and parcel gild figures of Roman soldiers, two in reclining positions one seated. All three figures wearing helmets, breastplates and other protective armor in...

Pair of 19th C gilt metal architectural fragments. Beautiful scrolling acanthus leaf with grapes design. A matched pair mounted on a rectangular lucite blocks. In good condition with...

A pair of finely molded and hand painted English Staffordshire dogs. This pair features full body reclining hounds with the most charming of hand painted faces and colors. On their o...

Pair of English Regency bronze whippets or greyhounds on verdi antico marble book form bases, after a model by Thomas Weeks. Each dog sculpture is beautifully cast with their individual personalities. 6 inches high 5 wide 5 deep including bases. These whippets are resonant of the early nineteenth-century work of Thomas Weeks (d. 1834) who established a 'Royal Mechanical Museum' or emporium in Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert, 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', The Connoisseur, May 1971...

A charming early 20th-century plaster sculpture featuring two finely detailed hunting dogs standing side by side. Beautifully modeled with expressive faces and richly textured coats,...

This pair of animal sculptures is carved in the round from solid wood. The compositional scheme, designed as a mirrored pair (en pendant), features two seated greyhounds (or whippets...