Luigi Frullini carved Wood Plaque Gilded Age

A pair of large porcelain plaques in their original carved gilt frames. Marked on verso, date to late 19th century. Plaques without the frames are 10.5” in diameter.

Hand welded sculpture by George Tate. Masterfully done with virtuoso technique. On its original stand.

An exceptional and most decorative Austrian 19th century patinated bronze, giltwood and Ebony wall plaque signed K. Sterrer. The striking wall decor is centered by the wonderfully executed patinated bronze plaque depicting a handsome sculptor in his atelier draped in a flowing garment working on a bust of a woman resting on a stool while holding his hammer and chisel. He is standing on a wall bracket like element with an impressive open winged eagle above an acorn finial, a tied carpenter's square and a tied bell hammer with a caliper and fine foliate branches at his feet. In the background is a beautiful maiden also draped in a wonderful flowing garment siting with her legs crossed on the plinth of a capital where another maiden, possibly a statue, is standing with a globe and sextant in her hand with plaques, busts, wings and curtains above. The plaque is set within an elegant mottled giltwood frame with beautiful richly carved wrap around berried laurel bands with a fine angled ebonized Fruitwood border. All original gilt and patina throughout. Karl Sterrer...

A rare plaster plaque depicting baby Orangutans, Signed and dated 1910. Apparantly this was the first casting from a bronze mould as a test by a bronze sculptor. Mounted in an origin...