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Mario Zamora Alcantara
(Honduran, b. 1920) Kudu

Bronze sculpture, signed: “M. Zamora A.” and inscribed: “Mex 69 V-XV”.

Height: 23”
Length: 16.5”

Zamora Alcantara was born in Honduras but spent most of his life in Mexico. He studied at the Tegucigalpa School of Arts and Crafts (now the National School of Fine Arts) under the tutelage of Alfredo Ruiz Barrera. In 1944 he emigrated to Mexico where he was in the San Carlos Academy until 1948. He also studied ...

Pair of painted plaster maquettes of a Pilgrim and Native American, probably designs for the ends of a pediment and possibly for a building in the Federal Triangle, Washington D.C. One inscribed "Constitution Ave." the other inscribed "Pennysalvania Ave." on the bases. 20th Century.

17" x 7" x 11.5" tall

Antique Grand Tour Bronze Urn with a figural circular lid, tapering body with mythological relief figures of day and night, mask form handles and and a slate and red marble stepped circular base, Late 19th Century.

Unmarked. - 12 1/4 tall (small chips to base).

Antique bronze Paperweight in the form of a of a crushed fedora hat, Continental, late 19th century.

Length: 6.125”
Height: 2.25”

Antique Brass or Bronze Iota (an ablutions pot) having incised and inlaid copper checkerboard and leafage decoration. This type of metalware is known as Ganga-Jumna. Ganga meaning Ganges river, and Jumna meaning Jumna River. It is Brass and Copper because it reflects the color of the two rivers mentioned. 18th-19th C. probably from Moradabad in northern India.

Diameter: 4”

Etienne-Henri Dumaige (French, 1830-1888)

Hestia (Vesta)

Bronze Sculpture with a gold patina, signed

Height 25”, Diameter of Base: 11”

Born in Paris in 1830, Dumaige studied sculpture under Féuchère and Dumont. He exhibited his sculptures depicting groups, statues, and busts at the Salon from 1862-1877. . He sculpted a large number of busts, groups and statuettes in marble, plaster and bronze, including statuettes of Desmoulins and Rabelais. He died at St-Gil...

Cartouche-shaped black marble plaque inset with oval micromosaic panels depicting Roman archaeological scenes (clockwise from upper left): the Coliseum, the Temple of Hercules, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon. Those four panels surround the Doves of Pliny, an image often used in micromosaics, which comes from a Roman floor mosaic at Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli and is believed to be a copy of a lost ancient Greek mosaic at Pergamon described by Pliny the elder.

Such items were ...

Exceptional Pair of Italian Bronze and Ormolu Candlesticks with nicely detailed foliate decoration and with good patina and fine castings. Having a removable ormolu drip pan above a bronze candle cup and supported by a turned and foliate decorated column with a tripartite scrolling ormolu base and mounted on a tripartite bronze plinth. These would have been brought home as a souvenir by someone who had made the Grand Tour. Italy, circa 1870. 5" x 5" x 13"tall

CONSTANTIN CRISTESCO (French, 1872-1928). "Deux chevaux sautant la barrière",

Bronze with mid brown patina - Signed «Cristesco» Stamped «Susse Fes Edts Paris»

Height: 14 1/2 in. x 13.75 in.

John Hovannes (American, 1900-1973)

Mermaid

Stone sculpture, signed and dated "1962"

Height: 17.5" (with base)

(There are traces of red paint on the sides, perhaps a flaw in the stone)

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Hovannes, an Armenian, was born in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey and initially educated there, probably escaping at the beginning of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). He studied at t...

Plaster Bust of a Bearded Man, Terra Cotta finish, 19th/20th Century.

Height: 6”

Fine Pair of Grand Tour Bronze and Ormolu Candlesticks in the Empire style with fluted baluster shaped shafts , with acanthus decoration on gilt-bronze sections and paw feet raised atop tripartite bases. These would have been brought home as a souvenir by someone who had made the Grand Tour. France or Italy, circa 1870.

h: 11 in.

Set of Four Hammered and Silvered Bronze Arts and Crafts Candlesticks, Early 20th Century, Unmarked. 13" high.

Léon Pilet (French 1840-1916 )

Pandora

Gilt Bronze, signed

Pilet was known for his beautifully detailed sculptures in bronze of allegorical, historical and classical figures, as well as busts of his contemporaries. He studied with A. Toussaint in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1861-1914 where he garnered numerous awards. Pilet was also a noted sculptor of medallions.

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Exceptional pair of antique French Gilt Bronze Fireplace Chenet in the form of Dionysian children seated on a plinth and eating grapes, and with foliate and cyma curved decoration. 18th/19th Century. Each Approx.: 12.5" x 12.5" x 5.5 deep

Antique Carved Oak Statue of a Monk holding a book and seated on a curved bench. Probably American, circa 1880.

9" x 9" x 14" tall

Carved Wooden Top Hat

(Early 20th C., some scratches

12.25” x 10” x 6.75” tall

Parian bust of Juliet, impressed “J&TB” for James and Thomas Bevington, potters in Hanley, England. They used this mark from 1863-1876.
Height: 6.5"