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Antique Sculpture & Carving

130 items


  • 13009: A large reconstituted stone garden urn, carved profusely with bunches of grapes and clusters of leaves, supported on a fluted base, standing on a large and substantial square plinth carved on four sid

  • 12789: AN ANTIQUE MARBLE FIGURE of a girl with hand raised holding her dress, and her head lowered. She sits upon a tree stump, on a circular base with an associated eight-sided plinth.
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  • 11366: A pair of architectural ceramic urns in the Baroque manner.Circa 1890.Provenance: 298 Bishopsgate in the City Of London built between 1877-1890 and demolished in 1980.

  • 12872: ONE OF TWO PAIRS OF COMPOSITION STONE ' MEDICI LIONS ', since 1789 the originals are to be found on the steps of the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence italy. Both lions in matching  prowling stance with on

  • 12815: A PAIR OF BRONZE ARMORIAL GATE PIER FIGURES OF MOUNTAIN GOATS on stone bases. Mid 20th century.

  • 12821: ONE OF A SET OF THREE LOW RELIEF CARVED STONE PLAQUES, each with a Viking theme.

  • 12831: A 17TH CENTURY ITALIAN NEAR LIFE SIZE CARVED WHITE STATUARY MARBLE HEAD AND WINGS OF AN ANGEL. Carved in the Baroque manner of BERNINI, the 17th century Italian Sculptor,  with the initials CB on the

  • 11889: THE FIGURE OF A YOUNG FEMALE IN CAST LEAD IN THE 18TH CENTURY MANNER of John Cheere, on a decorated circular base. English, early 20th century.

  • 11738: A large statuary marble bust, possibly of CARDINAL François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, French, 19th century. Provenance: Château des Guignes, Orléans.

  • 10669: A CARVED PORTLAND STONE OVERDOOR featuring the head of Mercury on the central keystone, English, late 19th century.

  • 12781: A NEAR PAIR OF CAST IRON JARDINIERES IN THE GEORGIAN ROMAN REVIVAL MANNER, with olive branch and laurel wreath raised cast deocration on one plain the other decoarted larger background, both on splaye

  • 12809: BRITISH COAT OF ARMS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, in painted aluminium. English ca 1920.

  • 11480: WELL CARVED IN WHITE STATUARY MARBLE, A SEATED SCULPTURE OF A bare footed country maiden musician dressed in simple 18th century garb, with a guitar  and attentive, adoring tousle-haired dog seated up
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  • 11910: A LARGE TRIANGULAR CARVED BATHSTONE ARMORIAL PEDIMENT depicting a Coat of Arms of a Knights helmet surmounting a central floral Cartouche with a Lions head profiled set within an ova Lozenge, the the

  • 9596: A WELL CARVED  STONE PEDIMENT IN THE BAROQUE MANNER, in the form of a plain oval cartouche with an inscription (which could be removed and re-carved) under a crown, draped with abundant laurel swags s

  • 12080: A REMARKABLE TALL AND CONTORTED WROUGHT IRON SCULPTURE, by  A D Tobias Williams - Entitled 'Whirligig 2005 ' + plinth wood.  PROVENANCE :From Manches, 6th Floor, Aldwych House, London, WC2

  • 12396: A PAIR OF CARVED WOOD SENTINEL ARMORIAL LION STAIRCASE NEWELL POST FLAMBEAU LIGHTS, the lions seated, holding Flambeau torches behind the armorial shields. From a large property in The Bishops Avenue,

  • 12627: A carved stone figure of a Garden Gnome in the Victorian manner. The bronze plaque reads 'Stone from London's most famous  & historic buildings blitzed 1941' English 1940s.   Link to: Antique sculptur

  • 12460: A SMALL BRONZE SIX POINTED ANTLERED STAGS HEAD WALL BRACKET, with oak and acorn detail. French 19th century.

  • 11312: A VICTORIAN URN IN ENGLISH ALABASTER seated on its pedestal. English 19th century.   Link to: 
Antique Columns, Plinths, Pedestals and Towers

  • 9493: An inticately carved and gilded Rococo overdoor, the scrolled leaf foliage carved in high relief surmounted by a winged Amorini. Italian early 18th century.Image before restoration.
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  • 8243: A PAIR OF FINELY CARVED ITALIAN WALL FOUNTAINS in pink Verona marble,  the volute scroll each with a lion’s mask, with a background carved in fishscale motif. Italian late 18th century.

  • 4539: A PAIR OF FINELY CARVED OAK MONOPODEA IN THE FORM OF WINGED LIONS, in the Italian Mannerist style. Italian, 19th century.

  • 12299: TWO PAIRS OF PLASTER LION MASKS. 20th century.

  • 12058: A LARGE CAST IRON WALL FIGURE IN THE GREEK REVIVAL MANNER of a young  kneeling Greek Warrior / Herald with horn. English late 19th century.

  • 11498: A well sculpted statuary marble bust in the manner of a Roman Senator. Probably Italian, 19th century.

  • 12431: A VERY LARGE WALL MOUNTED PLAQUE OF A LION RAMPANT IN THE RENAISSANCE  HERALDIC MANNER, cast from aluminium . Scottish 1930s.

 NOTES : Casting of monuments and works of art in aluminium is a practice




130 items


A good and varied collection of English Scottish Irish French Italian and Flemish Antique carved marble, stone and wood sculpture, figures, objects and statuary in the Classical, Renaissance, Romantic, Monumental, Oriental even Sentimental sculpture styles. One interesting assemblage shown below is the Bank of England carved Portland Stone Architectural Monumental Statuary collection in the Art Deco and Antique Baroque Sculpture styles produced by some of the same sculptors who carved the new façade in the 1930s on the original Bank of England by Sir John Soane universally known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, which building in the City of London is opposite The Royal Exchange.

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