Copper Tulips Photo Frame*

Copper Tulips Photo Frame*

Arts & Crafts copper photograph frame with an unusual and very effective design of open flowers of tulips all around the outside. All the flowers show finely detailed veining on the outer edges of their…

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Newlyn Box with Cornish Luggers*

Super little square shaped and very lightly hammered copper box marked Newlyn on the lid and one of the sides. Depicting on the lid and three sides Cornish fishing luggers under sail on a rolling…

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Bronze by Villanis

This is a good Art Nouveau bronze bust titled “Marguerite” by the French sculptor Emmanuele Villanis, dating from around 1900. The young maiden, with a soulful, dreamlike expression is wearing sunflowers in her hair and…

Spelter Sheherezade

Small cabinet sized spelter bust titled “Mille et une Nuits” (One thousand and one Nights) depicting Sheherezade by the French sculptor E. Villanis. The lady’s long hair tumbles over one shoulder from beneath her ornate…

French Bust by Fouche

Nice quality French terracotta bust in a subtle pale bronze colour, signed by the artist – looks to be F. Fouche or possibly Foucie but it is a little unclear. Modelled towards the end of…

Copper Wine Cooler*

Wonderful old Arts & Crafts beaten copper, six-sided lidded vessel on three brass feet. With an attractive Celtic style design on each face and hearts depicted on the lid. We’re not exactly sure what the…

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Arts & Crafts Copper and Wrought Iron Fire Screen*

Early 1900’s copper and wrought iron fire screen, probably by Herbert Dyer or perhaps the Eustace brothers, but certainly from the Cornish school. The ornate frame with its scrolls and swirls is in wrought iron…

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Arts & Crafts Fire Screen*

Splendid copper and wrought iron fire screen sporting a stylised long-stemmed flower in the centre of a shield shaped copper panel. The black frame is cleverly shaped, dividing at the base to follow the contours…

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Catteau Art Deco Vase

Charles Catteau designed Art Deco vase made by Boch Freres in Belgium. Decorated with Catteau’s famous stylised fruit design in strong colours set against the usual crackle-glazed off white background. The rim of the neck…

Grey-Headed Kingfisher from Karl Ens

Another superb porcelain figure from Karl Ens of Volkstedt in Germany, made in the 1930’s. This is a grey-headed Kingfisher naturalisticly set by reeds at the water’s edge, patiently waiting to catch a glimpse of…

Heavy Brass Planter*

Well made, heavy and richly detailed planter made of solid brass. The receptacle for the plant pot is a stylised open flower on a short stem, sitting above a rosette of oval leaves. Strong veining…

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Water Nymph Vide Poche*

Rare and lovely Art Nouveau gilded bronze vide poche by Joseph-Gustave Chéret (1838-94) dating from around 1885-90. A quite delightful design of a young nude girl, a water nymph, lying on a semi-submerged lily pad with…

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‘Judith’ by Goldscheider

Impressive and rare Orientalist terracotta bust from Goldscheider titled ‘Judith’.  More usually seen as a statue showing her semi-naked, holding a sword behind her back (model nos. 734a and 1012a).  Here however, she is fully…

Small Copper Box*

Small sized Arts & Crafts copper box with a removable lid. Raised on four integral feet, the box is of riveted construction and tapers on all four sides. Lightly hammered and simply decorated with a…

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Art Deco Gun Dog

Realistically modelled retriever from the noted French animalier Clovis-Edmond Masson.   This was probably originally sculpted in the early 1900’s and produced in bronze at that time.  During the Art Deco era, certain carefully selected…

Magpie Bookends by Frecourt*

Art Deco patinated spelter bookends signed by the French artist Maurice Frecourt dating from around 1930. The birds, looking slightly comical, are crouching close to the ground with their tails up and are mounted on verde antico marble…

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