Bird Bookends by Moreau*

Bird Bookends by Moreau*

Pair of amusing Art Deco bookends featuring cubist style birds with their long erect tail feathers in the air. Finished in natural shades of olive green and brown, these little chaps have bright yellow eyes…

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French “Fer Forge” Table Lamp*

Rather striking French table lamp fashioned from wrought iron around 1920. Many of these “Fer Forge” lamps were made in the early Art Deco era and in a great variety of designs.  This one however…

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‘Boubou’ by Max Le Verrier*

Amusing and sought-after little table lamp dating from circa 1925 from the foundry of Max Le Verrier in Paris. Titled Boubou and depicting a stylised chimpanzee holding up a lantern with one hand and cupping…

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Pair of Art Nouveau Ladies*

Delightful pair of matching Art Nouveau “Lady” lamps with pretty glass shades.  Perfect for bedside tables, these give a pleasing light and really look the part. Typically stylised form with the slender Nouveau maidens wearing long…

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“Psyche”

An old French, probably terracotta (although we’re not a hundred percent sure) statue titled “Psyche”, who was the lover of Cupid. She is seen standing barefoot on rocky terrain with bow in hand and a quiver full of…

Framed Peacocks*

Oak framed papier maché on vellum picture of three stylised peacocks with their wings spread as they fly up over a wall with tall flowers all along the top. In the manner of a frieze,…

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The New Pipe

Superb, rare and very desirable statue of a young black boy by Johann Maresch, titled “La pipe neuve”. The lad is cheekily grinning as he shows off his prized new pipe.  He is so pleased…

WMF Card Tray*

Polished pewter visiting card tray made by WMF around 1905, with a delightful scene of a small child, kneeling and leaning forward with fascination to look closely at a snail on a long sinewy leaf.…

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Arts & Crafts Clock Garniture*

Arts & Crafts copper clock garniture that is unmarked but attributed to Hale. Sporting a nicely detailed repoussé galleon beneath the clock face and a mirrored pair of galleons on the candlesticks/vases. The German made…

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Terracotta Young Maiden*

Good size Art Nouveau terracotta bust of a young lady with a ribbon tied in her upswept auburn hair. With her pale skin, fine detail to her features and gilding to her dress and ribbon,…

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Art Nouveau Ceramic Photo Frame*

Wonderful original Art Nouveau ceramic photograph frame with a distinctly Liberty look about it. With a shaped outline and a raised design of stylised flowers and leaves resembling tulips or perhaps lilies. Hand painted and…

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Bowl from Ditmar Urbach

Very unusual Art Deco bowl from Ditmar Urbach in the typical and slightly bizarre style and colouring that this Czechoslovakian manufacturer favoured. The interior of the bowl is decorated with a hand-painted stylised floral design set against…

Art Nouveau Bronze Vases*

Matching pair of early Art Nouveau bronze vases designed and signed by Elias. The design is very typically Art Nouveau, incorporating flowers and leaves on both sides of the vase’s stem and the rounded, flared…

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Esmeralda by Guerbe*

Cold painted figure from Guerbe (one of Pierre Le Faguay’s pseudonyms), made in Le Verrier art metal at their foundry in Paris in the 1930’s. Named Esmeralda, she is one of a number of figures…

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Pierre Laurel Art Deco Girl*

Striking Art Deco spelter sculpture signed beneath the base Pierre Laurel, a pseudonym used from time to time by Pierre Le Faguays. Patinated in a shade of dark olive green, the nude young lady is…

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Catteau Vase with Gourds

Art Deco ceramic vase designed by Charles Catteau for Boch Freres Keramis circa 1922. This is classic Catteau with its design of stylised gourds and leaves in conjunction with a series of dark, wavy lines…