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Style: American Empire
American Gilt Carved Wood and Gesso Spread Winged Eagle, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt carved wood and gesso eagle with extended wings grasping gilt rounded bar. Eagle was used for center decoration on drapery rod. Early 19th c...
Category
1820s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
Joan Shapiro Abstract Group Alabaster Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Joan Hyde Shapiro (American, XX-XXI) White Alabaster Stone Figural Group Sculpture, signed to reverse, with eight abstracted organic forms mounted on a Carrara marble base. Overall: ...
Category
20th Century American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
American Cast Iron and Gilt Fire Society Marker, Baltimore, C. 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast iron and gilt fire society marker. Baltimore, early 19th century
Markers were placed on homes to prove coverage of fire insurance.
Category
1830s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Iron
American Cast Bronze Garden Fountain with Figural Boy Holding Koi Fish. C. 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast bronze garden fountain with standing figural boy holding Koi fish on a two-tiered shell form scrolled base with turtle at his feet, Late 19th century.
Category
1870s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Leonard W. Volk Plaster Bust of Abraham Lincoln
By Leonard Volk
Located in Chicago, IL
Leonard W. Volk Plaster Bust of Abraham Lincoln
The Leonard W. Volk Plaster Bust of Abraham Lincoln is a remarkable 19th-century piece of art. Crafted from white plaster, the bust d...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Pair of American Cast Stone & Painted Labrador Sitting Dogs, Early 20th Century
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American cast stone and painted Labrador dogs in sitting position resting on flanking rectangular plinths. Plinth measurements are 9" wide and 15" Deep. Early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century American American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
American Three Masted Clipper Ship Model Sovereign of the Seas Under Glass, 20th
Located in Hollywood, SC
American three masted clipper ship model displayed in a mahogany glass case. She was the fastest ship ever built in 1852. California clipper ship mo...
Category
20th Century American American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Pine, Paint
American Hanging Apothecary Show Globe with Gilded and Painted Eagle. Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American hanging Apothecary show globe with a mounted cast iron painted and gilded eagle. Globe was filled with a colorful green or red liquid to...
Category
1820s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Iron
American Painted & Carved Wood Figural Statue of General Santa Anna, Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
American painted and carved wood figural statue of General Santa Anna in full military dress attire. General during the time of Mexican-American War and later became President of Mex...
Category
1840s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
American Cast Iron & Painted Horse Head Fluted Ringed Hitching Post, Circa 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast iron and painted horse head hitching post with a central fluted ringed column resting on a squared base, Mid 19th Century.
Category
1850s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Iron
American Lead Ornamental Garden Rooting Pig, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American lead ornamental garden rooting pig, late 19th century.
Category
1880s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Lead
American Bronze Sea Mariner Bracing on Rope Piling Mounted to Oval Base. C. 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American bronze figural sea mariner bracing in wind against a rope piling and mounted to an oval molded edge base. Late 19th century.
Category
1870s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Walnut Carved Spread Wing Eagle Perched to Flee on Rocky Plinth C. 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
American walnut carved spread wing eagle perched to Flee on rectangular rocky pine plinth, Early 19th century.
Eagle is 27 wide and 17 deep at base.
Category
1830s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Pair of English Large Cast Iron Punch & Judy Doorstops, Circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English large cast iron Punch & Judy matching doorstops . Late 19th century.
Category
1880s English Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Margaret Foley (American, 1827-1877) Marble Bust "Head of Prophet Zephaniah"
Located in New York, NY
Margaret Foley (American, 1827-1877) Marble Bust "Head of Prophet Zephaniah"
A rare and important marble bust head relief portrait on The Prophet Zepha...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of American Figural Jockey Painted Cast Iron Swivel Hitching Post. C. 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American figural jockey painted cast iron hitching post with swivel arms. Mid 19th century.
Category
1850s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Iron
American Gilt Carved Wood and Gesso Perched Eagle, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
American gilt carved wood and gesso Eagle with extended wings perched on decorative acanthus floral motif, Early 19th century.
Category
1830s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
American Cast Iron Napoleon Doorstop Standing on a Step Back Plinth, Circa 1870
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast iron Napoleon doorstop standing on a three-tiered step back squared plinth, Late 19th century.
Category
1870s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Pair Of American Brass Dog Doorstops / Book Ends. Circa 1870
By A. Belokopytoff
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American brass dog doorstops / bookends sitting on squared decorative plinths. Late 19th Century
Category
1870s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Brass
American Cast Iron English Setter Doorstop, Circa 1890
Located in Hollywood, SC
American cast iron freestanding English setter doorstop resting on foliage motif base, Late 19th Century.
Category
1890s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Iron
American Carved Walnut Perched Eagle. Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
American carved walnut perched eagle with spread wings on rocky plinth. Mid 19th Century
Category
19th Century American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Pair of American Cast Iron Entrance Horse Head Stable and Gate Mounts, C. 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American cast iron horse heads with oval mounts, Mid-19th century. Great for mounting on Stable, Gates, or Entrance Columns.
Category
1850s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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Karl Springer Gilt Wood Mount Brass Candle Pricket
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Karl Springer Gilt Wood Mount Brass Candle Pricket
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Pair of American Brass Fox Head Doorstops with Decorative Chased Handles, C 1880
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H 16 in W 4.75 in D 5.5 in
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Nathan Cabot Hale, "Equestrian Study" Bronze Sculpture
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20th Century American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of American Cast Iron Entrance Horse Head Stable and Gate Mounts, C. 1850
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American cast iron horse heads with oval mounts, Mid-19th century. Great for mounting on Stable, Gates, or Entrance Columns.
Category
1850s American Antique American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Iron
H 31 in W 14 in D 22 in
Pair of American Terracotta Labrador Statues with Rope Flower Baskets 20th Cent
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American terracotta sitting Labrador statues with rope handle flower baskets resting on rectangular plinths. Early 20th Century. Plinths measur...
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Early 20th Century North American American Empire Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
H 23.5 in W 9 in D 17 in
Patriotic French Patinated Bronze Eagle and Malachite Clock on Granite Base 1889
Located in New York, NY
Patriotic French patinated bronze eagle and malachite clock on granite base, 1889.
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H 23 in W 19 in D 8 in
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H 28.5 in W 22 in D 13 in
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