bronze, signed with initials in the bronze, mounted to an ebonised plinth base19.5cm high (24.5cm high overall)Provenance:Purchased by the present vendor's father directly from the artist in London, circa 1960Footnote: A seminal figure in contemporary sculpture, Israeli born sculptor, painter and graphic artist, Menashe Kasdishman, received his early training under Moshe Sternschuss at the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv, before moving to London, in 1959, where he continued his training at St Martin’s School of Art and, later, at The Slade.Cast in bronze and dating from the earliest years of Kadishman’s career, the present lot is heavily indebted to modern minimalist sculpture and cites the work of Henry Moore as an important influence. Informed by allegories and parables, and straddling Western and Non-Western artistic traditions, Kadishman’s Totemic Crucifix penetrates the veil that separates art and anthropology.
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Collection of Interior Design Decorative Items, including : Better Dreams Bronze Faux Leather Moroccan Inspired Pouffe/Footstool. Circular shape, star pattern to top, measures 16'' diameter x 9'' high; tall twisted wooden carved candle holder, 20'' tall; and a cream stone large vase with rope and tassel decoration and handle, measures 24'' tall.
Leon Underwood (1890-1975) Modern British School Bronze Sculptor, Painter & Print Maker of Repute, he trained at the Slade School of Art, London, and later became a teacher. A fine original bronze on offer of the famous African Madonna, a Limited Edition of 8, this being No. 4. Signed and dated '38, fitted on a gnarled walnut base of the period. Overall height 14.5''. The bronze of fine colour and patination, in its original state.
Collection of Miscellaneous Items, comprising a bronze Soda Stream globe with refills; miniature blue and white tea set from the Scenes from Charles Dickens series, 'The Old Curiosity Shop' comprising teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and four cups, three saucers and four side plates; and a vintage cake tin.
A French 19th century cast iron and ormolu expanding fire curb with recumbent lion surmounts to either side. 102 cm wide x 27 cm high Together with three Gothic style brass hearth tools and a gilt bronze fire screen.Qty: 5Condition report: No apparent faults or damage, just signs of light wear through use.
A French 19th-century gilt bronze 8-day rococo mantle clock of cartouche form with fruiting vine finial, the convex dial marked Raingo Freres, Paris. The movement chiming the hours and a passing strike at the half-hour. Bearing a Japy Freres trademark to the backplate. Supported on a conforming sub base. 27 cm wide x 36 cm wide x 16 cm deep.Condition report: The convex glass is missing from the bezelSome signs of old damage to the enamel dialNo pendulum at the point of cataloguingBoth trains fully woundThe clock will chime when the hands are moved to the hours/half hours.
A pair of French Empire style bronze and ormolu garnitures, of circular dish form over tri-form dolphin mounted bases, 14.2 cm diameter x 10 cm high, together with a similar period pocket watch stand, formed as an ormolu eagle on a marble pedestal column, 18 cm high.Qty: 3Condition report: Light surface wear commensurate with age, but no apparent damage or repair. Small nick to the corner of the base of the watch stand
A 19th century large gilt metal easel photograph frame, with glazed cover and leaf surmount, aperture size 35.5 cm x 30 cm, together with a French Empire style blue glass and ormolu mounted dish, 8 cm high and a French brass cylindrical box, the cover set with a bronze plaque, relief decorated with a medieval knight before a Queen and courtiers.Qty: 3
A French gilt bronze adjustable standard lamp with winged caryatid supports. 164 cm high.Condition report: This was an oil lamp reservoir stand but is now fitted for electricity. The final upper section is held in with a butterfly screw, this screw does not hold the section in firmly once moved and would need to be looked at. The light is fitted to take a standard bayonet bulb fitting. There are two bud shapes screws missing from the legs where they attach to the lower section. Other than those faults mention the lamp is in good decorative condition.
Napoleon I after Jean Auguste Barre (French 1811-1896), a patinated bronze figure of the bareheaded Emporer in typical stance on a stepped marble plinth. 17 cm high, together with other Napoleon related items including figural letter knife, desk seal and other items Condition report: Bronze figure of Napoleon OKBrass figure of Napoleon a little worn due to polishing and loose on its baseTab seal? The threaded bar is broken Ivory desk seal has a chip to the hatThe steel seal has some minor dents to the back of the head.Napoleon on a ball/globe brass seal has worn detailThe mother of pearl and silver plate seal is ok but has worn silver plating.
A 19th-century bronze figure of Venus, mounted to a cylindrical marble base, unsigned, 31 cm high, together with a zinc cast bust of Goethe, signed P Hameran, with a foundry stamp for E.G. Zimmermann, Hanau, 30 cm high.Qty: 2Footnote: Surface wear and losses to the Goethe bust. Wear to base also. Venus figure a little loose on the base, but no apparent damage.
Antoine Bofill (fl.1895-1921) Spanish, 'En Triomphe', a large patinated bronze figure, modelled as a muscular man in a loincloth, a sword in his left hand and a helmet in the other, on a draped stepped square base, signed Bofill, 'Bellman, Ivey & Carter' stamped mark to base, with applied 'Salon Des Beaux Arts Paris 1895' plaque to front, 52 cm high.Condition report: Repair to left arm, with some movement in the join.
Maurice Bouval (1863-1916) French, an Art Nouveau silvered bronze figure of a maiden, signed to lower section, on a shaped integral plinth bearing a foundry mark for Jollet & Cie, Paris, 27.5 cm high.Condition report: No major damage, some marks and rubbing to the figure, light surface abrasions in places.
Albert-Ernest Carrier Belleuse (1824-1887) French, 'Liseuse', a patinated bronze and ivory figure of a medieval lady reading a book, on waisted cylindrical bronze base, signed in the cast 'A Carrier Belleuse', title and 'Grand Prix de Salon' plaque to base, 61 cm high.Condition report: Damage and repair to fingers on right hand. Some natural cracks to the face. Surace wear and marks throughout commensurate with age.
An oval stick stand, 20th century, printed with continental style coursing figures, on a scroll-form bronze foot and with a gadrooned rim, 53 cm high, together with an early 20th-century parasol with porcelain handle.Estate of the late Della Howard. Please see the related article on https://www.dawsonsauctions.co.uk/Condition report: The stick stand is in good condition, although it is not of significant age, late second quarter of the 20th century.The parasol handle has some glaze rubbing on the high points but is generally in good condition with honey gilding.
A Peru silver 8 Reales, Limas, Caroilius III, 1764, dot above both mint marks, a Geo III cartwheel twopence, 1797, two Victorian half crowns 1892/93, A Geo mV bronze coronation medal in presentation case, a Canadian silver dollar 1935, Elizabeth II Australian 50 cents, 1966, a 1986 proof set, a USA proof set 1969, and other loose coins, various dates, grades and denominations
A pair of French gilt bronze pricket candlesticks applied with the coat of arms for the Empress Eugénie and with Imperial eagles, mid 19th centuryThe candlesticks in the 'Troubadour' styleEach of tripartite tapering column form with lancet window and other gothic ornament to the sides and with winged angels to the corners, the gilt bronze coat of arms plaquettes applied to one of the sides, the prickets below pierced pendant galleries, the confirming pedestal bases with salamanders to the corners, on stylised leafy feet, 56cm high (2)Footnotes:Provenance:The Christopher Forbes Collection, Osenat, 9th April 2016 Collection Grimm, Aguttes, 28 & 29 May 2019, lot 31This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Alfred-Guillaume-Gabriel, Comte D'Orsay (French, 1801-1852): A bronze equestrian portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonDepicted on his favourite charger 'Hanover' wearing a plumed bicorne and holding a telescope in his right hand, his sheathed sword to his left side, on rectangular naturalistic base, the base signed to one side and to the underside of the horse COMTE D'ORSAY SCULPT. 1848, the opposing side of the base inscribed and numbered T.W. No 17, raised on a contemporary black marble rectangular plinth, 44.5cm high approximately overallFootnotes:The Comte d'Orsay studied sculpture in Florence and Paris before arriving in London in 1823. Known as a flamboyant dandy, he mixed in aristocratic circles and enjoyed success as a both a painter and sculptor in Paris and London, exhibiting at the Royal Academy throughout the 1840's and also at the Paris Salon from 1845. He was nominated as the Director of the Beaux-Arts in 1852 by Louis-Napoleon and exhibited his bronze equestrian statue of Napoleon in 1849 at the Paris Salon.The sculptor was apparently particularly proud of the present equestrian statuette which caused a stir in London and greatly pleased the Duke. He also produced a bust of the Duke which was reproduced in Parian ware as well as painting a portrait of Wellington which was apparently one of his favourite depictions and which is now in the National Portrait Gallery.A large edition of this model inscribed 'PRESENTED TO LADY ELIZABETH MARCHIONESS OF DOURO ON THE 18TH JUNE 1852 BY FIELD MARSHAL ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON' was sold at Sotheby's, London, May 29, 2008, lot 20.Literature: P. Kjellberg Les Bronzes du XIX Siecle, Les Editions de L'Amateur, Paris (p. 526).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
After Christian Daniel Rauch (German, 1777-1857): An early 19th century German cast iron figure of General Blücher probably cast at the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin, circa 1825Probably cast at the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Berlin, circa 1825The figure clad in a swirling cloak stepping forward with raised left hand and brandishing his sword in his right beside a rustic free stump, the stump inscribed C R F, possibly for Christian Rauch, Fecit) on rectangular base, the iron with bronze patinated finish, 68cm highFootnotes:Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (1742-1819) was the Prussian General Feldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon at the Battle of the Nations, alongside Russian, Swedish and Austrian allies, at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.Following Napoleon's return from Elba, Blücher commanded the Army of the Lower Rhine. In the June 1815 campaign he sustained a serious defeat at Ligny on 16 June, just two days before the decisive battle at Waterloo. In the course of this battle he was seriously wounded but recovered sufficiently to rejoin his troops, despatching two corps to join Wellington and then led the remainder of his men, arriving on the battlefield in the late afternoon. With the battle hanging in the balance his army intervened with decisive and crushing effect; his vanguard drew off Napoleon's reserves and crushed the remains of French resistance leading the way to a decisive victory. The Prussians followed with a relentless pursuit of the retreating Armée du Nord.In the evening, after the battle, Wellington and Blücher met close to the inn at La Belle Alliance where Napoleon had abandoned his headquarters. During the meeting Blücher suggested the battle should be remembered as La Belle Alliance, to commemorate the European coalition formed to defeat the French Emperor. Wellington instead recommended Waterloo, the village just north of the battlefield, where he had spent the previous night, commenting that it would not do to name the battle after the Emperor's command post.Christian Daniel Rauch founded the Berlin school of sculpture and was the foremost German sculptor of the nineteenth century. This present lot is a reduced copy of a monumental statue cast in 1824 at the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry in Berlin, founded in 1804. The original was displayed in the city of Breslau. The use of iron, rather the more usual bronze used for public sculpture was utilised because it was considered more than just a sculptural material, being the very substance of the Prussian nation led by it Iron Chancellor.A copy of Rauch's figure of Blücher cast by the Royal Prussian Iron Foundry sculpture was acquired by the Earl of Clanwilliam on behalf of George IV in 1825 and is in the Royal Collection at Windsor. The Earl wrote to Sir William Knighton, the King's Private Secretary, that he had visited 'the iron foundry' in June of that year 'where I found the statue and pedestal of Blücher's monument at Breslau...' It was recorded as being received in London 17 September 1825 (Jutshams Receipts II 207) described as an 'iron cast of Blücher & pedestal' and was sent to the castle at the end of November 1828.Similar examples of this reduced model are in the collections at Corsham Court in Wiltshire and the Wellington Museum at Apsley House.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Eugene Wagner (German, 1871-1942): A bronze figure of NapoleonThe standing figure wearing a bicorne hat and great coat, his right hand tucked into his jacket, on square base, the rear signed EUG WAGNER and with VdB foundry cachet, mid and dark brown patination, raised on a green-grey stepped marble plinth, 48cm high For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Last Moments of Napoleon, a cast bronze figure by Vicenzo Vela (Italian 1820-1891)19th centuryThe bronze figure seated in a chair, brooding over a map of his lost Empire, signed V.VELA and inscribed F BARBIDIENNE, FONDEUR 19cm highFootnotes:Vela exhibited his model at the Salon of 1867. It struck an immediate chord with a public whose anxiety over the eclipse of their country by Prussia was equalled by a nostalgia for the First EmpireEXHIBITED:Waterloo Memorial Museum, 'Napoléon: de Waterloo à Sainte-Hélène, la naissance de la légende,' 5 May to 17 October 2021LITERATURE:Wardropper, I. & Licht, F., Chiselled With a Brush, Italian Sculpture 1860-1925 from the Gilgore Collections, Chicago, 1994, p.36. no.1This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five Staffordshire groups of the 'Death of Nelson' and a figure of Nelson, mid-19th centuryThe groups of varied form, each with Nelson collapsed in his last moments, attended by either one or two figures, supporting the Admiral, one example with Nelson's eyes closed and his hat at his feet, some titled to the base, 14-22cm high, the small figure of Nelson modelled standing by HMS Victory, 14cm high (6)Footnotes:None of the many variants of the iconic scene of Nelson's Death rendered in Staffordshire figures, seem to correspond exactly to paintings on the subject nor the bronze relief at the foot of Nelson's Column. However, it might be assumed that the Admiral's attendees are meant to represent the Revd Dr Scott, the ship's chaplain and Mr Beatty, the ship's surgeon, looking for Nelson's pulse in some cases. See P D Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures (1970), pp.221-226 for illustrated examples.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early 19th century 8-Bore Signal CannonWith bronze five-stage barrel with raised mouldings and turned belled muzzle, plain trunnions, and knob-shaped cascabel: on stepped figured wooden carriage of naval type with iron mounts, and wooden trucks each made in two halves secured by iron nails 40 cm. barrel, 2.1 cm. boreFootnotes:Provenance:Bonhams, Nelson & The Royal Navy 1750-1815, 5 July 2005, lot 337For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of Polished Bronze Stanchions, HMS VictoryMounted on polished wooden bases, with inset brass plates each inscribed 'Stanchion from Nelson's Flagship HMS Victory removed during restoration' (2)30.5 x 22 x 99 cm.Footnotes:Provenance:Sold in these Rooms, Nelson & The Royal Navy 1750-1815, 5 July 2005, lot 374For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
After Antoine-Denis Chaudet (1763-1810): A first half 19th century bronze bust of Napoleon together with a later veined rouge marble pedestalThe bust cast after 1812, the pedestal, probably late 19th / early 20th century The sitter modelled full face, a cross belt and military ornaments to his bare chest and shoulders, on integral herm base, mid to dark brown patination, the bust, 60cm, 29cm wide, 24cm deep, the pedestal, 120cm high, 35cm wide, 30cm deep overall (2)Footnotes:Provenance:The bust formerly the property of Victor Napoleon and Princess Clementine of Belgium.Thence by descent, sold Osenat, Paris, 24 March 2013, lot 79.Acquired by the present vendor in the mid 2010's along with the marble pedestal offered with this lot.The offered bronze bust is a rare cast bronze edition of a clothed variant derived from an original plainer plaster by Chaudet, arguably depicting France's most famous and influential historical figure in the guise of a Roman dignitary. In the earlier bust, dating from 1799, Chaudet depicts Napoleon with his plain shoulders tapering to a classically inspired 'herm' form base. A marble version of this bust was completed by Chaudet in 1804 and further copies were subsequently made in quantity in Carrara marble between circa 1807 and 1809. Ordered by Napoleon's sister Elisa Baciocchi, who had been presented the principality of Lucca and Massa Carrara by her brother to be displayed in public buildings, the number of these bust made was estimated to be in the region of approximately 1200 although many of these marbles were subsequently destroyed after Napoleon's defeat. From 1805, copies of this same bust in three sizes were also famously made in Sevres biscuit porcelain. The present lot is a semi-clothed bronze variant of Napoleon featuring a cross belt and military ornaments to Napoleon's chest (as opposed to the usual plain handling of this particular portrait) and this mirrors but is not a complete copy of a fully modelled plaster bust of Napoleon, raised on a socle base also featuring a crossed belt and military ornaments by Chaudet (albeit with a different handling of the face and features) from the turn of the 19th century. This distinctive belt and ornaments were also subsequently added to later Sevres biscuit porcelain cast busts of Napoleon on their herm bases dating from circa 1811 onwards dating the manufacture of this bronze bust to no earlier than 1812.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CRAAN (W.B.): 'PLAN DU CHAMP DE BATAILLE DE WATERLOO DIT DE LA BELLE-ALLIANCE', AN ENGRAVED FOLDING MAP BY G. JACOWICK AFTER CRAAN, CIRCA 1816; TOGETHER WITH A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PATINATED AND PARCEL GILT BRONZE EQUESTRIAN FIGURE OF NAPOLEONthe map Rhand-coloured in outline, dissected and laid on linen, with accompanying letterpress 'Notice Historique' (torn into sections) and with original marbled card slipcase, 68.5cm x 56cm overall, Brussels, [c.1816]; the bronze figure on naturalistic oval base, 20cm high, (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
After Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), a bronze Ewe, early 20th century, inscribed to the edge 'Rosa B' and to the base 'IVI(?)', 10cm high, 22cm wideProvenance: From the collection of the late Selwyn Demmy Condition Report: General surface wear, scratches and dirt overall Some light chips and surface scratches to the ears and headScratches along the leading edge of the baseBase has '553' mark in red chalk/pencil and another indistinct mark to the middle (please see additional images)Please see additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
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