Gelindo Monzini, A Milanese carved marble bust of a young woman, signed and dated 1874, with pedestal
Gelindo Monzini, A Milanese carved marble bust of a young woman, signed and dated 1874, with pedestal

European Sculpture and Works of Art

The department devotes its auctions to a broad range of European and British sculpture and works of art spanning in date from the 12th to the 19th century. Our sales encompass early works of art and Old Master sculpture from the Gothic, Mediaeval and Renaissance period, through to the 19th century and sometimes beyond. This wide spectrum of stylistic influences also features items of Baroque, Rococo, Empire and Neo-Classical origins, as well as works from the New Sculpture movement.

Our expertise extends to handling sculpture and objects in a variety of mediums including ivory, marble, alabaster, stone, wood, terracotta, bronze and plaster. The decorative objects such as urns and tazze worked in materials such as ormolu, enamel and pietre dure. The department also focuses on more functional objects such as candelabra and other lighting, chimneypieces, fire-grates, desk sets, boxes and tea caddies.

Auctions

in European Sculpture and Works of Art

Highlights from past auctions

Sold for £12,500 inc. premium
An 18th century South German ivory skull
Sold for £25,000 inc. premium
Attributed to Workshop of Giovanni Battista Pozzo (Pozzi), Italian (circa 1670-1752) A rare collection of forty four mid 18th century ...
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
Emile Louis Picault, French (1833-1915) A pair of bronze figures of Saracens
Sold for £15,000 inc. premium
Joseph Edgar Boehm, British (1834-1890) A bronze model of The Suffolk blacksmith

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