Mid-Century Modernism

Otello Rosa for San Polo  

A SET OF

Ceramic Wall Sconce & Wall Art

A Pair of Personages from La Comedia dell’ Arte

Italy, ca. 1950s

ABOUT

These wonderful ceramic Wall Sconce and Wall Art by famous Italian artist Otello Rosa (1920-2007) for San Polo depict A Pair of Personages from La Comedia dell’ Arte. In excellent vintage condition, signed and numbered, American wiring. 

DIMENSIONS

SCONCE                                            WALL ART

Height: 10.25 inches                         Height: 10.25 inches

Width: 3.75 inches                            Width: 3.25 inches

Depth: 4.75 inches                           Depth: 5.25 inches

$3,200


Italian Mid-Century Modernism

Otello Rosa for San Polo

Pinocchio Wall Sconce

ca. 1950s

ABOUT

Otello Rosa (Italian, 1920 – 2007) is the author of this stylish Mid-Century Modernist wall sconce, depicting Pinocchio, the hero of the famous Italian fairy tale by Carlo Collodi. 

DIMENSIONS

Height: 10.5 inches Width: 7.75 inches Depth: 4.25 inches


$950


Italian Art Deco

A Pair of Wall Sconces with Nubians

Hand-Carved Painted Wood

ca. 1920s

DIMENSIONS

Height: 18 inches         Width: 11.5 inches         Depth: 5.5 inches

ABOUT SCONCES

This outstanding pair of hand-carved and painted wood sconces in the Venetian taste, with male and female Nubians each holding a cornucopia, is an Art Deco interpretation and tribute to the Golden Age of the 18th Century gilded interior decorations.

 

$6,800


Egyptian Revival

A Pair of Cobra Candle Wall Sconces

Enameled Brass

ca. 1920 

ABOUT SCONCES

A pair of vintage enameled brass candle sconces, of sculptural form designed as serpentine cobras, evoking the Egyptian revival style, with lotus form bobeches. The sconces may be mounted on the wall either horizontally or vertically.  

DIMENSIONS Height: 31 inches Width: 4.75 inches Depth: 5.75 inches


$6,500


German Cubist Art Deco

Attr.: Gerhard Schliepstein

A Pair of Bronze Wall Sconces

Berlin, Ca. 1925

Although unsigned, the essay for this extraordinary pair of wall sconces is attributed to Gerhard Schliepstein unanimously by all experts, as his unique stylization is very recognizable.  

Crafted in patinated & polished bronze, their amazing design combines the plasticity of figurative sculpture with the sharp, angular lines of geometric design of the German Cubism in Art Deco heyday of the 1920s. These lean and elegant abstract representations of human figures are characteristic for his work, and have become really famous during the Art Deco era. Schliepstein’s works of the mid-1920s reflect his personal artistic reaction against Art Nouveau flowing lines by contrasting his own sculptural creations with sharp angles, lines and more fragmented, geometric character of cubism uniquely combined with streamlined Art Deco aesthetic.

 Dimensions: Height (without candles): 12 inches (30cm) Width: 8 inches (20cm) Depth: 3 inches (7.5cm) 

Gerhard Schliepstein (1886 -1963) was a German sculptor and designer, as well as a porcelain modeler from the Art Deco period. He obtained his education as a sculptor with Wilhelm Bayern, after which he attended the Academy for Plastic Arts in Berlin from 1907. After his studies, he started as free artist in Berlin-Friedenau; and from 1911, designed naturalistic porcelain figures that were executed at KPM Berlin; and later, at Schwarzburger Werkstätten für Porzellankunst in Unterweissbach, and Porzellanmanufactur Heubach in Lichte, as well. Gerhard Schliepstein mainly worked in porcelain and more rarely in alabaster and bronze, which makes the latter much more desirable. 

Being one of the most esteemed German sculptors of the first half the 20th century, as well as prolific artist and very much in demand, Schliepstein created, among other things, building facades, furniture, lighting fixtures, figures and busts. Some of the furniture he designed, clock cases, lamps, wall sconces, desk sets and oil paintings have been preserved and nowadays are shown in many museums around the word – for instance, the Porzellanicon in Selb, the Bröhan museum in Berlin, Germany; and the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney, Australia, and Wolfsonian Museum in the USA.

 

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A Pair of

Vintage Egyptian Revival

Cobra Candle Wall Sconces

in Enameled Brass

Dimensions:

Height: 37 inches (94 cm)         ~         Diameter: 4.5 inches (11 cm)

 A pair of vintage enameled brass candle sconces, of sculptural form designed as serpentine cobras, evoking the Egyptian revival style,

with lotus form bobeches. Sconces may be mounted horizontally or vertically.

Very good condition, with age appropriate wear.

 

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SPAIN, XIX CENTURY

A Pair of Heraldic Silver Wall Sconces

for

Amadeo I, King of Spain

Dimensions:

Height: 11 inches         Width: 10 inches         Weight: 977.5g (each)

                Unique - for the true lovers of real rarities! It is our pleasure to present to you this amazing pair of XIX century hand-hammered silver double-armed candle wall sconces in the Spanish Baroque style. The back plates are beautifully adorned with the Spanish royal crown and personal monogram of Amadeo I, the King of Spain. The heraldic composition is completed by the sculptures of angels, holding a laurel wreath in each hand, a symbol of royal power and victory. Probably, made by a special order, the sconces are unmarked but tested for silver. The original wooden bases of the back plates, intended to be mounted on the wall are preserved in a good condition on both candelabras, with all of the original copper studs that the silver parts are nailed to them. Very good antique condition, although there is a common minor wear consistent with age and use. Please refer to photographs attentively, as they are part of the description, as well. Is it possible that these silver sconces at one time had decorated the walls in the King's apartments ?

Amadeo I, the King of Spain (1870-1873)

                Amadeo I (Italian Amedeo, sometimes anglicized as Amadeus) (30 May 1845 – 18 January 1890) was the only King of Spain from the House of Savoy. He was the second son of King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy and was known for most of his life as the Duke of Aosta, but reigned briefly as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873. He was elected by the Cortes as Spain's monarch in 1870, following the deposition of Isabella II, and sworn in the following year. Amadeo's reign was fraught with growing republicanism, Carlist rebellions in the north, and the Cuban independence movement. He abdicated and returned to Italy in 1873, and the First Spanish Republic was declared as a result. Granted the hereditary title Duke of Aosta in the year of his birth, he founded the Aosta branch of Italy's royal House of Savoy, which is junior in agnatic descent to the branch descended from King Umberto I that reigned in Italy until 1946, but senior to the branch of the Dukes of Genoa.

 The Spanish Royal Crown

                The Spanish Royal Crown, known as Crown of Alfonso XII, is the symbol of the Spanish Monarchy and has been used in proclamation ceremonies since the 18th century. The current Spanish Royal Crown is the crown of the ruling Bourbon Dynasty. The Spanish branch of the House of Bourbon was founded by Philip V of Spain, Duke of Anjou, who was born in 1683 in Versailles. He was the second son of the Grand Dauphin, son of Louis XIV. The last time the crown was shown at a public ceremony was in the Cortes Generales during the swearing-in of King Felipe VI on 19 June 2014 after the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I. Since July 2014, the Crown and scepter are on permanent public display for the first time ever in the so-called Crown Room at the Royal Palace of Madrid.

 

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