{"title":"Objects \u0026 Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eDistinctive pieces, personally chosen. Explore the newest additions first.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"antique-hand-carved-wooden-horse-on-26797","title":"Antique Hand-Carved Wooden Horse on Wheels — Indian Folk Art, 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcross nineteenth-century India, village workshops carved wooden animals for both play and procession — figures pulled by children in the courtyard, or drawn through festival routes on wheeled platforms not far removed from this one. The horse was among the most common forms, painted with the same saddle-cloth and harness patterns that dressed real ceremonial animals, so that even a toy carried the visual language of a proper mount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example, Indian, nineteenth century, is carved in a single standing pose, mounted on a curved wheeled base that let it be pulled along the ground. The body is painted black with gold detailing throughout, and a red saddle cloth patterned in gold floral motifs covers the back and flank — note how the paint follows the carved musculature of the horse's haunch and shoulder rather than sitting as a flat layer over a blank form, the mark of a piece painted by someone working from the animal's real anatomy rather than a stencil. The pigment has thinned and flaked unevenly across the body, in the way old tempera and lacquer paints characteristically wear, exposing the wood beneath in places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept this horse before you kept it through more than a century of handling. The paint loss and wear are extensive but consistent with genuine age and use, not damage; the wheels turn and the carving itself is sound throughout. It is ready to stand on a shelf, a console, or among other folk pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nLength: 37 cm (14.6 in) · Height: 31 cm (12.2 in) · Width: 8 cm (3.1 in) — roughly the length of a shoebox\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: carved wood, original painted finish\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: antique condition; significant, age-consistent paint wear and loss; carving and wheels structurally sound\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081819259225,"sku":"SCL-001","price":1020.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.7945383689_civ0.jpg?v=1787929377"},{"product_id":"bronze-capricorn-sculpture-signed-faust-31844","title":"Bronze Capricorn Sculpture, Signed Faust 1994 — Mythical Zodiac Form on Stone Base","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapricorn, the sea-goat of the zodiac, has given sculptors an unusual gift: a creature that is only half real, letting the goat's horns and forelegs give way to a fish's curling tail. That hybrid form invites exactly the kind of dynamic, twisting pose bronze does best — solid metal made to look like it's caught mid-motion, neither fully earthbound nor fully aquatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sculpture, signed Faust and dated 1994, captures that duality directly: a goat's bearded head with long, curving horns leads into a muscular foreleg, the body twisting back into a sweeping, fin-like tail. Note how the bronze surface is worked in broad, faceted planes rather than smoothed to a uniform finish — a deliberately rough, hand-built texture that catches gold highlights across the darker patina, giving the piece a sense of raw, unfinished energy rather than static realism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe signature and date are etched directly into the bronze, visible on close inspection.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe sculpture is mounted on a rough-hewn, dark green stone base, its natural, unpolished texture standing in deliberate contrast to the worked bronze above it. It is ready for a mantel, console, bookshelf, or any spot suited to a genuine artist's piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight: 36 cm (14.2 in) · Length: 37 cm (14.6 in) · Depth: 16 cm (6.3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: bronze, stone base\u003cbr\u003e\nSigned: Faust, dated 1994\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: see photos for full condition detail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081819390297,"sku":"SCL-002","price":2885.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8007816716_f2o3.jpg?v=1787929565"},{"product_id":"silver-toned-metal-abstract-figure-07984","title":"Silver-Toned Metal Abstract Figure Sculpture, Elongated Form, 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003eReducing a human figure down to its barest structural lines was one of the defining moves of twentieth-century sculpture — strip away mass and surface detail until only a thin, gestural silhouette remains, and the figure reads as pose and proportion rather than anatomy. This piece works entirely in that reduced vocabulary: an elongated body narrowing to thread-thin legs, arms curving outward from an open, negative-space torso, topped with a small, simplified head tilted slightly upward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe open cutout through the torso is doing real compositional work, letting light and background show through the center of the figure rather than treating the body as a solid mass — which is part of what makes the piece read as sculptural rather than simply decorative. It stands on a rounded, weighted base finished in the same silver tone as the figure itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe surface holds a consistent silver-toned finish without flaking or discoloration. At 33 cm tall and just 8 cm wide, it's built for a shelf, desk, or narrow console rather than a floor placement, and its slim footprint makes it easy to group with other small objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: silver-toned cast metal\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: height 33 cm (13 in), width 8 cm (3.1 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: 1970s modernist abstract figure\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081819816281,"sku":"SCL-003","price":105.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8322747493_2n2b.jpg?v=1787564835"},{"product_id":"vintage-silver-toned-and-brass-pedestal-03466","title":"Vintage Silver-Toned and Brass Pedestal Bonbonniere, Candy Dish or Centerpiece Bowl, 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bonbonniere is built around a simple idea — a shallow bowl raised on a pedestal, with a central handle so the whole dish can be lifted and passed around the table in one motion. This vintage piece follows that logic closely, pairing a wide, gently sloped bowl with a raised brass handle set right at its center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl itself is a polished silver-toned metal, shallow enough to hold sweets or small items without hiding them, rising from three brass leaf-form supports that sweep up to meet a slender brass handle. That handle is topped with a pinecone finial, giving the whole piece a clear focal point, and the bowl stands on a round pedestal foot for stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bonbonniere presents in very good vintage condition, with the silver-toned bowl and brass fittings holding their finish well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is packed securely and shipped fully insured. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Silver-toned metal bowl, brass handle and supports\u003cbr\u003e\nFunction: Bonbonniere, candy dish, or centerpiece bowl\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Vintage, 1960s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Very good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081820078425,"sku":"TBL-DEC-00","price":310.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8351947957_5kgn.jpg?v=1787564848"},{"product_id":"figural-inkwell-gnome-inkwell-on-71648","title":"Figural Inkwell, Gnome Inkwell on Engraved Dish, Patinated Metal Desk Stand — French Style, 19th Century Attribution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe nineteenth-century desk was a stage for small sculpture, and no object gave the sculptor more licence than the inkwell. Ink needed a lidded vessel; the century's makers decided the lid might as well be a character — and desks across Europe acquired owls, monkeys, jesters, and gnomes whose heads tipped back each time a pen was dipped. The joke had a purpose: an inkwell handled twenty times a day earns its keep better as a companion than as a jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkwell is attributed to the nineteenth century, in patinated metal: a bearded gnome in a soft cap, wide-eared and solemn, his robe falling in cast folds to form the well itself, standing at the centre of a broad circular dish engraved edge to edge with scrolling arabesque ornament — the dish serving as the pen tray and catch for drips. The head is the lid: it tips back on its hinge to open the ink reservoir within, which the piece retains. Look at the face under a raking light — the brow, the drooping moustache, the individual strands of the beard are all worked with the modeller's full attention, character-making of a kind that mass production never spent on a desk object. The patina is deep and unpolished, pooling dark in the engraving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe metal is sound, the hinge works, and the surface carries its unrestored age evenly, as the photographs show. Whoever dipped their pen under this gnome's gaze before you kept him at work. He belongs on a desk, a library shelf, or in a cabinet of small curiosities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell is solid metal with its original reservoir, twenty centimetres across the dish. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nDish diameter: 20 cm (7.9 in) · Height: 13.5 cm (5.3 in) — the footprint of a dessert plate\u003cbr\u003e\nPatinated metal; hinged head lid; engraved dish; ink reservoir present\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good condition for age; deep unpolished patina, working hinge, sound throughout\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081821323609,"sku":"LM-P-215","price":490.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8412306889_ba0h.jpg?v=1787930029"},{"product_id":"louis-xvi-style-candlesticks-pair-gilt-73929","title":"Louis XVI Style Candlesticks Pair, Gilt Metal Fluted Candle Holders, Chased Foliage — French, 19th Century Attribution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Louis XVI candlestick is neoclassicism at dining height: a fluted column tapering downward like an inverted torch, dressed in the vocabulary of the style — acanthus, beading, laurel — and made in pairs, because candlelight in a French interior was always symmetrical. Pairs like this lit dinner tables and mantels for generations, which is why the good ones survive polished nearly white with handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is French, in the Louis XVI style, attributed to nineteenth-century work: each with an urn-form nozzle under a leafy drip pan, the socket chased with a band of flowers, a beaded knop above the tapering fluted column, and a domed circular foot rimmed with a running frieze of stiff leaves. Look closely at the chasing between the flutes and around the socket — the cutting is fine and deliberate, each leaf-edge picked out by hand after casting, the quality of finish that separates careful nineteenth-century work from the softer castings that came later. The pair has been repolished to a bright, even surface, and one candlestick is pierced through — the small hole made when it once served as a lamp, a common conversion honestly carried.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brightness is even across both sticks, with small deformations to the edge of one base from old knocks, stated plainly and shown in the photographs. Whoever dined by this pair before you kept them polished and kept them together. They are ready for a dining table, a mantel, or a console.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair weighs nearly a kilogram in gilt metal, repolished and ready to use with standard candles. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nEach: Height 19.5 cm (7.7 in) · Foot diameter 9 cm (3.5 in) — roughly the height of a coffee mug and saucer\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight of pair: 938 g (2.1 lb)\u003cbr\u003e\nGilt metal, chased decoration; repolished · Sold as a pair\u003cbr\u003e\nOne candlestick pierced from a past lamp conversion; small deformations to one base edge\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good condition; bright even surface, small base deformations from old knocks (see photos)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081821487449,"sku":"LM-E-212","price":575.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8363073100_cchd.jpg?v=1787564893"},{"product_id":"crystal-ice-bucket-cristal-de-sevres-11763","title":"Crystal Ice Bucket, Cristal de Sevres Square Ice Pail with Chrome Handle and Spoon — French, 1970s Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ice bucket earned its place on the bar cart in the decades when serving drinks at home became its own small theatre — and French crystal houses made sure the supporting props were worthy of the performance. Sèvres, a name carried in French luxury since the eighteenth century, produced barware through the postwar years in exactly this spirit: heavy crystal cut for the hand and the eye, built so that even the ice arrived at the table with some ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ice bucket is French, a Cristal de Sèvres design of the 1970s: a square-section pail in thick clear crystal, its walls modelled in a soft, ice-like relief, swung on a flat chromed handle pivoting at two bolts, and accompanied by a slotted serving spoon pierced with a star. Lift it before you fill it — nearly two kilograms of crystal empty, and that mass is the point: thick walls insulate the ice and plant the bucket immovably on the bar while the thin chromed handle floats above, the material contrast the 1970s French houses loved. The relief walls do for the bucket what cutting does for a glass, breaking light across every face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe crystal is in perfect condition — no cracks, no chips — with the chrome handle and spoon clean and bright, as the photographs show. Whoever poured their whiskies alongside this bucket before you kept it flawlessly. It belongs on a bar cart, a drinks cabinet, or the sideboard at your next gathering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bucket is heavy French crystal with its serving spoon included, nearly two kilograms together. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight: 13.5 cm (5.3 in) · Diameter: 14 cm (5.5 in) — roughly the size of a large coffee tin; holds ice for a full evening\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 1,936 g (4.3 lb)\u003cbr\u003e\nClear crystal, relief-modelled walls; chromed swing handle; slotted spoon included\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: perfect condition; no cracks or chips, chrome bright\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081826730329,"sku":"LM-E-205","price":375.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8362587556_l1lg.jpg?v=1787564928"},{"product_id":"vintage-brass-ram-bookends-pair-of-38475","title":"Vintage Brass Ram Bookends, Pair of Fighting Bighorn Sheep on Black Wood Bases, Mid-Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eBookends are sculpture with a job to do, and few subjects ever suited that job like a pair of rams. When the confronting-animal motif spread through European decorative arts in the twentieth century, the charging ram became a natural choice: an animal whose whole purpose is to press its weight against something. Apart, these are two sculptures; with a row of books between them, they become one charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair dates, by design, material, and patina, to the mid-twentieth century — an informed estimate, as they are unsigned and no maker is recorded. Each ram is cast in solid brass with spiral-ribbed horns curling close against the head, mounted in a rearing stance on a black-finished wooden plinth base with a rounded front edge. Note how the weight is thrown onto the forelegs, hindquarters low and braced — the stance of an animal mid-charge, not an animal posed. The brass has mellowed to a warm, uneven gold, with natural verdigris settled deep in the recesses of the horns where a century of polishing cloths never reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patina is even across the bodies, and the wooden bases show light, honest wear to their edges, with small chips to the black finish consistent with decades of shelf duty. Whoever owned these rams before you kept them working. They are ready for a library shelf, a desk, or the mantel of a study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach ram is over half a century old by our estimate and still standing its ground. The pair arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nEach bookend: 17.5 × 11 × 12.5 cm (6.9 × 4.3 × 4.9 in) — each roughly the height of a hardcover novel\u003cbr\u003e\nCast brass figures on black-finished wooden bases\u003cbr\u003e\nSold as a pair · Unsigned, no maker recorded\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; warm even patina with natural verdigris in horn recesses; edge wear and small finish chips to the wooden bases\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081842131289,"sku":"LM-V-172","price":595.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8391093843_g1vg.jpg?v=1787565015"},{"product_id":"art-deco-elephant-bookends-pair-34644","title":"Art Deco Elephant Bookends Pair, Patinated Metal on Marble Bases — French Style, circa 1920s–1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1920s and 30s, the elephant charged through French decorative arts. The Paris colonial exhibitions had turned every drawing room's imagination toward Africa and Asia, and the animal sculptors of the day answered with elephants — trunk raised, ears spread, caught mid-stride on slabs of marble. As bookends they were a small theatre for the shelf: two animals forever advancing toward each other, with a row of books holding them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is in the French Art Deco taste, and by style and materials we place it in the 1920s or 1930s — an informed estimate, as the pair is unsigned and no maker is recorded. Each elephant is modelled mid-stride with trunk raised, in patinated metal with a deep green-brown surface, mounted on a thick rectangular plinth of rose-grey veined marble with canted corners. Look at where the patina has rubbed to a lighter tone — the trunk, the ears, the ridge of the back — because on a piece handled for decades the wear falls exactly on the high points a hand or a cloth reaches first, a pattern no artificial ageing gets quite right. Raised-trunk elephants of this school remain among the most sought-after Deco bookend subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth figures are sound and both plinths sit flat, with light, honest rubbing to the patina's high points and minor wear to the marble edges, as the photographs show. Whoever shelved their books between these elephants before you kept them well. They are ready for a library shelf, a desk, or a mantel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair is around ninety years old by our estimate, in metal and marble. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nEach bookend: approx. 23 × 9 × 17.5 cm (9.1 × 3.5 × 6.9 in) — each roughly the footprint of a hardcover book\u003cbr\u003e\nPatinated metal figures on veined marble plinth bases\u003cbr\u003e\nSold as a pair.\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good condition for age; even patina with honest rubbing to high points, minor wear to marble edges\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081843540313,"sku":"LM-V-171","price":710.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8390985461_42vu.jpg?v=1787565025"},{"product_id":"pink-marble-candlestick-gilt-metal-urn-06079","title":"Pink Marble Candlestick, Gilt Metal Urn Nozzle, Louis XVI Style — French Taste","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe neoclassical candlestick is architecture in miniature: a column and an urn — the whole vocabulary of a temple — shrunk to hold one candle. In the Louis XVI taste, makers dressed these small columns in the full ornament of the style: beaded rims, collars of stamped laurel and acanthus, and little toupie feet lifting a square plinth off the table. At this scale they were made for the intimate surfaces of a house — a dressing table, a writing desk, a mantel end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis candlestick is in the French Louis XVI taste, a rose marble column mounted in gilt metal. The urn-form nozzle sits above a foliate collar, the column rises from a gilt leaf ring, and the square marble plinth stands on four turned toupie feet with a beaded gallery between them. Look at the raised edges of the leaves and beading, where the gilding has thinned to warm metal — gilt work worn by generations of handling thins exactly on these high points, while the recesses keep their colour, a pattern uniform modern gilding never shows. It is sold as a single candlestick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe marble is sound and richly veined, and there is a small split to the metal wall inside the candle cup, visible only when looking down into the nozzle — shown plainly in the photographs, which hide nothing of the surface. Whoever lit their candles here before you kept this piece well. It is at home on a mantel, a dressing table, or a desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe candlestick is solid marble and metal and needs nothing to be used tonight but a candle. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight: approx. 13.5 cm (5.3 in) — roughly the height of a coffee mug\u003cbr\u003e\nRose veined marble; gilt metal mounts\u003cbr\u003e\nSold as a single candlestick\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good condition; gilding thinned on high points, small split inside the candle cup (see photos), marble sound\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081844064601,"sku":"LM-V-170","price":370.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8343003022_htus.jpg?v=1787565032"},{"product_id":"bronze-greyhound-sculpture-recumbent-69257","title":"Bronze Greyhound Sculpture, Recumbent Whippet Dog Figurine with Collar, Dark Patina — European","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe recumbent greyhound is one of the oldest poses in animal sculpture: the hound at rest but alert, forelegs crossed, head up — the companion of princes rendered as an emblem of loyalty and watchfulness. From tomb sculpture to the writing desks of the nineteenth century, the resting hound kept its place wherever an owner wanted a quiet, faithful presence within reach of the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis greyhound is cast in bronze with a deep brown patina, modelled at rest with the forelegs elegantly crossed and the head turned attentively over them, wearing a collar with a suspension ring at the throat. The underside is stamped with the number 2251. Turn the figure over and the handling points show warm golden metal beneath the patina — the quick check by which one separates a true copper-alloy cast from the grey of a cheaper white-metal one. The modelling holds detail down to the toes and the ribs beneath the coat, and the whole piece has the satisfying weight of solid casting in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patina is deep and even, with honest rubbing at the points where the figure has been picked up for generations, and the piece sits flat and stable. Whoever kept this hound at their desk before you kept it well. It is at home on a desk, a library shelf, or a mantel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe figure is solid cast bronze with a hand-applied patina, stamped with its number to the underside. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nLength: approx. 17.5 cm (6.9 in) · Height: approx. 10 cm (3.9 in) — roughly the length of a table knife\u003cbr\u003e\nCast bronze, brown patina; stamped number 2251 to underside\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good condition; deep even patina with honest rubbing to handling points\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081845047641,"sku":"LM-V-169","price":665.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8342735356_qdde.jpg?v=1787565037"},{"product_id":"pen-tray-patinated-metal-desk-tidy-with-67493","title":"Pen Tray, Patinated Metal Desk Tidy with Shell Bowl, Scrolled Rims — European","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the desk drawer swallowed everything, the writing table kept its tools in the open, and the pen tray was its centrepiece: a long channel for the pens and a small bowl at the end — for nibs, sealing wax, or the odds and ends every desk produces. A tray like this organised the ritual of writing; today it does the same for keys, glasses, or jewellery, which is why these long desk trays never really left service.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tray is cast in one piece of patinated metal, a long rectangular channel with raised scrolled rims flowing into a round shell-form bowl at one end, the whole standing on small integral feet. The surface carries a dark patina shading into soft green in the recesses — look into the corners where the scrollwork meets the tray floor, because on a cast piece the patina pools darkest exactly where fingers and cloths cannot reach, while the open surfaces mellow lighter with use. The form is sculptural enough to hold a wall of its own on a console or dressing table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tray is sound and sits flat, the patina even and age-consistent, with wear matching decades of daily service; the photographs show the surface as it is. Whoever kept their desk in order with this tray before you kept it well. It is ready for a desk, a console by the door, or a dressing table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tray is solid cast metal in a single piece, around 35 centimetres long. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. 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Run your eye across the hammering — the marks vary in depth and length rather than repeating, the difference between a surface planished by hand at the bench and a texture pressed in by machine. The base is stamped by the retailer H.J. Linton of Paris, with the marks partly softened by age but legible, alongside a scratched inventory number.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plating has mellowed unevenly, with tarnish and wear through to warm copper tones on the spout, foot, and underside — a surface that shows every year of service, exactly as the photographs present it. Whoever poured their tea from this pot before you kept it in use, not in a cabinet. It is at home on open kitchen shelving, a tea tray, or a collector's cabinet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pot carries its retailer's stamp on the base, photographed plainly. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight: approx. 12 cm (4.7 in) — roughly the height of a teacup, sized for one\u003cbr\u003e\nSilver-plated metal, hand-hammered body; stamped H.J. 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Nothing about it was decorative in intention — the form follows the knife, the tree, and the meal — which is exactly why these bowls sit so naturally in modern interiors, where their shapes read as sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bowl is hand-carved in the Berber manner from a single piece of wood, a wide shallow basin on a flared, gently squared pedestal foot. The rim runs slightly out of round and the walls vary in thickness — hold it against the light of the photograph and follow the rim's soft irregular line, the trace of an object cut freehand from the log rather than turned on a lathe, where no two diameters would ever measure the same. The surface has deepened to a warm red-brown in the basin, darkening toward near-black on the foot, a colour built by years of handling and use rather than applied in one coat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wood is sound, with surface wear, small age checks, and irregularities native to a hand-carved utilitarian object; the photographs show it as it is. Whoever shared their meals from this bowl before you kept it in daily use. It sits naturally at the centre of a dining table, on a kitchen island, or on a console as a catchall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bowl is a single piece of solid carved wood, roughly a third of a metre across. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter: approx. 33 cm (13 in) · Height: approx. 20 cm (7.9 in) — roughly the footprint of a dinner plate, raised to the height of a wine bottle's shoulder\u003cbr\u003e\nHand-carved solid wood, single piece; deep red-brown patina\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good condition for a utilitarian object; surface wear and small age checks consistent with hand carving and long use\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081847865689,"sku":"LM-V-166","price":515.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8342592690_glnq.jpg?v=1787565054"},{"product_id":"framed-trio-of-dutch-historical-73944","title":"Framed Trio of Dutch Historical Engravings — Wolfert van Borselen \u0026 VOC Founding Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003eLook closely at the middle print and a name resolves out of the linework: Wolfert van Borselen, a fifteenth-century stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland who also held the title of Admiral of the Netherlands — not an invented classical figure standing in for \"old and important,\" but a specific nobleman whose actual history the engraver was recording. The third print carries its own caption, \"DE OOST IND. COMP: OPGERICHT,\" marking the founding of the Dutch East India Company in 1602, complete with ships and a globe worked into the scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is what separates a genuine historical engraving set from generic decorative prints: the plate numbering still visible in the margin, the specific captioning under each portrait, the fact that someone chose these three subjects deliberately rather than picking interchangeable stock imagery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever assembled this trio was building a small, coherent slice of Dutch history — a nobleman, a portrait study, and a defining national event — rather than three unrelated pretty pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set has been kept together in its current frame since being assembled in the 1970s, mounted on a wide cream mat within a single dark wood frame with visible grain. The mat shows the light, even toning expected of paper under glass over decades rather than anything that competes with the linework itself. At 36 by 19 cm, it reads best in a narrow horizontal space — above a console, along a stairway, or as one element in a gallery wall rather than a lone anchor piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: paper engravings, wood frame, cream mat\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions (framed): 36 × 19 cm (14.2 × 7.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nSubject: three engravings — a portrait study, Wolfert van Borselen, and the founding of the Dutch East India Company (1602)\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition, even toning to the mat consistent with age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081848750425,"sku":"Wal-ART-003","price":310.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.7894017622_gdeu.jpg?v=1787565060"},{"product_id":"vintage-oil-painting-signed-farmhouse-70664","title":"Vintage Oil Painting, Signed Farmhouse Courtyard Scene, Chickens \u0026 Cottage Garden, Framed Rustic Wall Art, Circa Early-Mid 1900s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a particular moment every countryside painter learns to look for: the low light of late afternoon catching a whitewashed wall, throwing the red of a tiled roof into deep, warm relief, while ordinary farmyard life goes on underneath — a couple of chickens pecking their way across the yard, unbothered by the camera or the canvas. This oil painting captures exactly that scene, a quiet cottage courtyard with a half-open door, a shuttered window dressed in flower boxes, and the loose, confident brushwork of someone who painted this kind of view many times over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDown in the corner, half-hidden by the frame, sits the artist's signature — the kind of small, worn inscription that only reveals itself when you get close, applied in the same loaded brush as the rest of the painting rather than added afterward. It's a detail collectors look for first: proof that what you're holding is a genuine, once-original work, not a print or a later copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaintings like this belong to a long-running European tradition of rural genre scenes — unpretentious farmhouse corners rendered with real affection, popular with painters and buyers alike through the first half of the 20th century. They were made to bring a little of the countryside indoors, hung in a hallway or a study as a reminder of a simpler, sunnier version of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting presents in good vintage condition, with visible craquelure, surface texture, and wear consistent with its age — the kind of character that confirms an oil painting has genuinely lived through the decades rather than been reproduced. It arrives framed and ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully packaged to ensure safe delivery, with worldwide shipping included in the price. US import duties are covered; for other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. 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Victorian jewelers leaned into that symbolism fully, and this brooch continues their language, its coiled silver form catching light the way a serpent motif has for well over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brooch's textured metalwork traces the snake's body in silver, with warm gold-tone accents defining its head and features, while a deep black onyx detail anchors the design with quiet contrast. Small enough for a lapel, scarf, or coat, it carries outsized presence for its size.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe brooch presents in excellent vintage condition, its silver and gold tones retaining their contrast and shine. 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In the France of the 1920s and 30s, the crouching cat — all shoulder and menace, caught the instant before the spring — became the era's signature beast, prowling across mantelpieces just as it prowled across the posters and jewellery of the period. Sculptors set these cats on bases that were compositions in themselves, banding together the boldest stones of the age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis panther is French Art Deco in style, cast in régule — spelter — with a deep black patina, as the period's workshops made these dramatic cats attainable beyond the price of bronze. The animal is modelled snarling, hindquarters coiled and one forepaw planted on a rocky outcrop, forelegs braced wide along the base. That base is a piece of Deco geometry in its own right: a slab of black Portoro marble shot with gold veining, framed in banded amber onyx with inlaid diagonal stripes of black and pale green, raised on rounded stone feet. Note the deliberate clash the maker set up — the panther's matte black body against the gold-veined gloss beneath it, the surface contrast by which Deco composers made a single object read like a stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe spelter shows wear to its patina consistent with its years, as such surfaces do, with lighter tone showing at the raised muscle lines and paw edges; the stone base is sound and sits solidly on its feet. Whoever gave this panther its place before you kept it well. It commands a mantel, a console, or the top of a low bookcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sculpture is nearly half a metre long, in cast metal and solid stone, with real weight to it. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight: 18.5 cm (7.3 in) · Width: 47.2 cm (18.6 in) · Depth: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) — about as long as two hardcover books side by side; a substantial mantel piece\u003cbr\u003e\nPatinated régule (spelter) figure; Portoro-type marble and banded onyx base with inlaid stripes\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good condition for age; patina wear to high points of the figure as noted by the source, stone base sound\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081867886937,"sku":"LM-E-118","price":1330.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8342509038_it2y.jpg?v=1787565170"},{"product_id":"rare-antique-wmf-silvered-bowl-art-52138","title":"Rare Antique WMF Silvered Bowl, Art Nouveau Grape Leaf Handles, Germany, Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a satisfying weight to holding a piece of real WMF silverware, the kind of German craftsmanship that helped define an entire era of tableware design. This bowl carries all of that history in its curves, twin handles cast with clusters of grape leaves and vines, curling into place with the organic, flowing energy that Art Nouveau design does best. At the center, a radiating sunburst pattern catches light from every angle, a small detail that turns a functional serving piece into something you want to display rather than tuck away in a cupboard. For collectors of WMF or German silverplate, a genuinely rare model like this one is exactly the kind of find worth building a display around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrafted in silvered metal by the renowned German manufacturer WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik), the bowl is worked in true Art Nouveau style, with grape leaf and vine motifs climbing each handle and a finely textured, sunburst-patterned base at its center. The silverwork retains a soft, warm luster consistent with genuine age, and the piece shows light wear entirely in keeping with a bowl that has been used and admired for well over a century. This is described by the seller as a rare model, uncommon to find in this form and condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. 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These rise tall and stately, their silvered bronze catching candlelight the way it must have caught it a hundred years ago, in a dining room somewhere in old Europe, laid with linen and polished silver for guests who dressed for the evening. Rococo curves twist up each stem, leaves and scrolls unfurling toward the candle cup, before cascading down into a tripod base so richly worked it could stand alone as a small sculpture. Owning a pair like this means owning a piece of that formality, that sense of an evening made ceremonial by candlelight alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast in bronze and finished in silvering, each candlestick is worked in the flowing, asymmetrical language of Louis XV design, with engraved foliate motifs climbing the stem and a scalloped, foliate-cast tripod base that flares outward with real movement and grace. The detailing is crisp and confident throughout, from the shaped bobeche at the top to the shell-and-scroll feet at the base, the hallmark of quality Rococo revival casting. The silvered surface has softened beautifully with age, showing the warm, slightly burnished glow that only genuine antique silvering develops over time, with light wear entirely consistent with a piece that has been used and cherished for well over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Silvered bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Louis XV \/ Rococo revival, late 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: Height 32 cm \/ 12.6 in; base diameter 14.5 cm \/ 5.7 in\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 1.363 kg and 1.412 kg\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Very good antique condition for age; light wear consistent with genuine use\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081885876569,"sku":"LM-V-145","price":790.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8337557000_q3ef.jpg?v=1787565300"},{"product_id":"art-deco-spelter-sculpture-elegant-woman-05495","title":"Art Deco Spelter Sculpture, Elegant Woman with Doe, French Marble Base","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a quiet narrative frozen into this piece, the kind of tableau that feels lifted straight from a 1920s salon. A woman in a richly draped gown sits at ease, her posture relaxed and confident, while a doe rests peacefully at her feet, its long neck curved in stillness beside her. Together they capture everything Art Deco sculpture does best, elegance without stiffness, movement suggested rather than forced. Set on a polished oval marble base, this is the sort of piece that turns a mantel or console table into a small stage, the kind of object a visitor's eye goes straight to and lingers on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast in spelter with a warm bronze-toned patina, the figures show the fine detailing typical of the period, from the fall of the woman's gown to the delicate modeling of the doe's face and legs. The oval marble base grounds the composition with genuine period weight and a cool, polished contrast to the warmth of the metal figures. There is a small crack in the marble at the back of the doe, discreetly placed and not visually intrusive, along with light general wear consistent with age and honest use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Spelter (zamak\/zinc alloy), marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Deco sculpture, France\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 32 cm x 14 cm; height 19.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition overall; small discreet crack in marble base at rear of doe; general signs of age and use\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081887252825,"sku":"LM-V-142","price":550.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8336547202_3ixm.jpg?v=1787565310"},{"product_id":"vintage-murano-style-glass-vase-with-69717","title":"Vintage Murano-Style Glass Vase with Murrine, Multicolor Speckled Glass, 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eHold this vase up to the light and it turns into something closer to a kept secret, thousands of tiny flecks of color suspended inside the glass itself, gold near the neck fading into soft coral pink toward the base, scattered through like confetti caught mid-fall. Two small glass handles curl outward just below the neck, each one finished with a delicate serpent-like head, a playful, almost whimsical touch on what is otherwise a fairly classical amphora silhouette. It's the kind of piece that photographs well but performs even better in person, catching window light differently depending on the hour, the sort of small object that earns a spot on a windowsill specifically because of what happens to it there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glass is worked in the murrine technique, embedding tiny fragments of colored glass throughout the body during the blowing process rather than painting or staining the surface afterward, which is why the color reads as though it's glowing from within rather than sitting on top. The form itself is a classical two-handled vase, flaring out at the mouth and swelling into a rounded body before tapering down to a matching speckled foot. Those twin handles, shaped with small reptilian heads, are the real signature detail, hand-formed and applied while the glass was still hot, a technique closely associated with Murano-style glasswork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Murrine glass\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Murano-style, 20th century\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: Height 13.5 cm \/ 5.3 in; width 7.5 cm \/ 3 in\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Excellent overall condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"US","offer_id":59081890103641,"sku":"LM-V-159","price":340.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK","offer_id":59081890136409,"sku":"LM-V-159","price":340.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"EU","offer_id":59081890169177,"sku":"LM-V-159","price":340.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8338514872_bwcg.jpg?v=1787565344"},{"product_id":"vintage-red-desk-letter-holder-gilt-97850","title":"Vintage Red Desk Letter Holder, Gilt Tooled Border Design, Tiered Correspondence Rack","description":"\u003cp\u003eGilt-tooled borders and a small central floral motif were a familiar language on writing desks through much of the twentieth century, borrowed from bookbinding traditions where leather and gold leaf marked something as worth keeping. This letter holder wears that same decorative vocabulary, its deep red surface framed with a fine gilt geometric border and a small gilt floral crest on each tiered section. Practical as much as decorative, it would suit a desk or console where correspondence is kept in view rather than filed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letter holder has three graduated tiered sections rising from a flat rectangular base, each panel finished in deep red with a gilt-tooled geometric border and a central gilt floral motif near the top edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 26 cm \/ 10.2 in wide, 11 cm \/ 4.3 in deep, 12 cm \/ 4.7 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Gilt-tooled tiered desk letter holder\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081894199641,"sku":"TBL-DEC-022","price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8331813886_h1kp.jpg?v=1787565437"},{"product_id":"pair-of-art-deco-greyhound-bookends-83487","title":"Pair of Art Deco Greyhound Bookends, Bronze Dogs on Red Marble, French Style Bookstands","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe greyhound running low and stretched, front paw reaching forward, was a favored pose for animalier sculptors working through the Art Deco decades, the breed's long lines suiting the era's taste for streamlined, dynamic form. This pair captures that exact moment mid-stride, each bronze-toned dog set on a small pedestal at the corner of a red marble block, the veined stone running in warm rust and cream tones. Set on a bookshelf or desk, they bring genuine sculptural interest to a practical object, the kind of pair that draws a second look before anyone reaches for the books between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bookend has an L-shaped red marble base with prominent white veining, mounted with a bronze-finished greyhound figure in a running pose, each dog standing on a small columned pedestal. Both bookends in the pair share the same running pose and finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a matched pair of bookends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Bronze-finished metal (spelter\/régule), red marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Deco greyhound bookends\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions (per bookend): 16 cm \/ 6.3 in long, 7 cm \/ 2.8 in wide, 11.5 cm \/ 4.5 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nSet: Pair, matched running pose\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/decorative-objects-1\"\u003edecorative objects\u003c\/a\u003e, or read our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/condition-standard\"\u003econdition standard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081894265177,"sku":"DEC-GLS-005","price":695.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8328305386_gmti.jpg?v=1787565444"},{"product_id":"art-nouveau-frosted-glass-vase-enamel-88437","title":"Art Nouveau Frosted Glass Vase, Enamel Iris Decoration in Blue and Gold, Possibly Montjoye","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe iris rises the full height of this vase in a single sweeping gesture, its gilt stem and blue-enameled petals traced in fine gold outline against a soft, frosted ground, the flower drawn with the same flowing asymmetry that gave the Art Nouveau movement its name. The iris was one of the movement's favored subjects, prized for its tall, elegant line and the way its curling petals lent themselves naturally to the whiplash forms designers reached for again and again. It evokes the atmosphere of a turn-of-the-century interior, where a single well-chosen vase on a mantel or side table could announce the taste of the room around it, glass treated not as a vessel alone but as a surface for painting in light and enamel. The vase's own asymmetrical, pinched rim continues that organic language right to the very top, as though the glass itself had been gently pressed into bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vase has a tall, tapering form with an asymmetrical, gently pinched rim and a flared foot, in frosted pale blue-grey glass. It is decorated with an enameled iris motif in blue with fine gold outlining, the stem and leaves rendered in raised gilt detail against the frosted ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Frosted glass with enamel and gilt decoration\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 27 cm \/ 10.6 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Nouveau, iris motif\u003cbr\u003e\nAttribution: Possibly Montjoye (unconfirmed)\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081895182681,"sku":"LM-E-094","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8321535944_a0ew.jpg?v=1787565503"},{"product_id":"antique-bronze-reclining-dog-inkwell-78367","title":"Antique Bronze Reclining Dog Inkwell, Napoleon III Style, Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe head lifts and turns aside to reveal what this figure was really built for — not simply an ornament for a shelf, but a small vessel of daily use, the dog's body forming the well and its hinged head the lid, a piece of engineering hidden inside a moment of sentiment. Novelty inkstands shaped like sleeping or reclining animals flourished through the Napoleon III era, a time when the writing desk had become a stage for personality as much as correspondence, and a visitor was expected to smile at some small, unexpected detail before a single letter was begun. It evokes the atmosphere of a study from that period, gaslight flickering over dark wood and leather, the dog resting exactly as a real one might beside its owner's chair, half companion, half curiosity. One can imagine it lifted and set down thousands of times over a century and more, a hand reaching for it almost without looking, which is perhaps why its surface carries the deep, well-handled patina it does today, rubbed warm at the high points where fingers found it again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell is cast in bronze in the form of a reclining dog, legs tucked beneath the body, the hinged head lifting away to access the well beneath. The bronze has developed a rich, dark patina over time, with warmer reddish-brown tones showing through at the high points, worn smooth by handling. The original glass or ceramic ink insert is no longer present. The piece is sold in its found condition, with the patina left untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single inkwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Napoleon III style novelty inkwell, reclining dog form\u003cbr\u003e\nDate: Late 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Sold in found condition; attractive natural patina; original ink insert is missing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081895379289,"sku":"LM-E-107","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8369348593_i56v.jpg?v=1787565528"},{"product_id":"antique-art-nouveau-bronze-and-wood-77225","title":"Antique Art Nouveau Bronze and Wood Inkwell, Whiplash Handle Desk Stand with Letter Opener, Circa 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe handles of this inkwell curl outward in the unmistakable whiplash line of Art Nouveau design, sweeping loops of bronze that seem to grow organically from the wood rather than sit fastened to it, as though the metal itself had been caught mid-motion and left to cool that way. Desk sets like this one belonged to a moment when even the most functional objects on a writing table — the inkwell, the letter opener, the tray beneath them — were reimagined as small works of decorative art, every curve borrowed from the stems and petals of nature rather than the straight lines of the century before. It evokes the atmosphere of a study around 1900, gaslight or an early electric lamp burning low, correspondence still composed by hand, dipped and blotted rather than typed, on a desk that was itself expected to reflect the taste and modernity of the room around it. One can imagine it holding pride of place on a writer's or merchant's desk, used daily yet never merely utilitarian. Brought into a home today, it carries that same sculptural presence into a modern space, useful still, but admired first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell stand has a rectangular mahogany-toned wood base mounted with two large scrolled bronze handles, each cast with fanned Art Nouveau foliate and floral motifs. At the center sits a square-cut glass inkwell with a hinged bronze lid, decorated with a geometric inlaid motif. A bone-handled letter opener with a slender blade rests across the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single desk set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Bronze, wood, glass, bone (letter opener handle)\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 25 x 20 cm \/ 9.8 x 7.9 in\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Nouveau desk inkwell with letter opener\u003cbr\u003e\nDate: Circa 1900\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081895772505,"sku":"LM-E-109","price":535.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8321445180_i76m.jpg?v=1787565531"},{"product_id":"antique-pate-de-verre-vase-signed-val-68345","title":"Antique Pâte de Verre Vase Signed Val, Purple Acid-Etched Lakeside Landscape, Squat Bulbous Form","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe mountains here seem to rise directly out of the glass rather than sit on top of it, painted in deep violet tones that fade to a pale, misted horizon, a lone tree bending across the top of the scene as though caught in a breeze. This is the true pâte de verre technique, glass paste worked and acid-etched to hold color in soft, atmospheric layers rather than sharp outlines, a method closely associated with the great decorative glassmakers of the early twentieth century who signed their work \"Val.\" It evokes the atmosphere of a lakeside evening captured in miniature, small enough to hold in one hand, yet detailed enough to reward close and repeated looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vase has a low, squat, bulbous form with a narrow, slightly flared neck, the whole body finished in a purple-toned landscape scene depicting mountains, trees, and a still lake rendered through acid-etched, layered glass paste. The piece is signed \"Val\" to the lower body. It has two small chips to the interior of the neck, visible in the photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Pâte de verre glass, acid-etched\u003cbr\u003e\nSignature: Val\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 14 cm \/ 5.5 in diameter, 11 cm \/ 4.3 in high; interior neck diameter 4.7 cm \/ 1.9 in\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Landscape decoration, squat bulbous form\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition; two small chips to interior of neck, please review photos carefully\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081895838041,"sku":"LM-E-108","price":710.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8321384236_jjht.jpg?v=1787565536"},{"product_id":"vintage-pate-de-verre-style-vase-66176","title":"Vintage Pâte de Verre Style Vase, Hand-Painted Landscape Design in Orange and Green, 1930s-40s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a soft, matte quality to this vase that pulls the eye differently than clear glass ever could — a warm coral-orange ground painted over with a landscape scene, trees and reeds rendered in layered greens that seem to hover just beneath the surface, as though a summer evening had been caught mid-glow inside the glass itself. Vases finished this way belong to a moment in early twentieth-century decorative art when glassmakers began treating the vessel as a canvas, layering color and shadow to suggest depth and atmosphere rather than simple pattern. It evokes the atmosphere of a sunroom or a dressing table in the 1930s, where a single painted vase like this one might have held a few cut stems and quietly set the tone for the whole room. Brought into a home today, it still carries that same soft glow, the kind of object that looks equally at home on a windowsill catching afternoon light or grouped among other colored glass on an open shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vase has a tall, waisted silhouette with a narrowing neck and a gently flared foot, finished in a matte orange ground decorated with a hand-painted landscape scene of trees, foliage, and a reed-lined bank in shades of green. The surface has a soft, frosted texture typical of pâte de verre-style glass, and the painted decoration wraps continuously around the body, drawing the eye upward from base to shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Glass\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 19.5 cm \/ 7.7 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Painted landscape decoration, pâte de verre style\u003cbr\u003e\nDate: 1930s-40s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081895903577,"sku":"LM-E-106","price":265.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8321272646_8on4.jpg?v=1787565544"},{"product_id":"art-deco-sculpture-of-a-standing-woman-in-46471","title":"Art Deco Sculpture of a Standing Woman in Flowing Gown, Signed Menneville, 1930s, Two-Tone Patina","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a stillness to this figure that feels deliberately theatrical — a woman standing with one arm raised, a long cloak falling from her shoulders in heavy folds, her gaze set somewhere beyond the room. Sculptors of the Art Deco period often worked in exactly this contrast of tones, pairing a pale, almost luminous face and hands against a darker, richly textured costume, so the figure reads as both statuesque and alive. It carries the character of a 1930s interior, the kind of piece meant to stand alone on a console or pedestal, commanding a room rather than sharing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sculpture depicts a standing woman in a long, draped gown with a flowing cloak over her shoulders, one arm raised and bent at the elbow. The face, neck, and hands are finished in a pale ivory tone, contrasting with the deep, mottled dark patina of the robes and cloak, which show subtle veining and texture throughout. The piece is signed Menneville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nSignature: Menneville\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 44 cm \/ 17.3 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Deco figural sculpture, two-tone finish\u003cbr\u003e\nDate: 1930s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition. The hands are missing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081896460633,"sku":"LM-E-105","price":1235.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8321212260_ekrk.jpg?v=1787565550"},{"product_id":"art-deco-mantel-clock-with-greyhound-23751","title":"Art Deco Mantel Clock with Greyhound Figure, Marble Onyx and Régule Clock, 8-Day Mechanical Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a confident asymmetry to this clock that marks it out as pure Art Deco design — the round clock face set on its own marble plinth, balanced by a standing greyhound on a separate pedestal, the two joined only by the long marble base beneath them. Compositions like this favored exactly that kind of visual counterpoint, a mechanical face and a sculptural figure sharing equal weight in the design rather than one simply decorating the other. It carries the character of a mantelpiece from the period, the sort of clock built to be looked at from across the room as much as consulted for the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clock has a round clock face set in a brass-toned bezel, mounted upright on a rectangular black and cream marble block. Beside it, on a separate marble pedestal, stands a régule greyhound figure with a bright gilt-toned finish. Both elements sit on a long rectangular base combining pale onyx-veined marble with black marble banding. The clock face has a cream dial with Art Deco-style numerals and blued hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single mantel clock with figural decoration. It has an 8-day mechanical movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Marble, onyx, and régule (spelter)\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 43.5 x 12 x 26 cm \/ 17.1 x 4.7 x 10.2 in\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 5.74 kg\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Deco mantel clock with greyhound figure\u003cbr\u003e\nMovement: 8-day mechanical\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good general condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081897410905,"sku":"LM-E-086","price":800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8366843653_srwj.jpg?v=1787565610"},{"product_id":"pair-of-antique-gilt-bronze-candlesticks-54033","title":"Pair of Antique Gilt Bronze Candlesticks, Neo-Gothic Style, 19th Century French Decor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular richness to candlesticks worked in this much relief — acanthus leaves unfurling beneath a gadrooned drip pan, a fluted column narrowing toward a stepped, domed foot. Pieces built this way belong to the neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance revival that swept through 19th-century French interiors, when designers looked back to medieval and Renaissance ornament and reworked it in gilt bronze for candlelit drawing rooms. It carries the character of a château or well-appointed country house, the kind of pair that would sit naturally on a mantel or dining table in a room already leaning classical, romantic, or gathered around curiosities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach candlestick has a fluted column rising from a stepped, domed circular base, with acanthus-leaf detailing at the knop and a gadrooned drip pan beneath the candle cup. The gilt bronze carries its original aged patina, with visible traces of wear and oxidation consistent with genuine age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a matched pair of candlesticks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Gilt bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 24.5 cm \/ 9.6 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nSet: Pair, matched neo-Gothic\/neo-Renaissance style\u003cbr\u003e\nPeriod: 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good antique condition; original aged patina with visible wear and oxidation consistent with age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081897705817,"sku":"LM-V-012","price":620.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8366359695_cjn5.jpg?v=1787565649"},{"product_id":"antique-hand-colored-engraving-a-hunter-76827","title":"Antique Hand-Colored Engraving \"A Hunter and a Pony\" After Carle Vernet, Framed Equestrian Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular liveliness to sporting prints of this kind — a rider in red frozen mid-canter beside a riderless second horse, dust and motion suggested in a few economical lines. Prints like this one, paired with their French titles below the English caption, were made for an international audience of horse and hunting enthusiasts, the kind of image that hung in a study, a stable office, or a hallway lined with similar equestrian scenes. It carries the character of that sporting print tradition, framed here to be looked at as closely as the fine engraved detail deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print is a hand-colored engraving titled \"A Hunter and a Pony\" in English and \"Un Cheval de Chasse et un petit Cheval\" in French, after Carle Vernet, engraved by Levachez. It depicts a mounted rider in a red coat on a grey horse, leading a second horse at a gallop across an open landscape. The print is presented within a wide green and cream mount with fine ruled borders, set in a dark wood frame with a gilt edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nSubject: \"A Hunter and a Pony\" \/ \"Un Cheval de Chasse et un petit Cheval\"\u003cbr\u003e\nArtist: After Carle Vernet, engraved by Levachez\u003cbr\u003e\nTechnique: Hand-colored engraving\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 28.5 x 26 cm \/ 11.2 x 10.2 in\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Wood frame with gilt edge, glazed\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Antique sporting\/equestrian print\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good antique condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081898492249,"sku":"LM-V-090","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8312157390_igiq.jpg?v=1787565661"},{"product_id":"vintage-spelter-antelope-sculpture-art-85275","title":"Vintage Spelter Antelope Sculpture, Art Deco Style, Black Marble Base, 1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpelter earned a reputation it didn't deserve for most of the twentieth century — dismissed by dealers who assumed anything not bronze wasn't worth collecting, even though this zinc alloy casts without flaws and holds fine detail every bit as well. Sculptors of the 1920s and 1930s used it constantly for exactly this kind of subject: a small standing animal, alert and captured mid-stride, meant to sit on a mantel or console rather than a museum plinth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis antelope stands with its head raised and horns swept back, weight balanced across four slender legs in a pose that reads as a genuine moment rather than a static stance. The metal carries a warm, aged patina across the body, with the horns and facial detail kept crisp enough to show real modeling work rather than a soft, blurred cast. It stands on a black marble base with pale veining running through the stone, the kind of pairing — pale veined marble under a dark metal figure — that Art Deco sculptors reached for again and again because the contrast does half the visual work on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patina shows the even, settled color of genuine age, and the marble base carries no chips along its edges. At 20 cm long and 17 cm tall, it holds real presence for its size without needing a large surface to work on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: spelter (zinc alloy), black marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: height 17 cm (6.7 in), length 20 cm (7.9 in), width 8 cm (3.1 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Deco, 1930s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good vintage condition, even aged patina\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081898787161,"sku":"SCL-006","price":160.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8325496787_2zuh.jpg?v=1787565686"},{"product_id":"vintage-spelter-bull-sculpture-1920s-97129","title":"Vintage Spelter Bull Sculpture, 1920s, Antique Coin Bank Figurine, Sculptural Animal Desk Decor","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore piggy banks came in plastic and cartoon shapes, they were often something a household displayed with real pride — a cast figure that earned its place on a mantel or desk whether or not a single coin ever went in. This bull carries that dual purpose forward, its solid stance and confident presence doing the work of sculpture first, coin bank second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast in spelter, the bull stands with a lowered horn and a sturdy, muscular build, mounted on a rounded base with a coin slot worked discreetly into its back. The surface carries a naturally aged patina that spelter develops over a century, giving the piece real depth and character rather than a uniform shine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sculpture presents in good vintage condition, with visible age-related wear that speaks to its authenticity and long history. This is a piece with real presence, meant to be noticed on a desk, shelf, or cabinet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery item is packed individually and arrives professionally packed, fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping.\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Spelter\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 17 cm high, 21 cm long, 14 cm wide\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Antique Animal Sculpture \/ Coin Bank, 1920s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition, natural patina consistent with age\u003cbr\u003e\nIncludes: Bull sculpture only\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081898852697,"sku":"SCL-005","price":135.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.7856788464_eoz5.jpg?v=1787565693"},{"product_id":"pair-of-art-deco-greyhound-bookends-99295","title":"Pair of Art Deco Greyhound Bookends, Régule Dog Figures with Bronze Patina on Black Marble Bases","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular elegance to the greyhound as an Art Deco subject — all long lines and quiet alertness, a breed that seems built for exactly the kind of streamlined, modernist sculpture the period favored. This pair captures that character well, each dog standing with head lowered toward its marble slab, collar visible at the neck, tail extended in a long curve behind. Set on a bookshelf or desk, they bring genuine period charm to the room, the kind of found object that carries its own history in every mark and worn edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bookend depicts a standing greyhound, rendered in spelter (régule) with a bronze-toned patina, mounted on a rectangular black marble base. The dogs are shown with collars at the neck, in a naturalistic standing pose with head lowered. Some wear is visible to the figures and to the marble bases, consistent with genuine age and use, as shown in the photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Spelter (régule) with bronze-toned patina, black marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 8.1 cm \/ 3.2 in wide (each), height approx. 16.8 cm \/ 6.6 in\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 4 kg total\u003cbr\u003e\nSet: Pair, Art Deco greyhound design\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good used vintage condition, with some visible wear to figures and marble bases; please review all photos carefully\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/decorative-objects-1\"\u003edecorative objects\u003c\/a\u003e, or read our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/condition-standard\"\u003econdition standard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081898885465,"sku":"LM-E-091","price":775.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8312267296_jmno.jpg?v=1787565704"},{"product_id":"pair-of-gilt-bronze-two-arm-candlesticks-82930","title":"Pair of Gilt Bronze Two-Arm Candlesticks, Acanthus Leaf Candelabra","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular density to gilt bronze cast this way — thick, scrolled arms rising from a shell-and-acanthus base, each candle cup wide enough to catch real dripping wax. Candelabra of this weight and detail were built for a mantel or a pair of console tables flanking a mirror, meant to be seen from across a room as much as admired up close. This pair still carries all the sculptural presence of the candlestick form, whether kept exactly as they are or adapted to a new purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach candelabrum has two scrolled acanthus-leaf arms rising from a central stem, set on a base decorated with a fluted shell motif. The gilt bronze has a rich, warm tone throughout, with a substantial, dense weight to the casting. One of the faux candle sleeves is plastic rather than matching the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Gilt bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nBase diameter: 13 cm \/ 5.1 in\u003cbr\u003e\nCandle cup diameter: 8.7 cm \/ 3.4 in\u003cbr\u003e\nSet: Pair, matched acanthus leaf design (two-arm candelabra)\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition; very heavy casting; one faux candle sleeve is plastic rather than matching material.\u003cbr\u003e\nSold without a shade — leaving you free to choose one that suits your room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"US","offer_id":59081899016537,"sku":"LM-E-089","price":550.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"EU","offer_id":59081899049305,"sku":"LM-E-089","price":550.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK","offer_id":59081899082073,"sku":"LM-E-089","price":550.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8312074018_gls9_424a4970-13ff-48c5-a8c6-f6620fc6e57b.jpg?v=1787565709"},{"product_id":"antique-framed-print-of-chateau-de-36791","title":"Antique Framed Print of Château de Chambord, Hand-Colored Lithograph by Deroy, French Castle View","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular charm to a print like this one — the kind that once hung in studies and drawing rooms as a small window onto grand architecture its owner may never have visited in person. Here, the unmistakable silhouette of Château de Chambord rises above its own reflection in the water, while figures gather at the riverbank in the foreground and a boat draws up onto the grass nearby. Framed in dark wood with a gilt slip and wide cream mount, it has the quiet formality of a piece meant to be looked at slowly, the kind of print that suits a study, a hallway, or a wall of mixed antique prints and paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe print is a hand-colored lithograph titled \"Chambord, Vue du Château (Côté du Parc),\" captioned as lithographed by Deroy after a view taken from nature. It depicts the château's turreted silhouette beside the river, with strolling figures and a boat with passengers in the foreground. It is presented beneath a wide cream mount with a fine ruled border, set within a dark wood frame with a gilt inner slip. The coloring has the soft, muted palette typical of period hand-tinted lithographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nSubject: Château de Chambord, \"Vue du Château (Côté du Parc)\"\u003cbr\u003e\nTechnique: Hand-colored lithograph, after Deroy\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Wood frame with gilt slip, glazed\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Antique French topographical print\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good antique condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081900196185,"sku":"Wal-ART-014","price":340.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8308195364_ek2l.jpg?v=1787565781"},{"product_id":"abstract-art-glass-decorative-plate-blue-76117","title":"Abstract Art Glass Decorative Plate, Blue Copper Amber Swirl Design, Sculptural Centerpiece Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a kind of decorative object that behaves less like tableware and more like a small abstract painting you happen to be able to set things on. This plate belongs firmly in that category. Its surface moves in swirling bands of deep blue, burnt copper, and amber, pooling and shifting the way marbled paper or a slow-cooling glaze might, with a raised square panel at the center that catches the light differently from the rest of the piece. Set on a coffee table, console, or dining table, it works as much as a standalone art object as it does a functional catchall, the kind of piece that changes character depending on the light in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plate is a square, flat-based form with gently rounded corners, its surface finished in a richly swirled abstract pattern of blue, copper, and amber tones, with a raised square detail at the center creating a shallow well. The glaze has a glossy, high-shine finish throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Contemporary abstract art glass, swirled multicolor design\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081900360025,"sku":"LM-V-029","price":215.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8308285498_p2i9_d186167a-eb18-41a2-a50f-4f01e3a96b36.jpg?v=1787565792"},{"product_id":"pair-of-spelter-dog-bookends-pekingese-33185","title":"Pair of Spelter Dog Bookends, Pekingese or Tibetan Spaniel Figures on Marble Bases, Vintage Régule Bookends","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular charm to bookends shaped like dogs — small guardians set at either end of a shelf, watching over whatever sits between them. This pair captures the breed's characteristic seated pose and heavily textured coat with real attention, each figure mounted on its own rectangular marble base. Set on a bookshelf, desk, or mantel, they bring a touch of personality to a room in a way a plain pair of bookends never could, equally suited to a study full of leather-bound volumes or a more eclectic, collected interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bookend is cast in spelter (régule), depicting a seated dog of Pekingese or Tibetan Spaniel type, with deeply textured, naturalistic modeling to the coat. The figures stand on rectangular marble bases, and the metal carries a rich, dark patina throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a matched pair of bookends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Spelter (régule) on marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Seated dog figures, Pekingese or Tibetan Spaniel type\u003cbr\u003e\nSet: Pair of bookends\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition with attractive patina. Note: there is a small casting hole in the front of the left dog\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081900589401,"sku":"LM-V-078","price":450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8308353636_gfm4.jpg?v=1787565800"},{"product_id":"vintage-small-metal-ice-bucket-ribbed-68000","title":"Vintage Small Metal Ice Bucket, Ribbed Champagne Style Bucket with Ring Handles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular pleasure in objects made for entertaining — the ones that have spent decades quietly presiding over drinks trays and cocktail hours, ready for the next gathering at a moment's notice. This little bucket has that spirit. Its flared, tapering form and pair of ring handles echo the classic champagne bucket silhouette, scaled down for ice cubes rather than a full bottle, the kind of piece that turns a simple round of drinks into something with a bit more ceremony. Set on a bar cart, a sideboard, or brought straight to the table, it is as useful today as it was the day it was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bucket has a flared, slightly tapering silhouette in brushed metal, with a set of ribbed horizontal bands encircling the lower body and a pair of ring handles suspended from loop mounts on either side. The surface shows the soft, brushed sheen typical of well-used vintage metalware, with light overall wear consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Metal (brushed finish)\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 13 cm \/ 5.1 in high, 14 cm \/ 5.5 in wide\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Champagne bucket form, ribbed banding, ring handles\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081904390489,"sku":"TBL-DEC-020","price":160.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8356039297_q9tm.jpg?v=1787565812"},{"product_id":"purple-and-blue-lacquered-decorative-box-67744","title":"Purple and Blue Lacquered Decorative Box, Gold Trim Hinged Lid, \"Reflections\" Trinket Box","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular pleasure in a box built purely for the joy of opening it — no practical necessity, just color and craftsmanship meeting at a hinge. This one delivers exactly that moment. Lift the lid and a deep amethyst purple gives way to a soft periwinkle interior, the reveal as satisfying as the box itself is handsome from the outside. Its faceted, jewel-box silhouette and confident color-blocking make it equally at home on a dressing table, a bookshelf, or grouped with other small decorative boxes, holding jewelry, trinkets, or simply catching the eye on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box has a faceted, gently tapered form in a rich purple lacquer, banded with pale blue panels and fine gold trim along every edge and corner. The hinged lid is fitted with ornate gilt-metal hinges, and the interior is lined in a soft powder blue, marked \"Reflections\" along the hinge bar. The lid's crown is decorated with a small gilt medallion motif set within the color-blocked panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Lacquered wood or composite with gilt-metal hardware\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 15 cm \/ 5.9 in high, 14 cm \/ 5.5 in wide, 9 cm \/ 3.5 in deep\u003cbr\u003e\nMarking: \"Reflections\" stamped to interior hinge bar\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Faceted lidded box, color-blocked purple and blue with gold trim\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081904423257,"sku":"TBL-DEC-021","price":170.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8308220512_8uvb.jpg?v=1787565819"},{"product_id":"bronze-smoking-set-swan-among-the-reeds-93053","title":"Bronze Smoking Set, Swan Among the Reeds — Attributed to S. Agudo, Spain, circa 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eA desk or bar cart in the mid-century didn't just need somewhere to put a cigarette out — it needed somewhere for that to look intentional. Spanish and Italian bronze workshops of the 1950s and 60s answered with smoking sets built as small sculptures: a swan, a shell, a pair of hands, anything that could hold an ashtray's function without looking like one until you needed it to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set takes the swan-among-reeds theme and works it into three functions at once. The larger piece is modelled as a swan rising from a bed of reeds, its curved back forming a shallow basin for cigarettes; the wing-shaped lid that once sat over the reed cluster was designed to separate into three fitted individual ashtrays, of which two survive here. A second, smaller swan holds matches beneath its own lid — a hidden-compartment habit typical of these sets, where the sculpture is doing double duty as storage. The gilt-bronze finish is worked with the same feather and reed texturing throughout both pieces, which is a decent way to judge whether elements of a mixed set actually belong together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair has clearly been used as intended rather than kept as an ornament, with the surviving wing-ashtray showing an even, handled patina; the missing third wing piece is worth knowing about going in. On a desk or low shelf near where people actually sit, the reed cluster reads as the visual anchor and the swan's neck as the vertical interest.\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns are accepted within 30 days, buyer covers return postage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\nOverall: 13 × 17 × 14 cm (5.1 × 6.7 × 5.5 in) — about the footprint of a paperback book\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 2 kg (4.4 lb)\u003cbr\u003e\nBronze, gilt\/gold-toned finish; unsigned, attributed to S. Agudo\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; set is missing one of three original wing-ashtray sections; even wear consistent with use\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082126098777,"sku":"LM-V-073","price":495.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8270520700_4jyi.jpg?v=1787565907"},{"product_id":"vintage-candlestick-pair-neoclassical-37048","title":"Vintage Candlestick Pair, Neoclassical Empire Style, Lion Paw Feet, 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eLion paw feet entered European decorative design as a deliberate borrowing from Roman and Egyptian antiquity, part of the same visual system that gave Empire-era objects their sense of classical authority. This candlestick pair uses the motif at a small, functional scale — three sculpted paw feet raising each base just enough to give the piece real presence on a table rather than sitting flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stem above continues that classical vocabulary with vertical fluting running its full height, widening into a fan-shell motif at the base where the paw feet meet the body. The finish carries two distinct tones — a silvered surface with aged gold showing through at the raised edges — giving the fluting and shell detailing visible depth rather than a flat, single-color cast. The material itself is régule (zamak), a cast zinc alloy commonly used for exactly this kind of detailed decorative casting rather than solid bronze or silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth pieces show the tarnish and minor wear expected of genuine age, worth checking against the full photo set for specifics. At 23 cm tall, the pair suits a dining table, mantel, or console where the paw feet and fluting can be seen at eye level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: régule\/zamak (cast zinc alloy), silvered finish with aged gold detailing\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: height 23 cm (9.1 in), weight 713 g (25.1 oz) per pair as provided\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Neoclassical Empire style, 1950s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition, tarnish and minor wear consistent with age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082283647321,"sku":"LM-V-061","price":660.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8323309453_kamt.jpg?v=1787565968"},{"product_id":"vintage-spelter-sculpture-seated-lady-22125","title":"Vintage Spelter Sculpture, Seated Lady with Sphere, Marble Base — Art Deco Style, 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe seated female figure, poised and self-contained, was one of Art Deco's most enduring subjects, and decorative workshops kept producing variations on it long after the movement's original 1920s–30s flowering. Spelter, cast and finished with a black and gold polychrome treatment, made these figures accessible well beyond the reach of bronze — a material choice that let the Art Deco aesthetic persist in production for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sculpture, in the Art Deco style and dating to the 1970s, follows that vocabulary closely: a seated lady in a black and gold finish balances a sphere on her raised hand, the sphere itself not rigidly fixed but held by a wire, allowing it slight movement as part of the original design. Note how the drapery of her dress is modeled in continuous folds that follow the seated pose rather than sitting as a flat applied pattern — the kind of sculptural attention that distinguishes a well-cast spelter figure from a crudely finished one. She sits on a marble base, with a small painted wood block supporting the raised foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever displayed this figure before you kept her with real use — there are losses to the original paint and patina in places, and a small chip to the marble base, both worth reviewing closely in the photos alongside this description. She is ready for a mantel, console, or display shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nLength: 28 cm (11.0 in) · Width: 9 cm (3.5 in) · Height: 17 cm (6.7 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: spelter (régule), marble, painted wood\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; losses to original paint\/patina in places; small chip to marble base\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082298032473,"sku":"LM-V-056","price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8298327875_k5x3.jpg?v=1787565982"},{"product_id":"bronze-finished-big-cat-skull-sculpture-54378","title":"Bronze-Finished Big Cat Skull Sculpture, Gothic Decor Piece","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimal skulls have long occupied an odd, compelling place in decorative art — objects that are anatomically real in form but almost always encountered as replicas, prized less for taxonomic accuracy than for the raw, sculptural drama of teeth, bone, and hollow socket. A well-cast skull sculpture reads as both scientific specimen and gothic statement piece at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sculpture takes the form of a large predatory cat's skull, jaw open to display a full set of fangs and teeth in a lighter gold-toned finish against the darker bronze body. Note how the surface texture shifts across the piece — smoother and more polished across the cranium, rougher and more porous-looking near the jaw and eye sockets — the kind of deliberate surface variation that gives a cast skull its convincing, weathered presence rather than a uniform, obviously artificial finish. It is mounted on a black stand for display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sculpture presents in good vintage condition overall; review the listing photos closely for full surface and finish detail. It is ready for a desk, shelf, or mantel, at home equally in a gothic, curiosity-cabinet, or eclectic interior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nWidth: 22 cm (8.7 in) · Height: 18 cm (7.1 in) · Length: 33 cm (13 in), without stand\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: bronze-finished metal\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; review photos for full detail\u003cbr\u003e\nMounted on a black display stand\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082354852185,"sku":"SCL-007","price":890.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8317770207_riwr.jpg?v=1787565995"},{"product_id":"vintage-silver-toned-crane-bird-80121","title":"Vintage Silver-Toned Crane Bird Sculpture, Art Deco Style, Brass Accents, 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003eStylized bird sculptures — cranes and herons especially — were a favorite subject for mid-century decorative metalwork, prized for the way a long neck and a single raised leg could turn a still object into something caught mid-motion. This vintage sculpture works in exactly that genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe crane's body is finished in silver-toned metal, its neck curving upward to an open beak, balanced on one leg atop a round, textured base. Brass accents run through the wing and tail feather detailing, giving the piece a two-tone contrast against the silver body — a look very much in the Art Deco style, even as the piece itself dates to the 1960s.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe sculpture presents in very good vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery item is packed individually and arrives professionally packed, fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Silver-toned metal, brass accents\u003cbr\u003e\nHeight: 45 cm (17.7 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Deco style \/ mid-century, 1960s\u003cbr\u003e\nSubject: Crane bird figure\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Very good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082421109081,"sku":"SCL-008","price":445.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.6650889245_96yl.jpg?v=1787566006"},{"product_id":"antique-gilded-bronze-curtain-holdbacks-58319","title":"Antique Gilded Bronze Curtain Holdbacks, French 19th Century Foliate Scroll Design (Set of 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the nineteenth-century French interior, even the hardware holding back a curtain was an occasion for ornament — a small bronze fitting cast with the same foliate scrollwork found on furniture mounts and door hardware throughout the house, gilded to match the room's other fittings rather than left as plain, purely functional metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set of three holdbacks, French, nineteenth century, is cast in a matching foliate and fan-shaped scroll design, each hook curving out from a decorated backplate worked in acanthus leaf and shell motifs. Note how the leaf edges are individually defined with fine, slightly raised veining rather than a flat stamped outline — the kind of crisp relief that separates a genuine period casting from a later, simplified reproduction. The gilding catches light differently across the raised and recessed areas of the pattern, giving each piece real depth even at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever hung drapery from these holdbacks before you kept them well. The gilt bronze shows honest wear consistent with age, with the foliate detailing fully intact across all three pieces. They are ready to be reinstalled and put back to work, or displayed as a decorative set.\u003cbr\u003e\nThey arrive professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: gilded bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nSet of 3 holdbacks\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good antique condition; honest wear consistent with age; foliate detailing intact\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082453025113,"sku":"DEC-BRZ-001","price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.6602792596_h8rr.jpg?v=1787566013"},{"product_id":"art-deco-inkwell-regule-dogue-sculpture-05398","title":"Art Deco Inkwell, Régule Dogue Sculpture with Green Patina on Marble Base, French Desk Accessory, Circa 1920s–30s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a certain kind of desk piece that was never meant to just sit there quietly — it was meant to be noticed. This Art Deco inkwell is exactly that: a reclining dogue, cast in régule and finished in a rich, weathered green patina, stretched out beside a sharp, faceted inkwell pot, the two mounted together on a marble base with a pen groove running along its edge. It reads as much like a small bronze-toned sculpture as it does a writing accessory, which is precisely the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe writing desk of the 1920s and 30s was a place where design got ambitious. Inkwells of the period were often paired with a sculptural animal — a dog, a panther, a deer — chosen for what it symbolized: loyalty, speed, quiet elegance. That confident pairing of a naturalistic figure with hard, geometric lines was one of the signatures of the Art Deco eye, and this piece brings both halves of that story together on a single desk companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkwell is a well-preserved piece overall, with one small area of patina loss at the tip of the dog's paw — the kind of honest, minor wear that tells you it's lived on a real desk rather than in a display case its whole life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarefully packaged and fully insured for safe worldwide delivery, with all US import tariffs already covered for our American clients. Returns accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Régule (spelter), marble\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: Marble base 30 × 14 cm; dog figure 9 cm H × 17.5 cm L; inkwell pot 6 cm H × 7.5 cm L; weight approx. 2,950 g\u003cbr\u003e\nPeriod: Art Deco, circa 1920s–30s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Well-preserved, minor patina loss at the paw tip; original glass liner not present\u003cbr\u003e\nIncludes: Inkwell sculpture and marble base only\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082521117017,"sku":"LM-V-068","price":420.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8279537604_ds8w.jpg?v=1787566032"},{"product_id":"art-deco-spelter-sculpture-seated-woman-59972","title":"Art Deco Spelter Sculpture, Seated Woman on Chevron Marble Base — French, 1920s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art Deco decade found one of its favorite subjects in the seated female figure, drapery swept back to suggest motion frozen mid-gesture — a pose that let sculptors show off the era's taste for streamlined, dynamic line even in a stationary object. Spelter, a zinc alloy cast and finished with a bronze-toned patina, was the material of choice for decorative figures of this kind: it took fine detail well and cost a fraction of solid bronze, putting sculptural pieces like this one within reach of a much wider public than bronze alone ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sculpture, French, 1920s, follows that formula closely. A spelter figure of a seated woman, her drapery flowing dramatically behind her, rests on a black and cream marble base cut in a sharp chevron pattern. Note how the drapery's folds are modeled with continuous, sweeping lines rather than broken into separate cast segments — the kind of confident, unified modeling that distinguishes a well-cast period figure from a crudely finished one. The bronze-toned patina remains rich across the figure, with the geometric precision of the chevron marble grounding the piece's movement in something architectural and still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever displayed this sculpture before you kept it well. The spelter and marble both show honest wear consistent with age, worth reviewing closely in the photos alongside this description, since spelter is a softer, more easily marked material than bronze. It is ready for a mantel, console, or display shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nMarble base: 35 x 11 x 4 cm (13.8 x 4.3 x 1.6 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nFigure: 27 x 9 x 15 cm (10.6 x 3.5 x 5.9 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nTotal: 35 x 11 x 19 cm (13.8 x 4.3 x 7.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: spelter (zinc alloy) with bronze-toned patina, marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; review photos closely for full condition detail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082599825753,"sku":"LM-V-057","price":620.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8310950681_eg6i.jpg?v=1787566056"}],"url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/collections\/objects-art.oembed","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}