Amazing rare pair of window bars ("cat peelers").Hot-forged and chiselled ironNorthern Italy (Lombardia) XV-XVI centuryExcellent condition considering the age, see photos for obvious small defects
Incredible wrought ironwork, remarkable for its delicacy, naivety, and dexterity. 16th century? Four fixings seem to indicate it protected a niche. Some missing pieces, another small grille, tree of l[...]
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A VERY RARE DOUBLE BASIN IN VERZINO FRABOSA MARBLE FROM THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD
ROUNDED ON THE UPRIGHTS, CARVED WITH ARCHAIC HEXA-LEAF MOTIFS
ON THE FRONT AND SIDES, SIGNIFICAN[...]
Pair of carved solid oak wood paneling, attributed to the High Gothic period (15th century). These decorative elements display a structured Gothic ornamental repertoire. Each panel is composed of two [...]
Large wrought iron chest lock. Working and with key, it features a splendid dragon, modeled after the one used in South Tyrol and the German-speaking area.
Architectural element in red stone, probably from the heart of a fireplace, decorated with fleurs-de-lis and small rosettes on the edge. Work from the Gothic period. These small floral ornaments were [...]
Marble capital from Verona, northern Italy, 13th century. Decorated with birds and a serpent. Although the context of this capital has been lost, the continuous carving on its four sides suggests that[...]
Very beautiful and large cornerstone with ornate capital. Limestone from the Aisne region. Approximately 39x18x18 cm. 11th-13th centuryIt comes from the former abbey of the Benedictine nuns of Origny [...]
White stone element carved on top of column worked on the 4 faces. Griffins or winged dragons in symmetry their tails cross and intertwine on the other face and end in the mouth of a head with wild an[...]
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IMPORTANT OVAL BASIN OR FOUNTAIN, BOTTICINO MARBLE
DATED FROM THE MID-FIFTEENTH CENTURY FROM AN ANCIENT VENETIAN LAKE RESIDENCE
WITH GREAT FURNISHINGS AND CHARM
L 130C[...]
Column shaft elements in sculpted stone, from several Romanesque columns in different stones and diameters and heights. (I) yellow stone column, max height 89.5 cm, diameter 24 cm (500e o[...]
Beautiful rare pulley in wrought iron, assembled and boiled, decorated with a lily. Excellent condition considering the age. The hook is ancient, but not the original. Weight about 6 kg
Fireplace plate quite exceptional by its size, its decorations and its age dated 1610 Coming from Haute Marne Coming from a collection of a former materials merchant in very good condition approximate[...]
Vase of Janus the two-faced god who gave birth to the month of January. It has two faces, one turned towards the past and the other turned towards the future. Restoration required: a handle is missing[...]
Important wrought iron window defense decorated with 12 applied "whiskers". Typical work of a valley in Piemonte (Val d'Ossola). Normally this type of defense only has 9 “whiskers”
In good condition.[...]
Five small panels of a wooden ceiling.
Highly decorative.
Italy - 15th century (Lazio/Umbria).
Paintings with escutcheons, flowers and decorations on wooden support.
Supplied with a metal [...]
Beautiful 15th century stone pinnacle in Gothic style with foliage decoration. Architectural element that had to be embedded in a whole. Small lack of foliage DOCUMENTATION in the 14th century these o[...]
Important octagonal holy water stoup basin dating from the 15th century in stone from Saint Cyr au Mont d'Or (Rhône) or in stone from Tramayes (Saône et Loire), in good condition considering its perio[...]
Important wrought iron window defense decorated with 12 applied "whiskers". Typical work of a valley in Piemonte (Val d'Ossola). Normally this type of defense only has 9 “whiskers” In good condition.[...]
Rare Bergamo(Lombardy) window grate in forged iron with the typical "s" applied.
These window grates were particularly delicate, very few are preserved in these conditions.
Haute Epoque
Very nice and rare distribution door (rather than furniture), oakwood carved with grey patina (the door was formerly painted and then pickled)
1st Renaissance, around 1500.
Th[...]
Rare monolithic well coping pre-Renaissance, probably cut in the 15th century, in Burgundy stone. Its body with its sloping corners is cushioned by ample caves on its square base. Its gap is 65 cm in [...]
Large oak panel, end of the 15th century, circa 1480. Saint Barbara with her palm of martyrs next to her tower of still Gothic architecture with three windows, the third window symbolizing the trinity[...]
Rare et belle coquille, symbole de purification dès l'Antiquité, jusqu'à sa reintegration dans la symbolique Chrétienne.
Cette pièce peut-être présentée sur un montage transparent ou être sertie dans[...]
BURGUNDY STONE WALLS
The entire Burgundian basin, from lower Champagne in the North, from the Vosges in the East and to the South of the Côte d'Or, is full of quarries where the most beautiful lime[...]
GREATNESS and WISDOM of our BURGUNDY PAVINGS for INTERIORSStone has adorned our floors since cave times. This avoided invasive vermin coming from the ground. We kept cool for the hot season and we hea[...]
Pair of hard limestone columns from the south-west of France, cut before the Renaissance, probably 14th or 15th century, originally supporting a series of arcatures or arches. With an attractive patin[...]
This piece, worked in a single piece of iron, seems to be a work of mastery. It is presented in the form of a plant whose upper branches, crossing each other, create a "mandorla" where you can see a q[...]
Haute époque
Roman sculpture period
Very important and large carved stone gargoyle depicting a seated howling dragon, opening a wide mouth from which rainwater escaped.
Its legs are tight again[...]
Architectural fragment in stone (sandstone) - part of a door frame - Italy (Lucca?) - 13th century
Both sides are fully elaborated, with fine workmanship and expressive expression.
Private colle[...]
Fragment of architectonic wood panel from the Gothic period.
With the image of a tree of life and animals.
XVth century - France
Beautiful patina.
Origin of furniture or decorative woodwork fr[...]
rare bronze bell dated 1565 f heminy me fecit anno1565 its particularly crystalline sound very detailed jousting scene surmounted by a bear sporting his shield decorated with an armed arm opposite sce[...]
Wrought iron window grille made up of 12 elements (6 female and 6 male). Beautiful original patina in good condition (considering the time). Original patina, removable. Origin North Italy
14th century Gothic fireplace, origin Orthez (birthplace of Gaston Fébus), stone jambs (extracted at the time between Navarrenx and Oloron), oak coat. The 3rd stone from the top of the right jamb has [...]
Renaissance period fireback (before 1600) with the arms of Lorraine, placed above a crowned cherub with outstretched wings, and flanked by two acanthus columns emerging from a rose window. a rope as a[...]
Rare pair of carved oak corbels from the end of the 15th century, Flanders or Southern Netherlands. Very beautiful architectural elements as a pendant, representing the portrait of a woman with her ey[...]
Romanesque pillar base, carved stone 38 X 28 X 28 cm. Early in the Romanesque period (10th / 11th century), this stone was the base of a pillar, certainly of a cloister or a church. Square section for[...]
Partly medieval marble column
12-13 th century
Shaft in red marble from Caunes-Minervois
capital in Corinthian style
Lacks, erosion and marks
The base of the column is cemented on a cement plin[...]
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