Bronze Tortoise Statue Casting English Turtle Figurine
– Gorgeous bronze casting of a tortoise
– Of course being bronze this can live outside with no fear of rusting
– Offered in great condition with no signs of damage and ready for home use right away
– Available to view in our Canonbury Antiques Hertfordshire showroom just 25 minutes north of London
– Please contact us for an appointment
– Will ship to anywhere in the world – please email us for a shippping quote
– Gorgeous bronze casting of an English bull dog
– Shown lying down on the black marble base
– Offered in great condition with no signs of damage and ready for home use right away
– Available to view in our Canonbury Antiques Hertfordshire showroom just 25 minutes north of London
– Please contact us for an appointment
– Will ship to anywhere in the world – please email us for a shippping quote
English Bronze Casting Two Boy Acrobats Garden Statue 7ft
– Gorgeous English bronze statue depicting two boys playing acrobats
– Stands in at over seven feet tall so an impressive piece
– Bought from an architectural salvage firm in Islington, North London
– Great piece for the garden – can you imagine this on your lawn?
– Brown bronze has a lovely patina
– Offered in great shape and will ship to anywhere in the world
– Come view in our antiques showroom in Hertfordshire, just 25 mins north of London
– Gorgeous bronze casting of an English duck
– Being bronze this can live outside with no fear of rusting
– Patina to the bronze is superb
– Offered in great condition ready for home use right away
– Will ship to anywhere in the world – please email for shipping quotes
– Come view in our antiques showroom in Hertfordshire, just 25 mins north of London
– Gorgeous and unique bronze casting of a captain at the helm of the ship
– Steering wheel of the ship also doubles as a working clock
– Fantastic piece showing the salty seaman at the helm
– Artist has really captured the character of the captain with his bushy beard and lines of experience on his face
– Bought from a dealer at the Bermondsey antiques market in London
– Offered in great condition ready for home use right away
– Will ship to anywhere in the world – please email for shipping quotes
You are viewing a fine English bronze casting depicting a polo player in full swing astride his horse. The energy and dynamism of the piece is what attracted us to this great work of art. We came across this at a dealer we know in Bath whilst on a buying trip in the West Country.
The player is depicted swinging his stick just about to hit the ball with the horse at a mild cantor. We cannot find a signature to the piece but whoever the artist was has really caught the moment with skill. The patina to the bronze has a lovely lustre and at different parts the tone varies. The piece is offered in very good condition. It is ready for home decorative use right away and this will take centre stage as a show piece. Perfect for polo fans and collectors.
Polo can be traced to origins in Manipur state, India, about 300 bc when it was played as Sagol Kangjei. It is also claimed to be of Persian origin having been played as Pulu (which means “willow root”) about 525 bc. In the course of centuries it spread to other countries including Tibet, China, India, and Japan, where a special form of it called dakyu evolved in the 8th century ad. By the 16th century it had become particularly popular in India. During the 1850s British army officers in India learnt how to play it, and the earliest polo club of the modern era was the Cachar Club, founded in Assam in 1859. It was first played in England in 1869 by cavalry officers of the Tenth Hussars, and in the United States in 1876. The governing body is the Hurlingham Polo Association, London. Hurlingham first staged a match in 1874 and the club committee first drew up a set of British rules in 1875.
– Come view this in our Herts warehouse, just 25 minutes north of London
– Gorgeous bronze casting of a pug dog
– Great collectors piece
– Offered in great shape and will ship to anywhere in the world
– Come view these yourself in our Hertfordshire showroom
– Stunning bronze casting of two 1950s football players
– Perfect gift for the football fan
– Not sure of the artist or who the players are
– Patina is superb and these both stand on the black marble base
– Offered in great shape, ready for home use right away
– Will ship to anywhere in the world, please email for a shipping quote
– Come view these for yourself in our Hertfordshire showroom
– Classic bronze statue of a dog English hunt scene
– Dog has just retrieved the rabbit and dropped it
– Patina to the bronze is superb and a great collectors piece
– Offered in great shape and will ship to anywhere in the world
– Gorgeous pair of English bronze horse and jockey bookends – Horse and jockey depicted in a steeplechase – The artist has really caught the poise of the jumping horse with great skill – The patina to the bronze is superb and these are both offered in great condition – We will ship to anywhere in the world – WE bought these from a dealer in Bath.
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