Terracotta bust of a young girl on blackened wood piedouche, signed Bernard, French School, late 19th century

Italian School of the XIX "portrait of Napoleon in Cesar" alabaster bust presented on a blue turquin marble column, work of the great turn ht total: 47.5

French School of the XIXth century "Flora" terracotta proof from the Gossin Frères house in Paris late XIXth century
The GOSSIN FRERES factory in PARIS directed by Etienne (died in 1900) and Louis (1846-1928) student of Mathurin MOREAU exhibited regularly at the artists' salon since 1877 where he was often medalist and then participated in the universal exhibitions of 1889 and 1900.

Pierre Jules MENE 1810-1879 "Norman Mare" bronze proof signed and dated 1870 on the terrace with Barbedienne label

Pierre Jules MENE 1810-1879 "Mare playing with a dog" old edition print, bronze with brown patina signed on the terrace

Nineteenth French School "Bust of a young woman" white marble test on a pedestal.

Madonna of Florence XVth altarpiece in polychrome and gilded terracotta, late nineteenth replica, polychrome wooden frame.

Japan Meiji period, late XIXth Pair of bronze perfume burners with brown patina depicting elephants surmounted by a pagoda.

XIXth French School "horse huntsman" bronze with brown patina, black marble base

Georges GARDET 1863-1939 "mouse and snail" bronze with gold patina, Barbedienne founder, base on a morello cherry red.

Pierre-Jules MÈNE (1810-1879) "The hug, Tachiani and Nedjebe, Arabian horses" medium size print, in bronze with brown patina, old cast iron, signed on the terrace.

Jacques Leonard MAILLET 1823-1894 "Maternity" original terracotta.
Jacques Maillet began his artistic studies in a drawing school in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, then entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the workshops of Jean-Jacques Feuchère and then James Pradier. He obtained the Grand Prize of Rome in 1847 with Telemachus bringing back to Phalante the urn containing the ashes of Hippias. He spent four years at the Académie de France in Rome between 1848 and 1851. On his return to Paris, he participated in several Salons and exhibitions which earned him various medals. He then worked on major Parisian ornamental works for the Louvre Palace, the town hall and the Palais Garnier.