Decorative Arts
Designers from the Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts and Art Deco periods such as Lorenzl and
Priess, along with famous ceramics and glass by the likes of Clarice Cliff, Lalique,
silver and pewter by Liberty and Georg Jensen frequently appear in our auctions.
The rarer and more valuable examples are included in the regular fine sale, though the
weekly Home Contents auctions regularly include more affordable examples.
Sold for £6,000
The Bubble Dancer, an Art Deco sculpture in gilt bronze and ivory by Armand Godard, circa
1930, modelled as a young maiden with outstretched arms holding a clear glass sphere, on a
black marble base with veined quarter spheres, signed 'Godard', 36cm high.
Sold for £1600
Ferdinand Preiss, a carved ivory statuette modelled as young male nude with a song bird on
one arm, the other arm raised towards the bird, raised upon an octagonal onyx base, the
ivory signed, 6in (15.2cm) high