Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
After Nicholas Fouquay Allegory Of Fall Faience Bust On Wall Bracket
- Price realized
- $1,024
- Pre-sale estimate
- $1,000 – $2,000
- Hammer price
- $800
- Category
- Bronze & Busts
- Sold
- May 3, 2026
- Sale
- DAY 3- MAY 2026 "TREASURES FROM THE VAULTS OF A DALLAS DESIGNER"
Lot description
French tin-glazed earthenware bust and bracket, possibly Samson, after the originals by Nicholas Fouquay (French, 1686-1742), late 19th/ early 20th c., both with spurious inscription "Faict a Rouen, 1647," with fleur-de-lis, modeled as Bacchus/ Dionysus, god of wine and revelry, as an allegory of summer, crowned in a wreath of grape vinery, rising on foliated wall bracket/ corbel with central horned grotesque mask, bust: approx 20.25"h, 13.5"w, 7"d, bracket: approx 13.5"h, 9"w, 7.5"d, 18.5lbs Provenance: Dallas, Texas: When the madness of collecting collides with connoisseurship
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.