Angels were popular subjects during the Victorian era and the 1900’s. They would be depicted in both art and object d’art.
Below are some examples and price guides of Art Nouveau antiques with angels as part of their design, including a silver gilt and enamel egg and a tin-glazed plaque.
ROMEO PAZZINI (ITALIAN, 1855-1942) FOR MANIFATTURA CANTAGALLI [ATTRIBUTED] Two Tin-Glazed Earthenware Plaques, circa 1900 one panel depicting the Virgin adoring the Child overlooked by three angels, the middle angel holding a scroll bearing the Christian hymn, ‘Gloria in ecxelsisdeo’ (Latin for ‘Glory to God in the highest’), above a dove with its wings outspread; the other panel depicting the Virgin adoring the Child with a crown being lowered over her head and being watched over by two angels, the plaques mounted in thick mahogany frames (some losses)
Sold for £ 3,562 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020
French Art Nouveau Gilt and Patinated-Bronze Figure of a Female Angel Early 20th century Depicted hovering beside a tapering column, mounted on a black painted wood socle, stamped Soleau-Paris. Height overall 31 1/4 inches.
Sold for $1,500 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2014
Double-handled metalwork features central angel figure, set over top hand-blown iridescent glass vase. Beautiful vivid coloration to art glass, this piece is unsigned
Sold for $250 at Sarasota Estate Auction in 2021
A silver-gilt and pictorial cloisonné enamel egg, probably Feodor Rückert, Moscow, 1899-1908 in Art Nouveau style, enamelled in varicoloured scene of angels praying, with stylised birds against the pink sunset on the reverse, with stylised floral and foliate decorations on the lower part, gilt interior, 88 standard height 5cm, 2in.
Sold for 16,380 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2020
