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In , after years of collecting, Andrew Silla and his wife Grace began to work privately with clients from their residence in Southern Maryland. Quickly outgrowing the space, the business was moved from Maryland to Pennsylvania in and after several warehouse location changes it was firmly settled in the present brick-and-mortar location in downtown Shippensburg.

The square foot brick-and-mortar gallery is home to a large collection of works of art and estate jewelry. We specialize in sculpture circa through with a particular emphasis on the Animaliers and as such the gallery always has a very large collection of exceptional European and American sculpture available on display. He was largely self-taught, possessing a keen observation of nature that enabled him to capture the essence of his animal subjects with remarkable accuracy and vivacity.

His work debuted at the Paris Salon in , and from that point onwards, he exhibited his sculptures regularly. The work produced there bears the hallmark of extraordinary attention to detail and thoughtfulness shown in every element of presentation and assembly. His mastery in the technical aspects of casting bronze without relying on professional founders for the completion of his models gave him a significant advantage in producing his pieces with fine detail and at a lower cost.

This operation was expanded in to handle the casting of models for his new son-in-law, Auguste Cain.

Pierre Jules (PJ) Mene ( - ) was active/lived in France.

The essence of these qualities is captured in L'Accolade, a group that would become his best-known sculpture and clearly was a cherished favorite demanded by his clients. His success was such that his sculptures were reproduced widely, in different sizes, and his foundry became one of the most prominent in Paris for animal bronzes. To this end, as an avenue into the profitable English market, he made arrangements with the Coalbrookdale foundry and the Falkirk foundry to cast some of his models.

He was awarded first-class medals at the Expositions Universelles in Paris in , , and , and he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in Susse produced a catalogue featuring the work of the two artists and continued to produce their work well into the 20th century. It is only with careful study and comparison against known examples, acute observation of the construction methods and awareness of surface qualities that a piece can be firmly attributed to a specific period of production.