Aristide de Ranieri Decorative Objects

Midcentury cast bronze Venus de Milo table lamp, neoclassical, monumental light. Gorgeous piece. Quite heavy. 30" H to socket. Shade in photo is f...

A stunning large Art Nouveau brass and hammered copper mantel or table clock, the pointed arch square section clock case surmounted by a female mask, a brass chapter ring with Arabic numerals set within a pierced brass case backed with hammered copper work, a cut lime green jewel to the centre front, three green glass squares to each side, with cast flying buttresses and a flared base embellished with three moonstone cabochons. Manufactured circa 1900, the French two train movement with outside count wheel, striking the hours and half hours on a bell, with maker's mark of P.R to oval cartouche and numbered 3108. This clock has been subject to a total overhaul and is in very good overall condition. This is a unique clock...

The clock is signed by the Clockmaker Festeau Le Jeune. The case after a design of François Vion in form of a lion supporting a cylindrical case draped with ribbon tied laurel swags ...

Rare and stunning majolica glazed antique clock from the European Art Nouveau era. If you like rare Arts & Crafts antiques in general and marvelous clocks in particular then this handcrafted table clock from circa 1900-1910 could be the perfect addition to your collection / interior. When you understand how many difficult and time consuming techniques it took to create this antique work of time telling art, will you really be able to appreciate its beauty, rarity and quality. First of all, it would have taken a designer several days, if not weeks, to hand draw this design and this would take multiple sketches. Secondly, a ceramics specialist created the perfectly shaped and glazed majolica 'clock house'. This requires glazing and heating/'baking' in the keln and there too many things can go wrong. Thirdly, the aesthetically beautiful flower sculptures that you now see in gilt bronze, would first have to be sculpted out of clay or another material. From that initial sculpture a mold would have to be made and that mold would then be filled with extremely hot liquid bronze. The bronze sculpture would then have to be sanded, polished and gilt. Fourthly, in both the glazed ceramic clock house and the bronze flowers...

Hare & Ballerina sculptural table lamp, hand crafted, moulded and cast in bronze. A whimsical lamp of a hare dancing alongside a ballerina by the tree trunk. A charming piece of fu...

Italian design mid-century modern rare table lamp, space age mushroom shape, signed by Valenti & C., Milan. This light ideal for a desk light source has a very sleek shape, the white glass allows for plenty of illumination and the nickel finish adds appeal to the design. A rare example in the collection of Valenti lighting. Base measures: 8.25 in Diameter - Glass globe: 10.25" Diameter Valenti Luce was founded in 1929 and became iconic during the 1960s, representing superior design in Made in Italy lighting...

French Art Nouveau sculpture with a clock decorated with a pair of women rejoicing in the season's harvest. In great condition. Sold as is...

Art Deco Silvered bronze bookends of a young satyr and girl holding grapes. By Pierre Laurel. Fantastic Bronze details. Signed Laurel. France 1925-1930. Literature: “Bronzes, sculp...

Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and terminating on circular fluted base with the original circ...

Art Deco mantel clock in Egyptian style. France, ca. 1925. Bronze cold-painted, onyx, marble base. Signed top right on the base: KELETY. Measurements: Height 20.47 in ( 52 cm ), Width 16.54 in ( 42 cm ), Depth 5.91 in ( 15 cm ) Alexander Kéléty...

William Billy Haines Cast Metal with Pompeian Bronze table lamp pair, 1950s. Shades are NOT included. Haines included this design in a few of ...

Antique Mantel Clock with Herdsman Family, Goats and Cattle A Black Forest wooden carved mantel clock with a lovely herdsman family with their goats and cattles. A masterpiece of woodcarving which brightens up any chimney piece. The clockwork is replaced by battery driven one - working order. Soberly considered mantel clocks are small pendulum clocks with feet...