19th Century More Art

Pair of French Napoleon III Pourers in patinated bronze resting on red Griotte marble base. The central shaft features dense chiseling depicting mythological scenes. The handle end...

A stunning Ormolu with twin photograph / picture frame from the early 19th century, French in origin with an unusual and rare solid bronze background with gilded ornate garland and r...

Finely chiseled gilt bronze Empire clock belonging to the early 19th century. The scene hinges entirely on the figure of Diana the huntress flanked by a small putto. The figure on ...

FRENCH MOUNTED PORPHYRY VASE France, 19th Century Porphyry and gilt bronze mounts 46 x 28 cm 18 x 11 in

Imperial Mantel Clock signed on the clock face “Renard suc(cursale) de Frissard, à Rouen”. It’s in gilded bronze and the mechanism is still worki...

"Pair Of Candelabra With Eagle Head Restoration Period" Pair of candelabras mounted on 3 lions, yellow marble from Siena. Model from the end of the Restoration...

Large French Neoclassical sculpture of Androcles and the Lion. Exceptional quality casting and patina. Mid 19th century. The runaway slave Androcles became friends with a wounded lion...

An exquisite figural bronze mantel clock with Putti leaning on clock face which sits on a fluted column draped in garlands and fabrics. Sitting on a r...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo ...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gol...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo ...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gol...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and his son Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). These ‘Grand Tour’ souvenirs were brought home by wealthy European travellers. Rome was the ultimate destination and a tour of the treasures contained in its many museums complemented a young man’s education. Collecting boxes and faux bindings containing plaster casts of ancient gems...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo ...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and his son Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). These ‘Grand Tour’ souvenirs were brought home by wealthy European travellers. Rome was the ultimate destination and a tour of the treasures contained in its many museums complemented a young man’s education. Collecting boxes and faux bindings containing plaster casts of ancient gems...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and his son Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). These ‘Grand Tour’ souvenirs were brought home by wealthy European travellers. Rome was the ultimate destination and a tour of the treasures contained in its many museums complemented a young man’s education. Collecting boxes and faux bindings containing plaster casts of ancient gems...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and his son Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). These ‘Grand Tour’ souvenirs were brought home by wealthy European travellers. Rome was the ultimate destination and a tour of the treasures contained in its many museums complemented a young man’s education. Collecting boxes and faux bindings containing plaster casts of ancient gems...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo ...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and his son Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). These ‘Grand Tour’ souvenirs were brought home by wealthy European travellers. Rome was the ultimate destination and a tour of the treasures contained in its many museums complemented a young man’s education. Collecting boxes and faux bindings containing plaster casts of ancient gems...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and his son Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). These ‘Grand Tour’ souvenirs were brought home by wealthy European travellers. Rome was the ultimate destination and a tour of the treasures contained in its many museums complemented a young man’s education. Collecting boxes and faux bindings containing plaster casts of ancient gems...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gold, as issued by Bartolomeo ...

Bartolomeo Paoletti (1757-1834) and Pietro Paoletti (1801-1847). Original nineteenth century plaster cameo seals edged in folded paper and tipped with gol...

Pair of Vases with Parcel Gilt  Insects England, John Mortlock circa 1875 Porcelain with gold leaf 15 inches   The firm of Mortlock began business in 174...

This bracelet was made out of bronze in the 1880s by an unknown artist in the Kingdom of Benin, Nigaria. It is 4 1/2" across. The Kingdom of Benin, also known as the Benin Kingdom, was a pre-colonial kingdom in what is now southern Nigeria. Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City...

An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Arundel Society. London, 1862. Engraving. Printed...

An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Arundel Society. London, 1862. Engraving. Printed...

An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Arundel Society. London, 1862. Engraving. Printed...

An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Arundel Society. London, 1862. Engraving. Printed in Colours. Hand-Painted Gold Highlights. To produce a study for an historic illumination of antiphonals, the Arundel Society selected each of the alphabet letters from chorale books created in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Devotional pieces, the chorale music was greatly appreciated by Christians throughout the world. Often it was sung as responsive music where the choir would be divided into two parts thus creating a harmony which reinforced the Christian religious doctrine. As illustrious as the music, the key letters that headed each piece would take their own place in the art world. Many initials would be specifically devoted to prominent men and woman of both religious and cultural importance. For example, the “F” was devoted to Fra Angelico, an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists...

An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Arundel Society. London, 1862. Engraving. Printed...

An Alphabet of Capital Letters: Selected from the Illuminations of Italian Chorale Books of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Arundel Society. London, 1862. Engraving. Printed...

A silk and gold thread embroidery of titles. Japan's textile industry was one of the first to adopt Western science and technology, and thus the Meiji era produced some of the highes...

It was during the late Meiji period that exquisite examples of bronzes, such as this one, were first seen by the West during the international expositions. It was only the Japanese t...