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Oil on Canvas Painting "A Drink at the Well"  by Thomas Hicks 19th Century
Oil on Canvas Painting "A Drink at the Well"  by Thomas Hicks 19th Century

Oil on Canvas Painting "A Drink at the Well" by Thomas Hicks 19th Century

Located in Lambertville, NJ

An oil painting on canvas titled "A drink at the well" by Thomas Hicks (1823-1890) The painting with a courting couple, in a newer Hudson Valley school frame.

Category

Antique 1870s American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

Aesthetic Style Marble Top Cabinet With Painted Panels
Aesthetic Style Marble Top Cabinet With Painted Panels

Aesthetic Style Marble Top Cabinet With Painted Panels

Located in Bridgeport, CT

Several porcelain plaques decorated with courting couples. Overall brass mounts with a foliate frieze, figural corner mounts and foliate framed mask on the serpentine skirt rail.

Category

20th Century Aesthetic Movement Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Brass

Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Champleve Ormolu Ewers Signed Rochette 1890
Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Champleve Ormolu Ewers Signed Rochette 1890

Pair Antique French Sevres Porcelain Champleve Ormolu Ewers Signed Rochette 1890

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Portland, OR

Each ewer having a dark blue porcelain baluster shaped body, with two oval hand-painted reserves each with a courting couple signed "C. Rochette", both reserves are surrounded with l...

Category

Antique 1890s French Louis XV Urns

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Pair 19th C. French Paint and Gilt Decorated Fauteuils
Pair 19th C. French Paint and Gilt Decorated Fauteuils

Pair 19th C. French Paint and Gilt Decorated Fauteuils

Located in Bridgeport, CT

Upholstered in fine pale tone petit point featuring a courting couple in a landscape on one, and a lady in a garden on the other, both framed by fringed ribbon motifs.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Louis XVI Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Wool

Large Blue and White Dutch Delft Jar
Large Blue and White Dutch Delft Jar

Large Blue and White Dutch Delft Jar

Located in Katonah, NY

On the reverse, we see a beautiful romantic scene showing a courting couple with the man playing the guitar and the young lady listening appreciatively (see images).

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Rococo Jars

Materials

Delft

Late 19th Century Verdure Wool Tapestry Signed L.K.F. (Lorentz Kleiser).
Late 19th Century Verdure Wool Tapestry Signed L.K.F. (Lorentz Kleiser).

Late 19th Century Verdure Wool Tapestry Signed L.K.F. (Lorentz Kleiser).

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Executed in rich wool yarns, the tapestry depicts a romantic pastoral scene of a courting couple in an elegant garden, set against an idyllic landscape of lush foliage, classical arc...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Pair, 19th Century French Grand Tour Gilt Equestrian Plaques - Signed Henry
Pair, 19th Century French Grand Tour Gilt Equestrian Plaques - Signed Henry

Pair, 19th Century French Grand Tour Gilt Equestrian Plaques - Signed Henry

Located in Atlanta, GA

Each plaque is meticulously cast in gilt bronze, depicting dynamic equestrian scenes and courting couples with finely detailed horses and riders in motion.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Grand Tour Mounted Objects

Materials

Bronze

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "Bye-Bye" Denmark - August
1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "Bye-Bye" Denmark - August

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "Bye-Bye" Denmark - August

By Bjorn Wiinblad

Located in Monrovia, CA

This Plaque Represents A Specific Chapter As The Young Couple Bids Farewell To Summer In A Continuous 12 Part Love Story Told Across Bjorn Wiinblad's Famous Month Wall Plaques For Th...

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century  Pair of Fine Hand Painted Sevres Style Lidded Urns
19th Century  Pair of Fine Hand Painted Sevres Style Lidded Urns

19th Century Pair of Fine Hand Painted Sevres Style Lidded Urns

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Dublin, IE

This fabulous pair feature lids surmounted with acorn finials with flower and foliate detail raised over a classic baluster vase body with elegantly tied ribbon bows and beautiful sw...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Urns

Materials

Ormolu

A Large Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture
A Large Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture

A Large Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Three-Piece Clock Garniture

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

The vases painted with courting couples in the Rococo style and with geometric handles terminating in ram's masks.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

1960s Barovier Style Etched Murano Art Glass Mirrored Tray Bronze Handles Italy
1960s Barovier Style Etched Murano Art Glass Mirrored Tray Bronze Handles Italy

1960s Barovier Style Etched Murano Art Glass Mirrored Tray Bronze Handles Italy

By Venini, Barovier

Located in Miami, FL

Done in the ancient venetian tradition of the mirror's makers, the mirror is etched with a reverse engraved courting couple. The tray has gilt bronze handles & a cork base.

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Vintage 1960s Italian Rococo Revival Barware

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

French Possibly Faience Hand-Painted Scalloped Dish with Romantic Scene
French Possibly Faience Hand-Painted Scalloped Dish with Romantic Scene

French Possibly Faience Hand-Painted Scalloped Dish with Romantic Scene

Located in Seattle, WA

This French possibly faience dish features a distinctive scalloped edge with hand-painted decoration.The central scene depicts a finely dressed courting couple in 18th-century attire...

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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Antique French Ormolu Mounted Marble Fireplaces with Cast Iron Insets
Pair of Antique French Ormolu Mounted Marble Fireplaces with Cast Iron Insets

Pair of Antique French Ormolu Mounted Marble Fireplaces with Cast Iron Insets

Located in London, GB

The cast iron insets depict a central scene of a courting couple. The male is playing for the lady, and the scene is set in a woodland.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble, Iron, Ormolu

18th C. English Rocco Battersea & Porcelain Companion Cup & Saucer, Unique
18th C. English Rocco Battersea & Porcelain Companion Cup & Saucer, Unique

18th C. English Rocco Battersea & Porcelain Companion Cup & Saucer, Unique

By Battersea, Chelsea Porcelain

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

18th century English Rocco Battersea & Porcelain Companion Cup & Saucer, Unique Both pieces made in England Mid 18th Century The Cup attributed to the Chelsea or Bow Porcelain Work...

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century English Rococo Tableware

Materials

Metal

French Porcelain and Ormolu Mantel Clock
French Porcelain and Ormolu Mantel Clock

French Porcelain and Ormolu Mantel Clock

Located in Norwich, GB

Turquoise porcelain waisted case with hand painted panel featuring a courting couple with their dog in a rural landscape.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Mantel Clocks

Materials

Porcelain

Victorian Carved Wood Distressed Needlepoint Armchair Tall Back Throne Chair
Victorian Carved Wood Distressed Needlepoint Armchair Tall Back Throne Chair

Victorian Carved Wood Distressed Needlepoint Armchair Tall Back Throne Chair

Located in Clifton Forge, VA

The subject matter of the needlepoint is so typically Victorian with the courting couple on the back and a pair of love birds on the seat executed in dark earthy tones.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Late Victorian Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Sèvres Style Gold Ormolu and Pink Porcelain Antique French Three-Piece Clock Set
Sèvres Style Gold Ormolu and Pink Porcelain Antique French Three-Piece Clock Set

Sèvres Style Gold Ormolu and Pink Porcelain Antique French Three-Piece Clock Set

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in London, GB

The three-piece, antique French clock set comprising a central clock and a pair of flanking vases, all decorated in Sèvres style pink porcelain, that is unusual for its distinctive c...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical More Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Homer Laughlin Eggshell Georgian Tea Set, 22-Karat gold gilt
Vintage Homer Laughlin Eggshell Georgian Tea Set, 22-Karat gold gilt

Vintage Homer Laughlin Eggshell Georgian Tea Set, 22-Karat gold gilt

Located in Pomona, CA

These are Vintage Homer Laughlin Eggshell Georgian Porcelain Tea Set featuring "courting couple" style design with 22-karat gold gilt detailing.

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Tall French Trumeau Mirror with Pastoral Oil Painting c.1890
Tall French Trumeau Mirror with Pastoral Oil Painting c.1890

Tall French Trumeau Mirror with Pastoral Oil Painting c.1890

Located in Worcester, GB

The upper panel presents a Rococo Revival scene in the manner of 18th-century fêtes galantes, with a courting couple and child by a riverbank, a wooded path, and rustic buildings in ...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors

Materials

Wood

2 Pairs Antique Porcelain Statues 18th C. Le Nove Metropolitan Museum Collection
2 Pairs Antique Porcelain Statues 18th C. Le Nove Metropolitan Museum Collection

2 Pairs Antique Porcelain Statues 18th C. Le Nove Metropolitan Museum Collection

By Carlo Ginori

Located in Katonah, NY

We are pleased to offer this exceptional pair of two antique Le Nove porcelain statue groups of courting couples made with the grey-tinted porcelain for which the Le Nove factory was...

Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Napoleon III Mahogany, Giltwood, Ormolu, and Porcelain center table
French Napoleon III Mahogany, Giltwood, Ormolu, and Porcelain center table

French Napoleon III Mahogany, Giltwood, Ormolu, and Porcelain center table

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The stately top is elegantly decorated by circular Sévres Porcelain plaques of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, courting couples, and their royal court. Each intricately detailed plaque ...

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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Center Tables

Materials

Ormolu

French Tapestry 3 Panel Room Carved Wood Divider/Screen Glass Window
French Tapestry 3 Panel Room Carved Wood Divider/Screen Glass Window

French Tapestry 3 Panel Room Carved Wood Divider/Screen Glass Window

Located in Clifton Forge, VA

This is a lovely three panel French provincial style screen with a carved crest and a shaped glass "window" in each panel and beautiful tapestries of a courting couple in a different...

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Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Screens and Room Divi...

Materials

Tapestry, Glass, Wood

An Interesting 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Giallo di Siena Marble Fireplace
An Interesting 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Giallo di Siena Marble Fireplace

An Interesting 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Giallo di Siena Marble Fireplace

Located in Long Island City, NY

A floral designed patinated cast iron insert along with a gilt iron fireback of a courting couple reading and playing music. Giallo di Siena marble is a quintessential stone of the ...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Siena Marble, Bronze, Wrought Iron, Ormolu

Pair of antique reverse glass paintings
Pair of antique reverse glass paintings

Pair of antique reverse glass paintings

Located in London, GB

One painting portrays Venus and Cupid, the gods of love, desire, attraction, and all attendant feelings; the other painting depicts a courting couple, a shepherd and a shepherdess, a...

Category

18th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Materials

Glass

Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Carriage Clock
Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Carriage Clock

Sèvres Style Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Carriage Clock

Located in London, GB

This dial features black Roman Numerals within parcel gilt white panels. A painting of a courting couple in an Arcadian landscape decorates the space below the dial.

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Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Garniture
Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Garniture

Rococo Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Porcelain Clock Garniture

Located in London, GB

The gilt bronze frame of the clock is inset with wonderful porcelain panels: the front panel, over a light blue ground and framed by a gilt cartouche, depicts a young courting couple...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

French Napoleon III Ormolu and Porcelain Sided Mantel Clock in Four Glass Form
French Napoleon III Ormolu and Porcelain Sided Mantel Clock in Four Glass Form

French Napoleon III Ormolu and Porcelain Sided Mantel Clock in Four Glass Form

Located in London, GB

The porcelain has a pink ground and to the front a beautifully decorated dial with children playing within the chapters and below the dial a classical scene of a courting couple. Eac...

Category

Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Large Pedestal Bowl in Porcelain and Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Large Pedestal Bowl in Porcelain and Gilt Bronze, 19th Century

Large Pedestal Bowl in Porcelain and Gilt Bronze, 19th Century

Located in Paris, FR

On one side of the bowl, the medallion is decorated with a pastoral scene depicting a courting couple, and on the other side, the medallion displays a bouquet of flowers.

Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Centerpieces

Materials

Bronze

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "Marts Victoire" Denmark - March
1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "Marts Victoire" Denmark - March

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "Marts Victoire" Denmark - March

By Bjorn Wiinblad

Located in Monrovia, CA

This Plaque Represents A Specific Chapter As The Young Couple Bids Farewell To Summer In A Continuous 12 Part Love Story Told Across Bjorn Wiinblad's Famous Month Wall Plaques For Th...

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Enamel Gold Plated Silver Powder Compact
Vintage Enamel Gold Plated Silver Powder Compact

Vintage Enamel Gold Plated Silver Powder Compact

Located in New York, NY

This finely detailed compact features a hand-painted enamel plaque depicting an 18th-century style pastoral scene of a courting couple resting beside a tree and draped fabric.

Category

Early 20th Century Rococo Vanity Items

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Rare 19th Century Austrian Enameled Violin Music Box
Rare 19th Century Austrian Enameled Violin Music Box

Rare 19th Century Austrian Enameled Violin Music Box

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The violin-shaped body is exquisitely decorated with a hand-painted enamel pastoral scene, depicting an elegant courting couple in period dress set within a classical garden landscap...

Category

Antique 19th Century Austrian Musical Instruments

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Three pieces gilt bronze mounted Sevres style vase and center Sevres pieces
Three pieces gilt bronze mounted Sevres style vase and center Sevres pieces

Three pieces gilt bronze mounted Sevres style vase and center Sevres pieces

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This type of white ground decorative porcelain vases was very popular in the 18 th century and was produced by the porcelain royal manufacture of sevres the impressive coupe has ...

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Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Garniture

Materials

Bronze

Pair of German Porcelain Pastille Incense Burners by KPM Berlin, 1820
Pair of German Porcelain Pastille Incense Burners by KPM Berlin, 1820

Pair of German Porcelain Pastille Incense Burners by KPM Berlin, 1820

By KPM Porcelain

Located in Milano, MI

Richly decorated in gilt with hand painted panels to the front and rear of Watteau romantic style courting couples in rural scenes. Hand painted floral decoration to the sides.

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Antique 1820s German Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Victorian Wicker Conversation Gossip Chair
Rare Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Victorian Wicker Conversation Gossip Chair

Rare Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Victorian Wicker Conversation Gossip Chair

By Heywood-Wakefield Co.

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Perhaps the Rarest of all Victorian Wicker pieces, this parlor chair was used for Ladies to gossip while not facing one another or to limit contact between courting couples. Victoria...

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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Loveseats

Materials

Wicker

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "MIRAKEL" Denmark - DECEMBER
1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "MIRAKEL" Denmark - DECEMBER

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "MIRAKEL" Denmark - DECEMBER

By Bjorn Wiinblad

Located in Monrovia, CA

This Plaque Represents A Specific Chapter As The Young Couple Bids Farewell To Summer In A Continuous 12 Part Love Story Told Across Bjorn Wiinblad's Famous Month Wall Plaques For Th...

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Antique 19th C. French Louis XV Vernis Martin Ormolu Serpentine Vitrine Cabinet
Antique 19th C. French Louis XV Vernis Martin Ormolu Serpentine Vitrine Cabinet

Antique 19th C. French Louis XV Vernis Martin Ormolu Serpentine Vitrine Cabinet

By Vernis Martin

Located in Plainview, NY

The lower door is centered with a hand-painted Vernis Martin panel — the lacquer-inspired technique perfected by the Martin brothers in 18th-century Paris — depicting a courting coup...

Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Cabinets

Materials

Ormolu

Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890
Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890

Belle Epoque Hand Held French Fan. Hand Painted Decor And Scenary. Circa 1890

Located in Incline Village, NV

The fan is hand painted on paper to both sides with 18th century scenes depicting French royal court genre; rural, pavilions courting couple; thick green lush vegetation, and water t...

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Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Decorative Art

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Paper

Impressive 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Garniture Set
Impressive 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Garniture Set

Impressive 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Garniture Set

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in Long Island City, NY

The accompanying vases are similarly decorated with finely tooled gilt reserves on a deep blue ground; the reserves are painted with courting couples inspired by the fete galante to ...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Garniture

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Exquisite Gothic Revival circa 1860 Hand Carved Sideboard Must See Pictures
Exquisite Gothic Revival circa 1860 Hand Carved Sideboard Must See Pictures

Exquisite Gothic Revival circa 1860 Hand Carved Sideboard Must See Pictures

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, circa 1860 Gothic revival hand carved English oak sideboard A very good looking and decorative piece, it...

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Antique 1860s English Gothic Revival Sideboards

Materials

Oak

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock, Circa 1890
A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock, Circa 1890

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock, Circa 1890

By Vincenti et Cie

Located in Brighton, West Sussex

The gilt-bronze case is of square-section with a stepped pediment surmounted by musical trophies above a Vitruvian scroll frieze and rosettes to each corner, below is a circular enam...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

A 19th C. Ormolu Mounted Viennese Enamel Tri-Fold Watteau Scene Screen
A 19th C. Ormolu Mounted Viennese Enamel Tri-Fold Watteau Scene Screen

A 19th C. Ormolu Mounted Viennese Enamel Tri-Fold Watteau Scene Screen

Located in New York, NY

The central panel shows a musician entertaining seated companions beneath tall trees, while the side panels each depict a courting couple in a wooded landscape. Every plaque is enclo...

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Antique 1890s Austrian Louis XV Picture Frames

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Antique English Regency Style Rosewood Mahogany & Brass Gallery Writing Table
Antique English Regency Style Rosewood Mahogany & Brass Gallery Writing Table

Antique English Regency Style Rosewood Mahogany & Brass Gallery Writing Table

Located in Dayton, OH

Includes one central drawer within the frieze with a circular brass ring drop handle featuring a hand-painted porcelain or enamel cameo insert depicting a romanticized, 18th-century ...

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Early 20th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Limoges France Dish in Royal Blue with Fragonard Couple and Fine Gold Metal Trim
Limoges France Dish in Royal Blue with Fragonard Couple and Fine Gold Metal Trim

Limoges France Dish in Royal Blue with Fragonard Couple and Fine Gold Metal Trim

By Limoges, Cristalleries De Sevres

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

The cobalt blue, rectangular shaped dish features a country scene with a courting couple after the Fragonard 19th century painting.

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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Ashtrays

Materials

Gold Plate, Brass

French Limoges Porcelain Burgundy Gilt Swan Handle Centerpiece Signed SC
French Limoges Porcelain Burgundy Gilt Swan Handle Centerpiece Signed SC

French Limoges Porcelain Burgundy Gilt Swan Handle Centerpiece Signed SC

By Limoges, (After) Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Located in Forney, TX

A beautiful vintage French Limoges porcelain swan handled table centerpiece / vase / fruit bowl / jardiniere / wine cooler with medallions after renowned 18th century Rococo painter ...

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Late 20th Century French Rococo Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Louis XVI Style Cobalt  Sevres Style Ormolu Mounted Vases
Pair Louis XVI Style Cobalt  Sevres Style Ormolu Mounted Vases

Pair Louis XVI Style Cobalt Sevres Style Ormolu Mounted Vases

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The front of each vase features finely painted scenes of courting couples set against idyllic landscapes, capturing the romantic charm typical of 18th-century French decorative arts.

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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Vases

Materials

Ormolu

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "OPTIMISME" Denmark - NOVEMBER
1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "OPTIMISME" Denmark - NOVEMBER

1960s BJORN WIINBLAD Ceramic Wall Plaque "OPTIMISME" Denmark - NOVEMBER

By Bjorn Wiinblad

Located in Monrovia, CA

This Plaque Represents A Specific Chapter As The Young Couple Bids Farewell To Summer In A Continuous 12 Part Love Story Told Across Bjorn Wiinblad's Famous Month Wall Plaques For Th...

Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Hand-Painted Porcelain Trinket Box with Romantic Scene, Mid-20th Century
Vintage Hand-Painted Porcelain Trinket Box with Romantic Scene, Mid-20th Century

Vintage Hand-Painted Porcelain Trinket Box with Romantic Scene, Mid-20th Century

By Limoges

Located in Bochum, NRW

The lid showcases a finely detailed vignette of a courting couple in period attire, set against a classical garden backdrop with trees and a column - evoking the elegance of Rococo r...

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Vintage 1950s French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Tall Early 20th Century French Giltwood Mirror with Porcelain Plaque
Tall Early 20th Century French Giltwood Mirror with Porcelain Plaque

Tall Early 20th Century French Giltwood Mirror with Porcelain Plaque

Located in Chicago, IL

His works are renowned as some of the most influential pieces of the late Rococo style, and the ‘Fragonard courting couple’ became a popular motif in revival pieces.

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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors

Materials

Porcelain, Glass, Pine, Giltwood

19th C. French Bloch & Bourdois Porcelain Tea Caddy Ex. Christie's
19th C. French Bloch & Bourdois Porcelain Tea Caddy Ex. Christie's

19th C. French Bloch & Bourdois Porcelain Tea Caddy Ex. Christie's

By Bloch & Bourdois

Located in Morristown, NJ

Mid-19th Century French Bloch & Bourdois Porcelain Tea Caddy with Gilt Rocaille Cartouches, Ex-Christie’s A refined mid-19th century French porcelain tea caddy, circa 1850–1870, by ...

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box
Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box

Sevres Style Pink Bombe Watteau Motif Ormolu Mounted Table Box

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

The lid is adorned with a raised gilt enamel surround, framing a meticulously hand-painted scene of a courting couple set in a lush landscape. The artist's signature, J.

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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Two Large Rococo Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jugs
Two Large Rococo Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jugs

Two Large Rococo Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Jugs

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in London, GB

The porcelain jugs are ‘bleu celeste’ (sky blue) in colour and their bodies are finely decorated with paintings of young courting couples in Arcadian landscapes. These are set within...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Vases

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Two Vernis Martin and Gilt Bronze Mounted Display Cabinets by Linke
Two Vernis Martin and Gilt Bronze Mounted Display Cabinets by Linke

Two Vernis Martin and Gilt Bronze Mounted Display Cabinets by Linke

By François Linke

Located in London, GB

Vernis Martin (imitation lacquer) panels are mounted on the lower sections of the cabinets. These depict young courting couples and animals in Arcadian landscapes.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Pair of Impressive Marble, Porcelain, and Ormolu Mounted Victorian Secretaires
Pair of Impressive Marble, Porcelain, and Ormolu Mounted Victorian Secretaires

Pair of Impressive Marble, Porcelain, and Ormolu Mounted Victorian Secretaires

Located in London, GB

The wood is mounted with several Sèvres-style porcelain plaques, painted with colourful fruit bunches, Rococo-esque courting couples, and charming putti. Each design is surrounded by...

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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Brass, Ormolu

Very Large Pair Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Vases
Very Large Pair Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Vases

Very Large Pair Antique French Sèvres Style Porcelain Ormolu Vases

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in London, GB

One vase depicts two children beside a rocky path, the girl playing a flute, while the other shows a courting couple, both set within idyllic landscapes with cherubs and Cupid above.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Vases

Materials

Ormolu

Mid 17th Century Dutch Engraved Silver Wedding Casket or knottekist, Circa 1660
Mid 17th Century Dutch Engraved Silver Wedding Casket or knottekist, Circa 1660

Mid 17th Century Dutch Engraved Silver Wedding Casket or knottekist, Circa 1660

Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Raised on solid silver bun feet the miniature casket is profusely engraved to all faces depicting a courting couple and architecture entwined in scrolling foliage.

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Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Cobalt-Blue Ground Jewelled Porcelain Vases
Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Cobalt-Blue Ground Jewelled Porcelain Vases

Pair of Large Ormolu Mounted Cobalt-Blue Ground Jewelled Porcelain Vases

By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Located in London, GB

Below the French royalty are Rococo-style illustrations of courting couples set in a woodland scenery. The reverse of each vase is painted with rich fruit and flower compositions c...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Vases

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Victorian Neoclassical Giltwood & Alabaster Bas-Relief Plaques, 1900s
Pair of Victorian Neoclassical Giltwood & Alabaster Bas-Relief Plaques, 1900s

Pair of Victorian Neoclassical Giltwood & Alabaster Bas-Relief Plaques, 1900s

Located in Worcester Park, GB

The first plaque depicts a charming group of putti or cherubs at play, while the second portrays an elegant courting couple in a romantic classical setting. Both scenes are richly de...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Alabaster

Chinese Export Porcelain "Pronk Arbor" Dish, Qianlong Period, c 1738, China
Chinese Export Porcelain "Pronk Arbor" Dish, Qianlong Period, c 1738, China

Chinese Export Porcelain "Pronk Arbor" Dish, Qianlong Period, c 1738, China

By Cornelis Pronk

Located in Austin, TX

The central design features a courting couple surrounded by attendants and children within a lush arbor filled with topiaries and blossoming flowers.

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Antique 1730s Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk

Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk

By Holland & Sons

Located in London, GB

Rising from sabot shod cabriole legs, with pierced foliate mounts at the knees; the apron, of serpentine form houses three drawers, each faced with foliate form gilt bronze frames ho...

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Antique 1860s English Louis XV Desks

Materials

Ormolu

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Courting Couples For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of courting couples for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, porcelain and bronze, all courting couples available were constructed with great care. Courting couples have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian, Folk Art and Modern courting couples are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made courting couples over the years, but those made by Meissen Porcelain, Anthony Quinn and Helena Wolfsohn are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Courting Couples?

Prices for courting couples start at $285 and top out at $5,000 with the average selling for $877.