16th Century Renaissance Limoges Enamel Gilt Bronze Ring c. 1550
Located in Chicago, IL
Limoges enameled copper plaque superbly painted in shades of grey with Christ as the Man of Sorrows
Bronze, Copper, Enamel
$1,850
H 12.88 in W 10.38 in D 1.25 in
Allegorical Belle Époque Limoges Enamel Painting Plaque of a Semi-Nude Bacchante
By Limoges
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Allegorical Belle Époque Limoges Enamel Painting Plaque of a Semi-Nude Bacchante. The convex
Copper
$743
H 8.67 in W 4.73 in D 0.91 in
Antique French Limoges enamelled on copper Arts and Crafts framed plaque, C1910
Located in Central England, GB
This superb and vibrantly coloured Limoges plaque is beautifully enamelled onto a convex surface
Copper, Enamel
$3,500
H 27.5 in W 16.5 in D 1.5 in
Camille Faure Limoges Enamel Floral Artwork Plaque Frame, circa 1940
By Camille Fauré
Located in Atlanta, GA
Camille Faure designed this stunning enamel plaque in Limoges. The rare piece was crafted in France
Metal, Aluminum, Copper, Enamel
$9,927
H 4.14 in W 3.75 in D 0.6 in
Limoges enamel plaque depicting the Last Judgment, France, mid-16th century
Located in Gorssel, GE
A rectangular enamel plaque depicting the triumphant Christ above purgatory and trumpet-blowing
Copper, Enamel
$11,095
H 5.83 in W 3.35 in D 1.74 in
Limoges enamel plaque the Assumption of Mary, silver frame. France, around 1600
Located in Gorssel, GE
Limoges enamel pax depicting the Assumption of Mary, in a silver frame in Renaissance style
Copper, Enamel, Silver
$8,759
H 3.94 in W 3.47 in D 0.6 in
Limoges enamel plaque depicting Christ on te cold stone, France, mid-16th c.
Located in Gorssel, GE
An enamel plaque depicting Christ on the cold stone with two caretakers and tools of suffering
Copper, Enamel
Enameled Wall Plaque by Limoges
By S. Lachaud
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a richly enameled framed wall piece of a a parrot. It was done by S. Lachaud, and artist
Copper, Enamel
Unavailable
H 24.81 in W 16.93 in D 1.19 in
Exquisite 19th-Century Limoges Enamel Plaque: A Renaissance Revival Masterpiece
Located in London, GB
One of the best antique French Limoges enamelled plaques , painted on copper, depicting a beautiful
Copper, Enamel
Four French Limoges Enamel Plaques in Tortoiseshell Frames
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful group of 4 French Limoges enamel plaques each representing a calendar month, marked in
Copper, Enamel
Limoges Miniature Enamel Still Life Plaque by P Bonnet
Located in Trensacq, FR
Limoges Miniature Enamel still life plaque by P Bonnet Charming still life Miniature Enamel
Copper, Enamel
Camille Faure Limoges Framed Floral Enamel Wall-Mounted Plaque
By Camille Fauré
Located in Atlanta, GA
Camille Faure Studio handcrafted this lovely decorative enamel plaque in Limoges in the 1950s. This
Metal, Aluminum, Copper, Enamel
Sold
H 27 in W 21 in D 3 in
Large French Limoges Enamel Plaque by Coblentz with Original Frame Dated 1889
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A large French Limoges enamel plaque by Coblentz with original frame. Depicting "Hiver" By
Copper, Enamel
Egyptian Revival Pharaoh Diamond Pearl Ruby Enamel Gold Brooch by Carlo Giuliano
By Carlo Giuliano
Located in London, GB
Highly Important Egyptian Revival Pharaoh Portrait Brooch by Carlo Giuliano recognized to be arguably the most significant 19th century Egyptian Revival jewel. An important Egyptian...
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Yellow Gold
$16,871
Size: 16 (XL, Plus 0x)
Louis Vuitton ss19 Virgil Abloh Debut Prism Transparent Patches Windbreaker
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Dix hills, NY
Louis Vuitton ss19 Virgil Abloh Debut Prism Transparent Patches Windbreaker OVERALL NEW CONDITION ( 10/10 or N ) Includes Garment Cover, Receipt and Hanger Size 50 BRAND NEW This i...
Hermes Kelly Kellywood 22 Wood Kelly Barenia Leather Limited Edition
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers an exquisite limited edition Hermes Kellywood "Kelly Wood" 22 bag featured in bog oak and Barenia leather. Not since the Sterling Kelly bag, has Hermes offered a ba...
Demantoid Garnet and Diamond Pendant
Located in London, GB
An Edwardian diamond and demantoid garnet-set pendant, to the centre an oval cabochon-cut rock crystal applied with diamond-set ribbon-like decorations, surrounded by twenty-eight ca...
Diamond, Garnet, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Rock Crystal, Yellow Gold, Platinum
$37,985
W 1.85 in D 1.57 in L 2.75 in
Cartier Paris London 1905 Belle Epoque Enamel Clock 18kt Gold Platinum & Silver
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Belle epoque desk clock designed by Cartier. An impressive and magnificent "mignonette" desk clock, created in Paris France by the house of Cartier, during the Edwardian Belle Epoqu...
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Silver, Enamel
Early Byzantine Gold Signet Ring with Crosses c. 500 AD
Located in Chicago, IL
Easter Roman Empire (Byzantine), circa 500 AD An unusual and historically important Byzantine gold (approximately 18.77 Kt) ring, featuring a box-shaped bezel set with a carnelian i...
Carnelian, Gold
Imperial Faberge Enamel Silver-Gilt Thermometer
By Fabergé
Located in London, GB
An Imperial Fabergé silver-gilt and enamel thermometer, of rectangular form with semi-circular ends, the surface enamelled in translucent royal blue over banded wavy engine-turning w...
Silver
Faberge Gold and Gem Set Paperknife by Eric Kollin
By Fabergé
Located in London, GB
A Fabergé yellow gold and gem-set paperknife with book-blade, with a "samaradok" molten texture handle set with a ruby, sapphire and diamond, workmaster Eric Kollin, St Petersburg, m...
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Bulgari Diamond Serpenti Necklace in 18kt White Gold
By Bulgari
Located in New York, NY
In a tribute to its spirit animal, Bulgari captures the power of seduction in this Serpenti Diamond High Jewelry necklace, camouflaging sensuality and temptation with a hypnotic desi...
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Original Arts & Crafts Movement Enamel Plaque, Ebonised Frame Elkington
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Fine original Arts & Crafts framed enamel plaque signed. "G. Halliday" and attributed to Elkington & Co. The artist & sculptor George Halliday was employed by Elkington & Co in the...
Enamel
Important Faberge Red Enamel Gold Picture Frame
By Peter Carl Fabergé
Located in London, GB
A Faberge red enamel and gold miniature frame, the oval frame enamelled raspberry red with a sunray guilloche ground, the oval aperture with gold laurel leaf border, the outside bord...
Yellow Gold
$65,000
H 16 in W 14 in D 2.25 in
A Rare KPM Rectangular Porcelain Plaque of a Beautiful Floating Lady, Circa 1900
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Tarzana, CA
A very fine German KPM porcelain plaque depicting a beauty floating ecstatically above a bed of flowers. Signed: Knys Impressed KPM and sceptre mark. Circa 1900 Dimensions: ...
Porcelain
Fabergé Yellow and Rose Gold Miniature Picture Frame
By Fabergé
Located in London, GB
A Fabergé yellow and rose gold miniature picture frame with pearl decoration and ribbon bow top, workmaster Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1895. This elegant miniature frame ...
Rose Gold
$138,700
H 1.3 in W 2.5 in L 3.3 in
An Imperial Mughal Gold Jade Box Set With Diamonds and Semi Precious Stones
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exquisite Masterpiece of Mughal Splendor: A Rare Gold-Mounted Jade Box with Diamonds and Semi-Precious Stones Introduction to a Regal Artifact: This exceptional jade box, hailin...
Diamond, Emerald, Jade, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold
Faberge Jade Gold Important Nephrite Cache Pot by Michael Perchin, circa 1890
By Fabergé
Located in London, GB
A late nineteenth century Fabergé nephrite cache pot carved from a single piece of nephrite, the two colour gold rim top and base decorated with acanthus leaves, three gold ball feet...
Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
A Rectangular Fabergé Cut Glass & Silver Tray
By Fabergé
Located in London, GB
A rectangular Fabergé cut glass & silver tray, silver circular laurel wreath and bow handles, fluted silver rim with a cross relief on either side, cut glass tray, overall measuremen...
Silver
From cupolas to cookware and fine art to filaments, copper metal has been used in so many ways since prehistoric times. Today, antique, new and vintage copper coffee tables, mirrors, lamps and other furniture and decor can bring a warm metallic flourish to interiors of any kind.
In years spanning 8,700 BC (the time of the first-known copper pendant) until roughly 3,700 BC, it may have been the only metal people knew how to manipulate.
Valuable deposits of copper were first extracted on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus around 4,000 BC — well before Europe’s actual Bronze Age (copper + tin = bronze). Tiny Cyprus is even credited with supplying all of Egypt and the Near East with copper for the production of sophisticated currency, weaponry, jewelry and decorative items.
In the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, master painters such as Leonardo da Vinci, El Greco, Rembrandt and Jan Brueghel created fine works on copper. (Back then, copper-based pigments, too, were all the rage.) By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, decorative items like bas-relief plaques, trays and jewelry produced during the Art Deco, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau periods espoused copper. These became highly valuable and collectible pieces and remain so today.
Copper’s beauty, malleability, conductivity and versatility make it perhaps the most coveted nonprecious metal in existence. In interiors, polished copper begets an understated luxuriousness, and its reflectivity casts bright, golden and earthy warmth seldom realized in brass or bronze. (Just ask Tom Dixon.)
Outdoors, its most celebrated attribute — the verdigris patina it slowly develops from exposure to oxygen and other elements — isn’t the only hue it takes. Architects often refer to shades of copper as russet, ebony, plum and even chocolate brown. And Frank Lloyd Wright, Renzo Piano and Michael Graves have each used copper in their building projects.
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