F. Barbedienne Foundry Vases and Vessels

Gilt bronze and enamelled soliflore or cornet, signed F.Barbedienne, 19th century. A Napoleon III period gilt bronze and enamelled soliflore signed by F.Barbedienne, 19th century. ...

PAIR OF GILT BRONZE VASES BY FERDINAND LEVILLAIN SET OVER ORIGINAL ROUGE MARBLE BASES Cast by Barbedienne circa 1880 Item # 406OWK03P A gorgeous pair of gilt bronze vases designed v...

The cup or mug described is a beautiful piece by Ferdinand Barbedienne, a renowned French bronze sculptor and foundryman who lived between 1810 and 1892. Created around 1860 and know...

A French 19 century Champleve enamel and gilt bronze vase with impressed mark by F. Barbedienne.

19th Century Signed Doré bronze Belle Époque Barbedienne centerpiece of large scale, in the Renaissance style, on a red and black marble base. Three graces gilt bronze figural sculpt...

Cloisonné Vase signed Barbedienne of the second half of the 19th century. The tulip shaped body stands on four legs and has lateral lion head handles. The cloisonné work shows white ...

Pair of fine 19th century French Louis XVI tripod marble and gilt bronze urns with lids. Signed F. Barbedienne. Ram's head detail.

These decorative vases are among the early wares made in the Art Nouveau style, which became popular towards the end of the 19th century and into the early 20th century. The gilt bro...

An extremely high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Rouge Griotte marble and ormolu urns, signed F. Barbedienne. Each exquisite urn is raised by ...

Pair of 19th century bronze vases decorated with friezes of characters in ancient Greek and Roman style. The base and collar of each vase are decorated with gadroons. The sides featu...

The exquisite gilt bronze (ormolu) vases decorated with alternating scenes of harvesting and portraits of Ariadne and Bacchus, each vase with twin handles terminating in male busts, the bases with four hoof feet and set on square veined marble bases, signed 'F. Levillain' and 'F. Barbedienne'. Ferdinand Levillain (1837-1905) was a renowned sculptor who exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1861. He was awarded a Silver Medal at the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle, and was awarded 'Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur' by the French state in 1892. Ferdinand Barbedienne was a famous French metal worker and manufacturer. He presided over one of the most renowned and prolific foundries of Belle Epoque Paris. His atelier created sculptures, clocks and bronze mounts of the highest quality, and his works were shown at numerous international exhibitions of the period, where he was rewarded with many medals. Among them the Grande Me´daille d'Honneur, in Paris in 1855 is particularly noteworthy. In 1838 he associated with the engineer Achille Collas (1795-1859) who had just invented a process to reproduce statues at a smaller scale. Together they founded in 1839 the company Collas et Barbedienne, to reproduce casts of both contemporary artists and Greek and Roman antiquities. While working with Collas, Barbedienne actively pursued contracts with many sculptors of Paris contracting with David D'Angers, Jean-Baptiste Clesinger, and even producing some casts for Antoine Louis Barye as well as others. From 1860 to the years 1890, Barbedienne, eager to research new processes, experimented new techniques in champlevé and cloisonné enamels, to compete with Japanese importations, very fashionable then. When Collas died in 1859, the business was left to Barbedienne as sole owner. The company who had over 300 employees was prosperous as well in the field of reproductions as in its department specialized in the casting of monumental bronzes. In 1865, he was appointed President of the Reunion of Bronze Makers until 1885. After the 1870 war...