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Louis XV Style Parquetry Gueridon Attributed to François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany Parquetry gueridon with a rare Alabastro Fiorito marble top, attributed to François Linke. French, circa 1890. This fine mah...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Gueridon

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Marble, Bronze

Neoclassical Patinated and Gilt-Bronze Gueridon with a Marble Top, circa 1890
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Ferdinand Levillain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine neoclassical patinated and gilt bronze gueridon with a rouge griotte marble top, attributed to Barbedienne and Ferdinand Levillain. French, circa 1890. This striking g...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Gueridon

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Vitrine by Alfred Louis Beurdeley, circa 1880
By Maison Beurdeley
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze mounted mahogany vitrine, by Alfred Louis Beurdeley. French, circa 1880. Stamped to the carcass ‘A. Beurdeley à Paris’. This fine mahogany...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Cut-Glass Basket Chandelier, circa 1900
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XVI style gilt bronze and cut-glass basket chandelier with jasperware plaques, in the manner of Pierre Gouthière. French, circa 1900. The chandelier has five external ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Parquetry Inlaid Writing-Table by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Louis XV Style gilt bronze-mounted parquetry inlaid writing-table, by François Linke. French, circa 1890. Stamped 'FL' to the reverse of the centre bronze mounts to the front...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Pair of Exceptionally Large Regence Style Gilt-Bronze Chenets, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of exceptionally large Regence style gilt-bronze chenets. French, circa 1860. Each of tapering baluster form, centred with a mask, on a scrolled base with paw feet.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Régence Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

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Bronze

Important George III Style Carved White Marble Fireplace, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important George III style carved white marble fireplace. English, circa 1900. This elegant fireplace comprises many neoclassical features, characteristic of the Georgian pe...
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Antique Late 19th Century English George III Fireplaces and Mantels

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Marble

Louis XV Style Pedestal by Zwiener Jansen Successeur, circa 1900
By Zwiener Jansen Successeur
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted pedestal, by Zwiener Jansen Successeur. French, circa 1900. Stamped to the reverse of the bronze mounts 'ZJ' for Zwiener Jansen. Th...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Pedestals and Columns

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Bronze

François Truphème (1820 -1880) - 'Moses and Jochebed'
By Thiebaut Freres, François Truphème
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'Moses and Jochebed - A Fine Patinated Bronze Figural Group After A Model by 'François Truphème', Cast by 'Thiebaut Frères'. Signed 'Fois Truphème 1863' and 'fdu par Vor Thiebaut'....
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Cage Chandelier Attributed to L'Escalier de Cristal, circa 1900
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and glass cage chandelier with applied porcelain flowers, attributed to L'Escalier de Cristal. French, circa 1900. Fitted internally with el...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bronze

Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Commode with a Marble Top by Sormani, circa 1880
By Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV style marquetry inlaid commode with a Breche d'Alep marble top by Sormani. French, circa 1880. Stamped 'Sormani Paris' twice to the carcass, signed 'Sormani 13...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI Style Mahogany Cartel Clock and Barometer, After Carlin, circa 1870
By Martin Carlin
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany cartel clock and barometer, after the model by Martin Carlin. French, circa 1870. The dial sig...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks

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Bronze

Italian Renaissance Revival Table Cabinet by Raphaello Cipriani, circa 1870
By Raphaello Cipriani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Italian renaissance revival burr yew wood and parcel-gilt painted table cabinet, by Raphaello Cipriani. Italian, circa 1870. The cabinet is inscribed on the back, RAFFAELLO ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Cabinets

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Wood

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XV Style Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted marquetry inlaid card tables. French, circa 1880. Each table has a serpentine-shaped fold over top finely inlaid with marquetry de...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Game Tables

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Bronze

‘The Bridegrooms Health, The Betrothal’, a Rare and Large KPM Plaque, circa 1890
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
‘The Bridegrooms Health, The Betrothal’. A rare and large KPM plaque after the painting by Otto Erdmann in a finely carved giltwood Frame. German, circa 1890. Signed to the lower right hand corner with the initials ‘TK’ for Thomas Koenig. The reverse with impressed ‘KPM’ mark beneath a sceptre to the lower right and the centre inscribed with the registered mark of the Munich porcelain painter Th. Koenig, in the form of an armorial crest with a putti supporting a banner inscribed ‘Munchen’, an artists palette and a shield bearing the initials ‘TK’. It is further inscribed with the size code ‘30. E’ . Thomas Koenig, was a renowned porcelain artist with a studio in Munich, active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The original oil painting this plaque is based on is entitled ‘The Betrothal’ or ‘Bound for Life’ and was painted in 1883, by the German painter Otto Erdmann (1834-1905). Otto Wilhelm Eduard Erdmann (born Leipzig 1834 – died Duusseldorf 1905) was a German Realist painter, heavily influenced by Impressionism and famous for his fine interior scenes with figures from the eighteenth century. Works by Erdmann are displayed in the museum of Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Leipzig. Founded in Berlin in 1750 ‘KPM’ or 'Koenigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur' acquired its name and Royal patronage when the Prussian king, Frederick the Great, purchased the manufactory in 1760. Its distinguished trademark from then on became the royal blue sceptre, which is stamped (painted prior to 1837) on every piece. All painted pieces produced by KPM are signed by the painter. The complicated and exacting process of painting on porcelain became very popular in the mid to late nineteenth century...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Paintings

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Porcelain, Giltwood

Pair of Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables with Sèvres Style Plaques, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt-bronze mounted Marquetry inlaid card tables with Sèvres-style porcelain plaques. English, circa 1870. Each table has a rec...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Game Tables

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Bronze

Important and Monumental Louis-Philippe Verre Opaline Vase, circa 1830
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important and monumental Louis-Philippe Verre opaline vase. French, circa 1830. Standing at almost 54 inches (136 cm) this impressive vase is in white opaline glass with per...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Vases

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Opaline Glass

Rare Matched Pair of Louis XVI Style Wall Vitrines by Zwiener, circa 1890
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and unusual matched pair of Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted wall vitrines by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. French, circa 1890. Signed ‘E. Zwiener’ to the base of the bro...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

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Bronze

‘The Finding of Moses’, a Marble Figural Group by Pietro Bazzanti, circa 1870
By Pietro Bazzanti
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
‘The Finding of Moses’ - An Important Florentine White Marble Figural Group, by Pietro Bazzanti on a carved Rosso Levanto Pedestal. Italian, circa 1870. Incised to the base ‘P. Bazzanti , Firenze’. The sculpture depicts the Pharaoh’s daughter in classical dress and wearing the Egyptian...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Fine Pair of Cut-Glass and Gilt-Bronze Six-Light Chandeliers, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of cut-glass and gilt-bronze six-light chandeliers. French, circa 1890. Each chandelier has a central moulded glass baluster column issuing six leaf ornamented sc...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style Cherub Wall Appliques by Baccarat, circa 1890
By Baccarat
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Moulded-Glass Three-Light Cherub Wall Appliqués by La Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat. French, circa 1890. Glass drip pa...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XV Style Giltwood Console d'Appliques, circa 1910
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Louis XV style giltwood console d'Appliques. French, circa 1910. Each console has a serpentine-shaped fleur ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XV Console Tables

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Giltwood

Pair of Gilt & Patinated Bronze Figural Torcheres by Bouchon, Paris, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A striking pair of gilt and patinated bronze figural torcheres, by Bouchon, Paris. French, circa 1900. Stamped 'BOUCHON PARIS'. Each modelled as a winged male and female fi...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Torchères

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Bronze

Pair of Empire Six-Light Candelabra Attributed to Escalier De Cristal circa 1819
By L'Escalier de Cristal
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A remarkable and highly important pair of Empire gilt-bronze and cut-crystal six-light candelabra attributed to Escalier De Cristal De Paris. French, circa 1819. This exceptional pair of candelabra can almost certainly be attributed to the workshops of l'Escalier de Cristal de Paris. They relate in particular to a dressing table and chair, now in the collection of the Louvre, which formed part of a toilette suite that was exhibited by L'Escalier de Cristal at the 1819 Paris exhibition of the Produits de l'industrie. The present candelabra may very likely have been made as part of this suite. In 'Baccarat: La Legende du Cristal', it states: "A l'Exposition des produits de l'industrie française de 1819, Mme Désarnaud présente une toilette, une cheminée, deux grands candélabres, deux tables, une grande pendule et plusieurs vases, en cristal et bronze...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Candelabras

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Crystal, Bronze

Very Fine Carved Giltwood Mirror, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very fine carved giltwood mirror. German, circa 1860. The shaped moulded frame carved with wheat sheafs and entwined foliate forms, surmounted by an openwork rocaille cartouc...
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Wall Mirrors

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Giltwood

Large Rococo Style Carved Giltwood and Silver Gilt Mirror, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large Rococo style carved giltwood and silver gilt mirror. Possibly German, circa 1870. The arched mirror plate within a moulded re-entrant inner frame, flanked by an outer ...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Rococo Wall Mirrors

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Giltwood

Highly Important Pair of Neoclassical Side Cabinets by Jules Piret, circa 1860
By Jules Piret
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare and highly important pair of neoclassical style gilt-bronze and biscuit porcelain mounted mahogany side cabinets, by Jules Piret. French, circa 1...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets

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Bronze

Set of Eighteen Red Walnut Dining Chairs Attributed to Gillows, circa 1830
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A set of eighteen red walnut dining chairs attributed to Gillows. English, circa 1830. Each chair has a waisted balloon back, with incised foliage and panelled horizontal spla...
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Antique Early 19th Century English Dining Room Chairs

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Walnut

'La Tuffolina', a Marble Group of a Diving Girl by Odoarda Tabacchi, circa 1880
By Odoardo Tabacchi
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'La Tuffolina' - an important white marble group of a diving girl on a naturalistic base, by Odoarda Tabacchi Italian, circa 1880. Signed 'O.Tabacchi/Torino'. This Fine marble group depicts a graceful young girl wearing a knitted bathing dress, her hair held in a chignon with her arms raised above her head in a diving position, standing on the edge of a natural POOL, with the waves lapping behind her. This charming and dynamic figure, full of natural grace proved to be one of Tabacchi's most popular sculptures and was edited in a number of sizes in both bronze and marble. First exhibited in marble at the Esposizione d'arte di Napoli del 1877, it was reportedly purchased by King Vittorio Emanuele II and illustrated in L'Illustrazione Italiana, No 23, June 10, 1877, in an engraving based on a sketch by Michetti. It was subsequently exhibited with great acclaim at the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle and examples were also produced in ceramic, including Parian ware examples by the English firm of Robinson & Leadbenton. A comparative marble version is in the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. Odoardo Tabacchi...
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Elaborate Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Cartel Clock, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An elaborate Louis XV style gilt-bronze cartel clock. French, circa 1890. Surmounted by a Bacchanalian figure, this elaborately cast cartel clock has a white enamel circular d...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Clocks

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Bronze

Parquetry Inlaid Centre Table Attributed to François Linke, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A gilt-bronze mounted parquetry inlaid centre table, Attributed to François Linke. French, circa 1900. The circular parquetry top of diapered trellis with gilt-bronze edging ab...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Center Tables

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Bronze

Fine and Tall Louis XV Style Carved Giltwood Mirror, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine and tall Louis XV style carved giltwood mirror. French, circa 1870. This very finely carved mirror has an arched cresting expressively carved with acanthus ‘C’-Scrolls ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors

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Giltwood

Large Carved Louis XV Style Parcel-Gilt and Painted Trumeau Mirror, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and very finely carved Louis XV style parcel-gilt and painted trumeau mirror. French, circa 1890. This exceptional and very rare trumeau mirror has an arched mirror pl...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Trumeau Mirrors

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Wood

Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Table Vitrine by Georges-Francois Alix, circa 1890
By Georges-François Alix
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt-bronze mounted mahogany table vitrine by Georges-Francois Alix. French, circa 1890. Stamped to the underside and to the reverse of th...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Tables

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Bronze

Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Figural Torchères, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of patinated bronze figural torchères. French, circa 1890. Each torchere is finely modelled and cast in the form of an expre...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Torchères

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Bronze

Louis XVI Style Sèvres-Style Porcelain Mounted Octagonal Table Box, circa 1890
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt bronze and Sèvres-style porcelain mounted octagonal table box. French, circa 1890. This fine porcelain and gilt bronze-mounted box has an octagonal ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style Vitrines with Wedgwood Plaques by Zwiener, circa 1880
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted vitrines with wedgwood Jasperware plaques, by Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. French, circa 1880. Stamped 'NZ', 'NZ.309' and 'ZJ' to the reverse of the bronze mounts. Signed to the reverse of the lockplate 'Mon THEAU THIEFFINE Succ./SERRURIER PARIS'. This rare pair of vitrines, each have a shaped Carrera marble top above a frieze centred by a round classical Jasperware plaque flanked by gilt-bronze putti figures and scrolling acanthus running pattern. Below is a gilt-bronze framed bevelled glass door above a panel centred by a finely modelled Jasperware plaque of a putto representing the seasons. The door is flanked to either side by gilt-bronze monnaie pattern and headed by a pair of exceptionally fine female canephor figures. The shaped sides have corresponding bevelled glass panels and the vitrine is raised on tapering fluted legs. The distinctive canephor figures, finely cast as female caryatids with ringlets in their hair and supporting baskets of fruit upon their heads, is a distinctive and celebrated model unique to Zwiener. Many of Zwieners bronzes are executed in the Louis XV style, with flowers and scrolling acanthus leaves and an emphasis on asymmetry, typical of the work of his bronze sculptor Léon Messagé. The mounts employed on this rare pair of vitrines however sees Zwiener creating his own up-to-date reinterpretation of the Louis XVI style, drawing inspiration from established Louis XVI models such as those designed by Weisweiler for Marie-Antoinette's Dressing table. [See Mestdagh, p.305]. A second distinctive feature of the vitrines is the finely modelled Wedgwood Jasperware plaques incorporated in the frieze of each vitrine and beneath the doors. Wedgwood exhibited at nearly all of the Universal Exhibitions held in 19th century France, displaying amongst other pieces, plaques specifically intended to be mounted on to furniture. The first vitrine displays to the frieze a finely modelled plaque in the classical style, depicting a group of putti at play, one being pushed on a swing, while another plays a trumpet and a small attentive dog watches from below. Beneath the glass panelled door a larger Jasperware plaque is incorporated depicting a putto figure with a garland of flowers, emblematic of spring. The second vitrine has a classical plaque...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

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Bronze

Pair of Giltwood Domed Top Display Cabinets, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A rare pair of giltwood domed top display cabinets. English, circa 1900. Each cabinet has a domed top comprising of four glazed sections divided by mouldings. The glazed sides ...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Cabinets

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Glass, Giltwood

'The Juggler', an Art Deco Bronze Figure, by Claire J. R. Colinet, circa 1925
By Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
'The Juggler' - A fine Art Deco silvered bronze figure, by Claire J. R. Colinet. French, circa 1925. Engraved to base 'CL J.R. Colinet'. This dramatic and large silvered b...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Art Deco Wall Appliques by Albert Constant Jouanneault, circa 1930
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair Of Art Deco wall appliques by Albert Constant Jouanneault. French, circa 1930. Signed in the cast 'A. Jouanneault'. Each circular frosted glass applique is mount...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

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Bronze

Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Pedestals, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted mahogany pedestals. French, circa 1900. Each pedestal is of tapering square section with gilt bronze garlands and acanthus bands.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Pedestals and Columns

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Bronze

Important Exhibition Encrier by François Linke and Léon Messagé, circa 1900
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A very rare and important exhibition encrier by François Linke and Léon Messagé. French, circa 1900. Index number 709. Signed to the edge 'F. Linke'. This exceptional and ambitious encrier is modelled as two putti, each holding a standard and sitting on the water's edge, the two inkwells with hinged spirally-fluted covers with glass liners. This important inkwell is based on Léon Messagé's celebrated sculptural group 'La Source' and was originally intended by Linke to form part of his spectacular Stand at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Like seven or eight other pieces originally intended for inclusion on the Stand, it would seem the encrier was a casualty of both Linke's over-ambitious production schedule and the financial burden that the manufacture of such ornate and high quality work imposed. It was eventually shown on the Stand in September after the gilding was finished by Picard at a cost of 90 French francs. The costs of the model were very high: some 2024 francs (of which Message's combined fee was 1158 francs 40 centimes), underlining the originality and complexity. The 1900 Exposition example was sold, along with three important pieces of furniture from the Stand (the Grand bureau and associated armchair, and the Bahut Louis XV Mars et Vénus), to the South African banker and diamond merchant Solomon Joel. A further six encriers were produced up until 1925. Object Literature: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, 1855-1946, The Belle Époque of French Furniture, p. 90, pl. 97; p. 149, pl. 157; p. 150; pp. 182-183, pls 197 & 198 as exhibited at the Liege exhibition in 1905 & p. 480 for the original notes in Linke's Blue daybook of the late 1890s. François Linke (1855 - 1946) was the most important Parisian cabinet maker of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and possibly the most sought after cabinet maker of his period. He was born in 1855 in the small village of Pankraz, in what is now the Czech Republic. Records show that Linke served an apprenticeship with the master cabinetmaker Neumann, then in 1875 at the age of 20 he arrived in Paris where he lived until he died in 1946. It is known that the fledgling Linke workshops were active in Paris in the Faubourg St. Antoine as early as 1881, and during this time he supplied furniture for other more established makers such as Jansen and Krieger. The quality of Linke's craftsmanship was unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries and reached its peak with his spectacular Stand at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, where his Grand Bureau took the Gold Medal. He gambled his fortune and reputation on this Stand, exhibiting several breathtaking items of furniture with sculptural mounts of the most exceptional quality and proportion. His gamble worked and his reputation was established to such an extent that Linke continued to be the pre-eminent furniture house in Paris until the Second World War. As the Art Journal reported in 1900 on Linke's Stand: 'The work of M. Linke ... was an example of what can be done by seeking inspiration amongst the Classic examples of Louis XV and XVI without in any great sense copying these great works. M. Linke's work was original in the true sense of the word, and as such commended itself to the intelligent seeker after the really artistic things of the Exhibition. Wonderful talent was employed in producing the magnificent pieces of furniture displayed....' The formation of Linke's distinctive style was made possible by his collaboration with the sculptor Léon Messagé. Together Linke and Messagé designed furniture for Linke's 1900 exhibition Stand, with exuberant allegorical figures cast in high relief, that exemplified Linke's ability to seamlessly merge the different mediums of wood carving, bronze and marquetry into a dynamic unified whole. Today Linke is best known for the exceptionally high quality of his work, as well as his individualism and inventiveness. All of his work has the finest, most lavish mounts, very often applied to comparatively simple carcasses. The technical brilliance of his work and the artistic change that it represented were never to be repeated. Bibliography: Payne, Christopher. François Linke, (1855 - 1946), The Belle Époque of French Furniture, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2003. Meyer, Jonathan. Great Exhibitions - London, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, 1851-1900, Antique Collectors' Club, (Woodbridge, UK), 2006; pp. 298 - 300. LeDoux - Lebard, Denise. Les Ébénistes du XIXe siècle, Les Editions de l'Amateur, (Paris), 1984; pp. 439-43. Revue Artistique & Industrielle, (Paris), July-August 1900. Coral Thomsen, D. (ed), The Paris Exhibition 1900, The Art Journal, 1901; p.341. Léon Messagé (1842-1901) had a brilliant, but short lived career. He is best known for his incredible sculptural collaboration with François Linke for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. A gifted sculptor, Messagé was also responsible for much of the design and creative work for Roux et Brunet and Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener. Messagé enjoyed great success as a designer/sculptor before his collaboration with Linke. Indeed he was mentioned as a Gold Medal winner at the 1889 International Exhibition and was especially praised for his work on a cabinet by Zwiener. He came into contact with Linke in 1885 and it appears from then on Linke employed him on a regular basis. Messagé was primarily influenced by Rococo ornament but he strove to re-interpret it. He did not produce slavish copies, and his original approach can be appreciated in Linke's celebrated Grande Bibliothèque and Grand Bureau exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. A number of drawings by Messagé are recorded and after his success at the exhibition of 1889 he was encouraged to publish his designs. 'Cahier...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells

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Bronze

Finely Carved Louis XIV/Regence Style Giltwood Centre Table, circa 1880
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A finely carved Louis XIV/Regence style giltwood centre table with a rare Patricia green Italian marble top. French, circa 1880. This impressive centre table is based on the celebrated table made for the Château de Bercy now in the Louvre, Paris (Louvre Accession No. OA 5049). The Château de Bercy, east of Paris, was built by François Le Vau...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Center Tables

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Marble

Gilt-Bronze Mounted ‘Boulle’ Cartel Clock and Barometer Set, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An exceptional gilt bronze mounted cut-brass and tortoiseshell-Inlaid ‘Boulle’ Cartel Clock and Barometer Set. French, circa 1890. Each surm...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Clocks

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Bronze, Brass

Italian Carved Giltwood Centre Table with a Verde Antico Marble Top, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An impressive Italian carved giltwood centre table with a Verde Antico marble top. Italian, circa 1860. The table has a shaped apron with diapered panels centred by an exubere...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Center Tables

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Marble

Patinated Bronze Figure of a Native American Scout by Carl Kauba, circa 1910
By Carl Kauba
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine patinated bronze figure of a Native American scout by Carl Kauba. Austrian, circa 1910. Signed in the cast 'Carl Kauba'. The figure cast as an American Native scou...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock, Circa 1890
By Vincenti et Cie
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Green Enamel Mantel Clock. French, Circa 1890. Stamped ‘Medaille d’Argent Vincenti & Cie 1855’ and with the initials ‘L.R’. This fine clock or timepiece has a spring-driven eight-day twin train movement by Vicenti et Cie, striking on a gong. 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 enamel dial with Arabic numerals and floral swags, set within a finely painted iridescent green enamel panel depicting a courting couple in conversation. The sides are similarly painted with fair maidens in a wooded landscape and the back cast with strap-work and Vitruvian scrolls; a circular hinged door opening to reveal the movement. Vincenti was a much respected clock maker, a Corsican who set up in 1823 in Montbeliard using machinery of his own design. Following his death in 1834 his business was carried on by Roux et Cie...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

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Enamel, Bronze

Bronze Figure of a Native American Scout with Rifle by Carl Kauba, circa 1910
By Carl Kauba
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine patinated bronze figure of a Native American scout with rifle, by Carl Kauba. Austrian, circa 1910. Signed in the cast 'Carl Kauba'. The figure cast as an American...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany and Satine Bookcase by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine gilt-bronze mounted mahogany and satine bookcase by François Linke. French, circa 1890. Linke Index No. ‘1131’ Inscribed ‘F. Linke’ above the center right-hand door. ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Bookcases

Materials

Bronze

A Large Regence Style Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror, Circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large Regence Style Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror. French, Circa 1860. This fine mirror is almost 2m in height. The arched mirror plate is framed by carved uprights with ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Régence Wall Mirrors

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Gesso, Giltwood

Important Oak, Giltwood and Bronze Four Door Grande Vitrine, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An important oak, giltwood and bronze four door Grande Vitrine. French, circa 1870. An important oak, giltwood and bronze four door 'Grande Vitrine'. The projecting cornice finely carved with a frieze of linked coquillage centred by a sculptural giltwood cresting of a crowned shield displaying the double 'L' monogram above a Fleur-de-lis of Louis Philippe and flanked by playful putti, below three pilaster uprights each with gilded Corinthian capitals and trailing foliate relief, frame two sets of brass faced bronze doors fitted with plate glass and opening to an interior containing three shelves, the sides similarly glazed and the whole raised on a plain square section base. This vitrine was formerly in the collection of the Monseigneur Le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris from the Villa La Quinta Do Anjiho in Portugal. When, after the Second World War, the Count and Countess of Paris (Duc and Duchesse d'Orleans) moved to La Quinta, they decorated the villa almost entirely with furniture and works of art from the estate of the Duc de Guise...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Vitrines

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Commode in the Manner of Riesener, circa 1890
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XVI Style mahogany and Marquetry Inlaid neoclassical breakfront commode in the manner of Jean-Henri Riesener. French, circa 189...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Bronze

Fine Pair of Louis XVI Style Mahogany Cabinets by Paul Sormani, circa 1870
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Pair of Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Mahogany Cabinets by Paul Sormani. Paris, circa 1870. Signed to the lock...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

Pair Of Ten-Light Candelabra After Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard, Circa 1870
By Pierre Gouthiere, Henri Picard
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Pair Of Gilt-Bronze And White Marble Ten-Light Candelabra After The Model by Pierre Gouthière, by Henri Picard. French, Circa 1870. The gilt-bronze variously stamped 'P...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Candelabras

Materials

Marble, Bronze

A KPM Porcelain Plaque After The Painting By Sir Anthony van Dyck, Circa 1890
By Anthony van Dyck, KPM Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A KPM Porcelain Plaque Depicting The Three Eldest Children of Charles I, After The Painting By Sir Anthony van Dyck. German, Circa 1890. The...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Decorative Art

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Porcelain

Unusual Pair of Petit Rococo Revival Giltwood Console Tables, circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Unusual Pair of Petit Rococo Revival Giltwood Console Tables. French, Circa 1860. The console tables each have a moulded marble top of serpentine outline above a conformin...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Rococo Console Tables

Materials

Marble

Fine Louis XV Style Japanned Side Cabinet by Henri Nelson, circa 1900
By Henri Nelson
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-bronze Mounted Japanned Side Cabinet, With A Breche D'Alep Marble Top, By Henri Nelson, Paris. French, circa 1900. Stamped to the carcass 'H. Nelson'. ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of Cup and Covers by John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, circa 1825
By Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An unusual pair of George IV silver-gilt cup and covers by John Bridge for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. English, circa 1824-1826. Hallmarks for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London...
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Antique Early 19th Century English George IV Vases

Materials

Silver

Impressive Gilt Bronze Regence Style Thirty-Branch Chandelier, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A magnificent large and impressive gilt bronze Regence style thirty-branch chandelier. French, circa 1890. The massive central baluster stem finely cast with ‘C’-scrolls, cher...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

Monumental Louis XV Style Cut-Glass Forty-Eight Light Chandelier, circa 1885
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A monumental Louis XV Style gilt bronze and cut-glass forty-eight light chandelier. French, circa 1885. The frame is variously stamped with numbers and 'JL'. This rare and...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Bronze

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