Alexander's Antiques

Important & Rare Pair of French Empire Period (circa 1805) Ormolu Ewers with Winged Maidens, Cupid Busts, Masks,and Vert de Mer Marble Bases, Attributed to Claude Galle The pair...

Large Italian Pietre Dure Plaque of a Monk in a Wine Cellar The rectangular pietre dure plaque is composed as an interior scene set within a wine cellar and housed in a carved giltw...

A French Gilt Bronze Mounted Rouge Marble Covered Urns/Casolettes, Attributed to François Linke The pair is modeled in covered urn or casolette form with broad baluster bodies carve...

An Incredible and Very Unusual 19th Century Meissen Porcelain “Elements” Ewer Emblematic of Water. This large porcelain ewer is modeled in flattened baluster form with a shell molde...

A Highly Important, Large, and Extremely Rare Italian Roman Micro Mosaic Still Life Panel with Flowers and Fruit, Attributed to Michelangelo Barberi. The panel is centered by a circu...

An Exceptional and Quite Rare Pair of French Empire Period Dore Bronze Six-Light Candelabra with Swans, Signed Thomire a Paris. The candelabra are cast in dore bronze and formed wit...

Pair of French Empire Gilt Bronze Three Light Dragon Form Wall Sconces with Medusa Masks The sconces are cast in gilt bronze and formed with tapering shield shaped backplates suppor...

A Viennese Silver and Enamel Perfume Bottle / Scent Bottle with Figural Cover. The perfume bottle is of elongated pear form with a rounded body rising to a narrow neck and detachabl...

A Chinese Kangxi Period Bisque Porcelain Sancai / Egg-and-Spinach Glazed Reclining Laughing Boy, Inscribed “Huakai Fugui” (花开富贵). The porcelain figure is modeled as a reclining laug...

A Large French 19th Century Patinated Bronze Figure of La Pensée Prenant Son Envol et Portant la Lumière, by Émile Louis Picault, Inscribed Boyer Frères à Paris. The bronze is model...

An Important and Quite Unusual Pair of Meissen Porcelain Filigree Vases with Raised Flowers. Each vase is modeled in an elongated baluster form with a flared rim, rounded shoulder, ...

Magnificent Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures of a Persian Sultan and Sultana Riding Elephants After the 18th Century Models by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Peter Reinicke. This pair ...

A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Schneeballen/Snowball Covered Vase with Birds, Bird Cage with One Bird, Flowers. Each vase is of large size, with a baluster form body densely encrusted with clusters of small applied flowers arranged to resemble snowballs. Green vine-like stems and leaves wind around the surface, adding depth to the composition. The bodies are raised on spreading circular bases decorated with the same clustered blossoms and foliage. Pierced sections with latticework detail are present, incorporating floral sprays and framing small enclosed bird cages, each containing a modeled bird within. Applied birds are positioned throughout the vases, with lifelike natural coloration. Among them, bright yellow orioles with black wings and orange beaks, gray and black small birds, and reddish-brown finches with striped wings are depicted perched on branches or atop the covers. The lids are removable and are likewise encrusted with blossoms and vines, surmounted by perched songbirds. The combination of encrusted floral ground, modeled foliage, and naturalistic birds creates a richly detailed surface characteristic of Meissen’s snowball...

Monumental French Brocatelle Violette du Jura Marble and Ormolu Mounted Jardinière / Centerpiece, Louis XVI-Napoleon III style. The jardinière is of monumental oval form, carved fro...

A Stunning Pair of Empire Dore Bronze Four Light Candelabra, Which Convert to Candlesticks. Each constructed with a circular base supporting a tall fluted shaft and detachable four...

Pair of Bagues style “Tree of Life” silvered rock crystal sconces or wall appliques, constructed with branching silvered metal frameworks rising from faceted rock crystal vase form b...

A Very Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Box in the form of a Lily Flower. Rare 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Box in the form of a lily flower. Modeled as a fully blossomed white lily with curling petals forming both the lid and lower body, the surface is molded with naturalistic ribbing and undulating edges. The flower head opens at the center to reveal yellow stamens surrounding a pale green pistil, while the exterior is accented with green glazed stems and leaves extending along the sides and rear. The petals curve outward in overlapping layers, creating a highly irregular silhouette with deeply molded contours imitating the appearance of natural flower petals. A thin gilt line follows the seam where the lid joins the lower section, while the interior is glazed in white. The underside retains the underglaze blue crossed swords mark with two dots beneath. The crossed swords mark with two dots beneath is associated with the Meissen “Dot Period...

An Incredible and Extremely Rare Meissen Monkey Centerpiece, Modeled by Max Esser, from the “Reineke Fuchs” Series. The centerpiece is composed of four...

A Pair of Patinated Bronze and Ormolu Russian Lamps with the Genies of L'Étude and La Philosophie, After Models by Louis-Simon Boizot (French, 1743–1809) The pair is composed of pat...

A Large, Important, and very rare Meissen Porcelain Vase with Cover “Emblematic of War”, Modeled by J.J. Kaendler The vase is modeled in large baluster form with a domed cover surmo...

Pair of Venetian Art Deco Hand Etched Mirrors A pair of mirrors of elongated arched form, each composed with a rectangular mirrored plate surmounted by a rounded crest panel. The mi...

A 19th Century Meissen Porcelain ‘Elements’ Ewer Emblematic of Air This porcelain ewer is modeled in flattened baluster form with a flared spout, spreading foot, and elaborate figur...

Important Pair of Antique Chinese Export Famille Rose Ormolu Mounted covered Lantern Vases / Potpourri with Openwork Reticulated Decoration A pair of hexagonal Chinese Export famill...

A Beautiful and Very Large Pair of Grand Tour Style Hollywood Regency Rock Crystal Obelisks, Paris Each obelisk presents a classic architectural profile, rising from a square plint...

Pair of Large 19th Century Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Warwick Vases/Centerpieces with Bacchic Masks The pair is formed as large bronze Warwick type vases with deep circular bowls r...

Amazing Pair of Finely Carved Chinese Qing Cinnabar Lacquer Panels with jade and gemstone Inlay of Magpies and Plum Blossoms and flowers in wooden and Glass frames Each rectangular...

A Massive Pair of very fine Antique Meissen Porcelain Swan Tureens with Covers, previously part of a collection in a museum in the Northeastern U...

Rare Pair of French Louis XVI Period (Circa 1780) Patinated and Dore Bronze Figural Groupings of Cupid and Psyche, with Dore Bronze Medusa Mask on White Carrera Marble Bases The pai...

An Important and Rare 17th to 18th Century Italian Pietra Dura Ormolu Mounted Ebony Jewelry Box/ Casket, attributed to Ducal workshop. The rectangu...

Beautiful Chinese Archaic Style Qing Dynasty Covered Agate Censer, with Foo Dog The censer is carved in a faceted archaistic form with a wide body rising to a stepped shoulder and a...

French Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Desk, Attributed to François Linke The desk is of serpentine rectangular form, the shaped mahogany top covered by a removable glass pro...

Italian Neoclassical Grand Tour Patinated Bronze figure of “Resting Satyr,” After Praxiteles, Signed A. Röhrich Roma, amazing cast and detail The figure is cast as a standing nude s...

Italian Bronze" Equestrian Figure of Bartolomeo Colleoni"with Base, After Andrea del Verrocchio (1435 to 1488), beautiful cast, amazing detail, chasing and patination. The sculpture...

Antique Italian Neoclassical Grand Tour Period Green Porphory Circular Shaped Tazza/ Centerpiece on a Rouge Marble Plinth This antique tazza or centerpiece, formed with a wide circu...

A Pair of Louis XVI Gilt Bronze Vitrine Tables, Attributed to Francois Linke A pair of vitrine tables of rectangular form, each fitted with a hinged glass top within a molded frame ...

Pair of Antique Japanese Meiji Period Silver Wired Cloisenne Vases A pair of antique Japanese Meiji period silver wired cloisonné vases of slightly compressed tapering form with rou...

A large Chinese cloisonné enamel incense burner modeled as a caparisoned elephant on a stepped octagonal base, circa 1880. The body is worked in turquoise ground cloisonné with repea...

A French blue opaline glass jardinière painted with flowers by Baccarat, signed with a date underneath, formed as a square vessel with rounded corners and a broad open mouth. The bod...

Pair of 19th Century French Orientalist/Islamic Onyx Bronze and Champlevé Enamel Alhambra Vases Attb. To F. Barbedienne Each vase is formed with a long trumpet neck rising from a r...

A Fabulous Pair of Black Murano Glass & Gold Splashed Figures of Arabian Horses Each figure is formed as a rearing horse with an arched neck, raised foreleg, and grounded hind l...

Rare Pair of Antique Chinese Carved Rock Crystal Figures of Elephants, with Boys Riding the Elephant, Raised on Original Bases, Qing The pair is formed as two standing elephants car...

A beautiful 19th C Gilt Bronze & Meissen Porcelain Mounted Cage Form Chandelier w/ A Parrot This chandelier is composed in a vertical cage form constructed from gilt bronze bran...

Magnificent Pair of Late 18th Century Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Mounted White Marble Candelabra with Maiden Figures Each candelabrum is formed as a vertically oriented, multi tiered str...

Monumental Unusual and very Rare Antique Venetian Polychrome Murano glass Nine Light Chandelier in Colored and Clear Blown Glass with Extensive Foliate and Floral Ornament A monumen...

An extremely rare and unusual Chinoiserie, Orientalist, Islamic Antique French Silvered and Dore Bronze Mounted Porcelain Jardinière with Dragon Handl...

An Important French Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock “Lettre d’Amour,” Attributed to François-Louis Savart, Paris The clock is formed with a rectangular case rising from a shaped plinth base set on four flattened bun feet. The base displays a continuous frieze cast in relief with two sheep flanking a central urn, framed by scrolling foliage at each end. Above, the main case supports a circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals and two winding apertures, enclosed within a beaded ormolu bezel. Beneath the dial, a rectangular panel is cast with a reclining male figure in a landscape setting, accompanied by trees. To the left, a female figure is seated on a cushion supported by an X form empire stool, her body turned toward the dial. She raises one hand toward her face while a bird rests on her knee, and she holds a circular medallion bearing a profile portrait. To the right, a tripod table stands on three supports formed as winged griffins with lion heads and clawed feet. The table surface holds a writing box with an open lid, a quill, and a candlestick. The surfaces throughout are finished in gilt, with visible chasing across the figures, drapery, and ornamental borders. The clock is attributed to François Louis Savart, a bronzier active in Paris. Savart produced objects in gilt bronze including clocks, candelabra, and decorative mounts. He maintained a workshop in Paris where he developed figural clock models incorporating classical motifs and narrative subjects. Comparable models associated with Savart include figural compositions with seated female figures, auxiliary furniture elements, and narrative relief panels, reflecting established design types within Parisian bronze production. Savart’s workshop operated within the Paris bronze industry, where cast ormolu objects were produced using sand casting followed by chasing and gilding. The construction of this clock case reflects the use of multiple cast components assembled into a unified structure, including separately cast figures, furniture elements, and applied relief panels. The inclusion of tripod tables, X form seating, and winged supports corresponds to design sources drawn from Greco Roman models that were adapted in Empire period decorative arts. The precise casting, crisp chasing, and consistent gilt surface across the figures, mounts, and relief panels indicate a high level of production quality, with the complexity of the assembled components supporting its desirability among Paris ormolu figural clocks...

Magnificent Kinkozan Satsuma vase, Meiji Period, Circa 1890 The vase is formed in a tall ovoid shape with a broad shoulder rising to a short cylindrical neck and a rounded everted r...

Pair of Large English Decoupage Chinoiserie Glass Vases The pair is formed as large baluster form glass vases with a broad circular foot rising to a rounded body, narrowing at the ...

Monumental & Rare Meissen Porcelain Figural Mantel Clock, Modeled by Paul Helmig (1859-1939) most probably made for Exposition Universalle The clock is formed as a monumental po...

Pair of Japanese Patinated Bronze Vases with Carved Gilt Wood Floral Arrangements, seen at Chanel. The pair is formed as matching bronze vases with a baluster body rising from a cir...

19th Century French Pair of Ormolu Mounted Opaline/Opalescent "Bulle de Savon" Vases The pair is formed as elongated baluster vases with a flared rim, rounded shoulder, tapering bod...

Pair of Louis XVI French Ormolu Mounted and Chinese Blue Poudre Porcelain Double Handled Covered Vases with Hercules Masks and Laurel Garlands Each vase is formed with a tapering o...

Japanese Gossu Blue Satsuma Porcelain Vase, Meiji Period, Signed "Kizan no Zoe" with Shimazu Crest The vase is formed in a tall tapering quadrangular body rising from a narrow foot ...

Very Unusual Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase with Goats, Meiji Period The vase is formed in a broad cylindrical body with rounded shoulder and a wide circular mouth with a thick r...

Magnificent Kinkozan Satsuma Vase with Ladies Beneath Wisteria, Meiji Period, Marked Dai Nippon Kyoto Awata Kinkozan The vase is formed in a tall baluster shape with a rounded shoul...

Pair of Chinese Patinated Bronze Architectural Pagoda Form Temple Towers Each pagoda is cast as a tall multi tiered tower rising in diminishing stages from a broad hexagonal platfor...

French Empire Dore Bronze Centerpiece with Griffins, Attributed to Thomire A Paris, Circa 1820 The centerpiece is formed as an oval openwork basket raised on a sculptural Griffin su...

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Crackle Glaze Celadon Porcelain Famille Rose Vases With Pomegranate Handles, Fertility Vases! The pair of vases are formed...

A Palace Size Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Models of the Tigers on Original Wood Bases, Life Size. A pair of life-size Chinese cloisonné models of tigers, each presented in a striding pose with open mouths, revealing detailed teeth and red enamel tongues. The bodies are decorated with alternating bands of yellow and black, outlined with wirework that defines scrolling cloud-like motifs across the surface. Their muscular forms are supported on rectangular tiered wooden bases carved with decorative friezes. The tails curve outward, echoing the fluidity of the cloisonné design that continues throughout their bodies, including the paws and ears. In Chinese symbolism, these tigers represents the masculine principle in nature and is king of all the animals, as shown by the four stripes on his forehead, which form the character Wang (王). The tiger represents the greatest earthly power, as well as protection over human life. The decoration is executed in traditional cloisonné technique, where copper wire partitions contain colored enamel filled into the tiger’s stripes and background ornamentation. The yellow enamel ground is filled with fine spirals and scrolls that extend across the surface, contrasting with the black bands, which are similarly detailed with wire-drawn motifs. The white enamel underbellies are also worked with scroll patterns, and the noses are rendered in dotted black cloisonné. Each piece is constructed over a metal core, evident from the openings beneath the bodies showing traces of copper and green oxidation around the rims. Chinese cloisonné animal...

German KPM Hand Painted Porcelain Plaque “Love’s Power,” Signed L. M. Smith, in Giltwood Frame The plaque shows an allegorical scene of Cupid (Eros), nude and quiver at his hip, hol...