Alexander's Antiques

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...

Large Pair of Hollywood Regency/Modern Geometric Cut and Hand Polished Rock Crystal & Bronze Candlesticks, Maison Baguès, Possible to convert to lamps! Each candlestick is const...

Pair of French Baccarat Pink Opaline Ormolu-Mounted Vases Hand Painted with Birds and Flowers, Exposition Universelle 1876 The upper portions of the vases are decorated with polychro...

Palace Size Early Japanese Imari Porcelain and French Ormolu Mounted Centerpiece The centerpiece is formed as a large flared porcelain jardinière with a wide mouth and tapering lowe...

A Neoclassical Italian Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Bust of Apollo Belvedere, Circa 1860 The bust is cast as a half length figure of Apollo, shown with the head turned to his right a...

Large Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue & White grouping of Shi Shi dogs playing, Meiji Period Modeled as a pair of shishi playfully wrestling, the grou...

Mixed Metal Ormolu Mounted Silvered and Gilt Bronze 2-Handled Oval Jardiniere/Centerpiece, Attributed to Christofel The jardiniere is formed as an oval basin with a flared rim and a...

Hardstone Figures of a Dancing Moujik and Female Peasant, in the Style of Fabergé, Signed and Numbered The male figure is modeled in a dynamic stance with one arm extended and one k...

Magnificent and Palatial size Louis XVI style Chinese Crackle Celadon Porcelain and French Ormolu Mounted Centerpiece/Jardenier attributed to Henry Dasson. The Chinese Celadon Porce...

Chinese Famille Rose Fish Bow/Jardiniere/Planter with Painted Scholar Items This large Chinese famille rose fish bowl is of rounded form with a...

A Large 19th Century Chinese Hand Carved Hardwood Low Table with Relief Carved Aprons and Framed Panel Top, possibly Zitan wood A 19th century Chinese hand carved hardwood low tabl...

Hand Carved 19th C. Green Serpentine Group of Hercules and Nessus, on Black Obsidian and Red Rouge Marble Base, After Giambologna The group is very finely carved in green serpentine...

An unusual Pair of Iznik or Islamic Style Porcelain Vases Mounted as Lamps with French Ormolu mounts attributed to Theodore Deck, Paris, circa 1880 The pair is formed as bulbous porc...

Bronze Group of a Man Fighting a Lion/Lioness, After François Auguste-Hippolyte Peyrol, Signed “H. Peyrol” The sculpture is cast as a freestanding bronze group depicting a nude male...

An Unusual Pair of French 19th Century Japonisme Ormolu/Gilt Bronze Wall Appliques/ Sconces with Crystal Bobeches, att. F. Barbedienne and att. to the French Designer: Edouard Lievre...

A Pair of 19th Century, Napoleon III, French F. Barbedienne Signed Ormolu and Champleve Enamel Tri-Footed Vases, with Mythical Beast/Dragon Heads Each vase is formed with a flared t...

Monumental Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Vase with High Relief Dragon, Phoenix, Shishi and Turtles, two toned deep chocolate brown patina with gold highlights This palace size Japan...

A pair of Louis XV period Meissen porcelain vases, formed in openwork lattice and mounted with original gilt bronze ormolu. Each vase rises from a pierced rocaille ormolu base into a...

A monumental porcelain group by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory depicting an allegorical geography lesson centered on study, observation, and mapping of the world. At the heart of the ...

A Large and Extremely Unusual Art Deco/ Hollywood Regency Italian Murano Crystal Multi Colored Gilt Bronze Hinged Box. The colored crystal appears as broad internal bands with curve...

A Charming and Finely Executed Pair of Meissen Porcelain Figures Depicting Royal Lovers, modeled after 18th-century designs by Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen’s celebrated master mod...

Meissen Porcelain Crinoline Group “Jeweler Selling to the Queen”, Model by Johann Joachim Kändler This Meissen porcelain group depicts a detailed courtly scene arranged around a sea...

A Meissen porcelain White/blanc-de-chine Model of a Reclining Foal/Horse, Designed by Willi Münch-Khe, (1885 - 1960) A Meissen porcelain blanc de chine figure depicting a reclining ...

A monumental & Important pair of Chinese palace-size porcelain vases, produced during the Qing Dynasty, circa 1870. These vases are decorated entirely in overglaze famille rose e...

A Beautiful Round Shaped Red and Yellow Emile Gallé Cameo Glass hand Engraved and Etched Vase with Cherry Blossom Branches on Yellow Ground This vase is formed with a rounded spheri...

Thomier A Paris, A Monumental & Quite Rare Pair of French Empire Egyptian Style Doré Bronze and Patinated bronze Seven Light Candelabras After Designs by Charles Percier, Signed ...

A Rare Pair of French Louis XVI Style Doré Bronze and Curved Glass circular shaped Lanterns with Cupids and Floral Garlands Presented as a pair, these French Louis XVI style lantern...