Tobogan Antiques

Belle Époque Silver-Plated Champagne Cooler This Belle Époque silver-plated champagne cooler rests on a circular pedestal base and is distinguished by its richly ornamented body, fi...

Base numbered 140 and inscribed MFD &PLATED BY REED & BARTON Pitchers numbered and inscribed PAT FEB 24 1880, PATENTED AUG 4 1868 et MAY 13.1879 These two silver-plated metal pitche...

Chandelier with eighteen light-arms in gilded bronze attributed to H. Vian, richly decorated with scrolls, pearls and cut crystal pendants. The whole is decorated on the shaft with t...

Signed, located and dated G. Simoni. Paris. 1881 Dimensions with frame – Height : 165 cm (64,9 in.) ; Width : 105 cm (41,3 in.) This large pair of oval paintings depicts elegant la...

Fine nickel-plated bronze octagonal shaped Art Deco chandelier with eight lights, the whole attractively decorated with glass rods and frosted glass panels. Biography : Ateliers Pet...

Exceptional pair of Neo-Greek–inspired gueridons, crafted in patinated, gilded, and silvered galvanic copper. The Algerian banded onyx tops are framed by a delicate frieze of palmett...

This pair of polychrome crystal carafes stands out for its elegant silhouette and refined ornamentation, reflecting a high level of glassmaking craftsmanship. Baluster-shaped, they r...

A blackened wood planter attributed to Diehl, with silvered bronze ornaments, resting on four feet gathered by a stretcher. The pot is adorned with Bacchus’ masks and other antiques patterns after designs by J. Brandely, and, at its four corners with four silvered bronze felines, which are typical patterns in E. Frémiet’s works. The whole is topped by a rich lid with a palms’ frieze, arrow cartridges with medallions, and a button. Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see “Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle”,D. LeDoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see “l’Art en France sous le Second Empire”, Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861. In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active from 1867 until 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book “Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867” (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which “the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love (p. 133)” and a jewelry case where “The head in Fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the Fine gilt bronze ornamentation” (p. 149). For this Universal Exhibition Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors : Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...

Pair of wall-lights with two light-arms in sheet metal, gilded bronze and painted porcelain with gold highlights attr. to L'Escalier de Cristal. Each composed of a half-cup with flor...

Charming gilded and patinated bronze chandelier composed of nine branches ending with illuminating roses. The central lattice basket of pearls and crystal rosettes supports three sea...

Important mirror in carved and giltwood with two shades of gold, with a neo-Gothic-inspired architectural shape. Bordered by two fluted columns enclosing openwork arches, resting on ...

Elegant pair of P428 floor lamps designed by Pia Guidetti Crippa for an Italian lighting manufacturer, circa 1970. Each lamp features a sleek brass-plated metal structure topped with...