French Mid 19th Century Louis XVI St. Ormolu And Patinated Bronze Centerpiece

A handsome and most impressive large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and patinated bronze planter. The planter is raised by a most decorative tripod ormolu support with elegantly curved legs, superb hoof feet and a triangular concave stretcher with fine scrolls. Above each leg are striking richly chased ormolu rams heads...

A most impressive and large scaled French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze Jardinière vase signed Christofle et Cie Orfevres. This unique jardiniere is position...

A stunning and extremely decorated French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze centerpiece. This wonderful centerpiece is raised by a triangular Ormolu base with co...

A stunning and large scale French early 19th century Louis XVI st. patinated and giltwood planter. The oval planter is raised by a fine mottled giltwood band below an exceptional lux...

A stunning and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period ormolu and patinated bronze centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by an elegant pierced o...

A remarkable and most charming French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu, patinated bronze, and Rose Vif des Pyrénées marble centerpiece. The centerpiece is raised by an elegant circu...

This is a beautiful large antique French Grand Tour dark patinated bronze and ormolu jardiniere, Circa 1830 in date. This stunning bronze is superbly cast and has an elegant brown...

19th century, French bronze planter or Gueridon Measures: cm W 56 x maximum diameter 51 x H 90. H on the floor of the wide 81 cm This refined planter was made in France towards the end of the nineteenth century in the style of «Retour d'Egypte». It consists of a tripod structure in finely chiselled gilded bronze and lacquered in tones. Each leg originates with scroll decorations and phytomorphic elements with golden details, supported by a sphinx with hairstyle, tail and golden wings. This sits on a curvilinear and wavy element decorated with golden ramage and a man’s head with a long beard of classic taste. The legs end with an injured foot and rest on a tripartite base that connects them. In the middle of each leg there is a bronze junction with curls and volutes that converges towards the others in the center, where a vertical element contributes to the momentum and gracefulness of the whole. The basin of the planter is in lacquered tin, with gold edges and reserves. The rising part of the tub has some holes that allow the breathability of the space. This tripod is inspired, with variations, to a famous model of the brothers Luigi and Antonio Manfredini, active in Milan at the beginning of the nineteenth century, financed by the viceroy of Italy Eugenio de Beauharnais, adopted son of Napoleon Bonaparte, for the opening of the real manufacture of Eugenia. The Retour d'Egypte style was widely echoed in France and Europe and originated from General Bonaparte’s military campaign in Egypt in 1799. The fashion of the Egyptians had already in Italy found a previous interpreter in the engraver Giovan Battista Piranesi, but the vast diffusion that also had in the furniture the Egyptian ornament...

This French Louis XVI style planter or jardiniere from the late nineteenth century is constructed of solid walnut and features its original removable zinc liner. The jardiniere stands on four turned legs joined by a lower shelf that provides additional display space. A handsome piece for use as an indoor plant stand...

19th century Italian Louis XVI style carved wood planter. Our elegant antique Italian Louis XVI style carved painted and parcel gilt planter, jardiniere or cachepot has a lovely dra...

A Louis XVI style patinated bronze and marble jardinière, cast in relief with Bacchanalian Scenes Of Putti at Play, After Clodion. French, circa 1870. The body of the jardiniè...

This limestone planter originates in France, circa 1850.